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Judge Grants Authors a Victory in Fight Over Digital-Book Rights

A federal judge in Manhattan ruled yesterday that the term “book” in book contracts does not automatically include electronic books. The decision goes to the heart of a battle over who controls the right to sell digital editions of the great majority of work published the last century.

MIT Open Knowledge Initiative, ADL Co-Laboratory, and IMS Cooperate to Advance Learning Technology

Leaders of the MIT’s Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI), the Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Lab (ADL), and the IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS) today announced their intention to cooperate to close the gap between innovative pedagogical technology and production learning resources. OKI, IMS, and ADL will collaborate where appropriate to accelerate the development and deployment of innovative […]

Athabasca University Online Executive MBA Students in UK

Students in Athabasca University’s Online Executive MBA program are converging in England to strengthen their “virtual” relationships and learn about doing business in Europe. After working together online, the students (managers and professionals from around the globe) are meeting face-to-face, many for the first time, at Cranfield University in the United Kingdom. They are participating […]

Capella University’s Graduating Class of 2001 Gathers for the First and Last Time

When concepts and sharing experiences, it may prove easier to recognize each other’s writing style or e-mail address than identify a face in the crowd since Capella University operates completely online. “The traditional auditorium-style commencement ceremony in July offers graduates the opportunity to share an old-fashioned smile and a congratulatory hug in honor of the […]

Blackboard Offers Two Integrated Solutions for Education

Blackboard Course & Portal Solutions provides online course management, academic communities and administrative services using the award-winning Blackboard 5 software. Blackboard Commerce & Access Solutions, including Blackboard Optim9000� and Blackboard Envision�, supplies Web-enabled operation of student identification, dining services, campus commerce, building access, as well as increases in business with off-campus merchants. Get More Info

“LearningWeek Live” Features Denise Easton, Advocate for “Layered” Approach to Learning

Easton is a strong advocate of “layered learning”, whereby learning experiences are crafted to include use of an appropriate mixture of various media to ensure learning objectives are met, rather than forcing all learning to happen through a single channel. Media may include online courseware, web-based synchronous workshops, face-to-face instruction, conference calls or “teleclasses”, and […]

McGraw-Hill Lifetime Learning Provides Training for Online Trainers

McGraw-Hill Lifetime Learning (MHLL), a leading provider of comprehensive e-learning solutions, today announced that it has added to its range of professional learning services, the Walden Institute’s Certified Online Instructor (COI) and Certified Synchronous Instructor (CSI) programs to train and certify training professionals in online instruction practices and design. MHLL and Walden Institute, a leader […]

McGraw-Hill Lifetime Learning Provides Training for Online Trainers

McGraw-Hill Lifetime Learning (MHLL), a leading provider of comprehensive e-learning solutions, today announced that it has added to its range of professional learning services, the Walden Institute’s Certified Online Instructor (COI) and Certified Synchronous Instructor (CSI) programs to train and certify training professionals in online instruction practices and design. MHLL and Walden Institute, a leader […]

McGraw-Hill Lifetime Learning Provides Training for Online Trainers

McGraw-Hill Lifetime Learning (MHLL), a leading provider of comprehensive e-learning solutions, today announced that it has added to its range of professional learning services, the Walden Institute’s Certified Online Instructor (COI) and Certified Synchronous Instructor (CSI) programs to train and certify training professionals in online instruction practices and design. MHLL and Walden Institute, a leader […]

Eduprise Selected by the Community College of Denver to Expand e-Learning Program

Eduprise, the leading provider of enterprise e-Learning services for education institutions and businesses, announced today a three-year partnership with the Community College of Denver (CCD) to provide strategic planning, infrastructure support and instructional services to rapidly expand the college’s e-Learning program. The program will enable the CCD to focus their academic programming on themputer literate, […]