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Oklahoma Realizes its Vision for Individualized, Web-Based Learning Using Encarta Class Server

In Oklahoma, nine school districts are piloting an initiative designed to demonstrate the potential of Web-based instruction. Through a statewide virtual school based on a robust Microsoft Windows-based technology infrastructure with statewide broadband connectivity, the Oklahoma VISION project will develop and deliver a Web-based, Internet enabled mathematics curriculum for all students in the state. With […]

Morino Institute Releases Report: From Access to Outcomes

A new study from the Morino Institute explores how communities can bridge the digital divide while producing meaningful social change.

Subcommittee Endorses Bill to Ease Restrictions on Distance Education

A House subcommittee passed a bill on Wednesday to make it easier for some distance-education programs to offer federal financial aid, despite strong opposition by Democratic lawmakers who said that too many restrictions would be lifted.

U.S. Online Education Firms Run Into Trouble

A few years ago, online education firms promised to transform the landscape for learning. Now many of them are facing difficulties or even bankruptcy.

Librarians Targeted In Latest Copyright Battles

In this digital age, the custodians of published works are at the center of a global copyright controversy that casts them as villains simply for doing their job: letting people borrow books for free.

BBC Two Follows Open University Professor’s Mission to Mars

Professor Colin Pillinger is a man with a mission – a mission to Mars. He’s come a long way, but still has a mammoth journey ahead of him. BBC cameras have followed his story for over two years for a film, Beagle 2: Mission to Mars , to be shown on Monday, July 23 at […]

Sweetest Link: Online Courses Help Net Advanced Degree

How did I attain my advanced degree in three semesters while working full-time and starting a family 200 miles away from the university offering my program? Online courses are my sweetest link in simultaneously achieving my educational, work and family goals!

An Online Course Teaches Techniques of Counseling

Title: “Microcounseling.” Institution: University of Iowa. Instructor: Harold Engen, a professor emeritus of counseling, rehabilitation, and student development.

NYUs School of Continuing and Professional Studies Chooses Centra to Create a Comprehensive Live eLearning Environment

Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA), the worlds leading provider of software and ASP services for live eLearning and collaboration, today announced that New York Universitys School of Continuing and Professional Studies, the oldest and largest private-university provider of professional education in the United States, has selected Centra to provide live communication services and instructor-led classes for its […]

Internet2: The Once and Future Net

On academia’s high-powered Internet2, researchers are redefining what computer networks can do.