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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has received two grants, totaling $11-million, for its OpenCourseWare project. The MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) project makes course materials used in the teaching of most of MIT’s courses available on the Web, free of charge, to any user anywhere in the world. The project is expected to begin in Fall, 2002 […]
“Big companies still tend to assume that the best e-learning content still comes from the USA” says Knowledge Platform CEO Mahboob Mahmood. “We are out to prove that Asian content can out compete from all points of view: instructional design, catering to different learner styles, flexibility of use, localization and translation, cost of production.” “In […]
AtomicTangerine originally licensed GeoLearnings Geo Learning CenterINTO learning management system to power InfoSecU in April, and launched in May with ten information security courses. The online security training and awareness system provides corporations with an efficient and effective defense against security breaches, data loss and virus infections with online courses ranging from basic instruction in […]
“Big companies still tend to assume that the best e-learning content still comes from the USA” says Knowledge Platform CEO Mahboob Mahmood. “We are out to prove that Asian content can out compete from all points of view: instructional design, catering to different learner styles, flexibility of use, localization and translation, cost of production.” “In […]
AtomicTangerine originally licensed GeoLearnings Geo Learning CenterINTO learning management system to power InfoSecU in April, and launched in May with ten information security courses. The online security training and awareness system provides corporations with an efficient and effective defense against security breaches, data loss and virus infections with online courses ranging from basic instruction in […]
Faculty at the University of Maryland’s College of Education thought they were on to something when they hit on the idea of offering an online cirriculum for teaching secondary-school teachers. The courses, they figured, would be a great way to combat the state’s mounting high school teacher shortage. The hope was that the convenience of […]
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would allow faculty members to use many of the same copyrighted works in online courses that they’ve long been allowed to use in traditional ones.
Novell, Inc. recently announced Novell(R) Quick Classroom, an advancement in the way computer classroom training will be delivered through the rapidly expanding $25 billion worldwide IT training industry. Available immediately worldwide to Novell authorized education partners, the Quick Classroom solution allows for dramatically reduced classroom setup time for Novell training, freeing technical staff, equipment and […]
Both parents and kids can watch and learn together from several fine programs this week, including a warm retelling of a lovely moral fantasy, an innovative documentary on the importance of arts education, and a brief introduction to child rearing.
In a triumph for President Bush (news – web sites), the Senate overwhelmingly passed groundbreaking education legislation Thursday that requires annual math and reading tests for millions of schoolchildren as part of an effort to improve the nation’s public schools.