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(San Francisco, CA) ITVS presents Pham Quoc Thai and Janet Gardner’s PRECIOUS CARGO, a one-hour documentary that follows the bittersweet journey of a group of Vietnamese young people, adopted by American families at the end of the Vietnam War, who traveled back to their homeland in search of their personal history. In the process, the […]
The California State University is now offering a unique opportunity for undergraduates to earn their liberal studies degree through Liberal Studies Online, an online degree completion program for individuals working toward a California teaching credential. Administered through CSU Chico, online courses will originate from the Chico campus and CSU Sacramento. The first online courses will […]
Abington, Pa. Penn States Board of Trustees approved an online MBA degree today (July 16). The Penn State Intercollege Master’s in Business Administration (iMBA) represents a collaboration among business faculty from four Penn State Colleges: Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Penn State Great Valley, The School of Professional Studies; Penn State Harrisburg and the […]
Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLVN) today announced it has created an Online Higher Education division focused on broadening the Company’s presence and reach in the fast-growing sector of post-secondary and adult continuing education delivered through distance learning. The new division will build on the success achieved by Canter & Associates, Sylvan’s teacher training business, and […]
NEW YORK — July 16, 2001 – A series of free online seminars from renowned institutions including Columbia University, the London School of Economics and Cambridge University Press are being made available today by Fathom, the premier source for online learning, and are being delivered on software by Prometheus, the leader in open architecture courseware […]
Kathy S. Gresh is an instructional designer at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University. When designing online courses, she tries to build in tools to help the professors interact with their students, such as electronic bulletin boards and live chats. But she also says it’s important not to overwhelm the […]
Poorer countries can raise their living standards by changing laws, building technology infrastructure and training workers to use the Internet, a report released Monday concludes. The document urges countries to copy successful programs that use information technology to create jobs, lure investment and sell high-tech products and handmade crafts on the global market.
New York July 18, 2001 This weeks guest on LearningWeek Live, the first interactive weekly webcast featuring stories about the people, technology and business of learning today, is Farimah Schuerman, Senior Associate for The TLT Group. Schuerman will discuss the increasing tug-of-war between education institutions and corporate technology providers, and explore how some of this […]