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Walden Institute to Offer the Web’s First Real-time Synchronous Learning Program

Bonita Springs, FL – Walden Institute, a leader in providing online certificate and professional development programs in technology, business and management, is now offering the first Certified Synchronous Instructor (CSI) Program conducted completely online. The eight-week CSI Program will teach corporate and academic instructors to design and deliver live Web-based instruction and presentations. In Walden’s […]

Computers do school pupils more harm than good: author

Here is an unorthodox idea: computers are not good for school children. They cost too much, take up too much time, and rarely teach children anything they could not learn without them.

NY Gives RIT $14 Million for New STAR Center; To be Known as the Information Technology Collaboratory

Laurie Maynard University News Services (716) 475-5064 E-mail: lsmcmp@rit.edu Web stream of announcement In an extremely competitive New York state selection process, RIT has come out a winner. At a May 3 press conference, Gov. George Pataki announced the making of a new STAR (strategically targeted academic research) Center at Rochester Institute of Technology. Accompanied […]

Management: Telecommuting’s Big Experiment

There is something quixotic about the quest of Representative Frank R. Wolf to encourage federal workers to stay out of the office more often.

BBC and BBC Worldwide form partnership

BBC and BBC Worldwide have formed a partnership agreement with Fathom, creator of the online learning destination www.fathom.com, for content and course development in the area of History. The BBC and Fathom will co-produce and deliver an online history seminar with Columbia University. Fathom will also enter into a content alliance and marketing relationship with […]

TWO LOCAL TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVES NAMED FELLOWS AT GW’S CYBERSPACE POLICY INSTITUTE

Former AOL and IBM Executive John Bischoff and Singleshop Chairman Michael Bruce to Perform Research In Cyberspace Policy

Online texts should save students money

The rising cost of attending college continues to worry American families — and with good reason.

EATON JOINS NATIONAL DIGITAL STRATEGY ADVISORY BOARD

Nancy L. Eaton, Dean of University Libraries, has been appointed to the National Digital Strategy Advisory Board of the Library of Congress. The group will examine strategies to ensure the safekeeping of digital materials in order to prevent voids in historical archives. The formation of the board is a first step in meeting a mandate, […]

Oxford to Open Internet Institute

The University of Oxford announces plans to open an Internet Institute, where scholars will research the Net and its effects on society.

Question Mark Opens Australian Office

STAMFORD, CT and LONDON, ENGLAND — May 8, 2001 — Question Mark, the leading provider of testing and assessment software, announces the opening of a new office in Melbourne, Australia. The company, which also has offices in London, England, and Stamford, Connecticut, has been marketing its products in Australia for 10 years through independent distributors. […]