Poll: Public Lacks Time for Schools
Americans rank education as their highest public-policy priority, but many say they lack the time and expertise to become directly involved in the public schools, a poll that was set for release this week shows.
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‘Visionary endeavor’ elevates Arizona in high-tech field
ASU’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), Intel Corporation and Motorola announced a first-of-its-kind collaborative program focused on the advancement of education programs and research to assist industry in building the next generation of embedded communication systems. This high-tech environment will establish Arizona as a worldwide center for embedded systems technologies. The new center […]
Is Low Power FM Finally finding its Voice?
In the Mountain Empire communities of Potrero, Campo and Morena Village, California, local community news is distributed by word-of-mouth and through information placed on post office bulletin boards. There are no daily newspapers, local radio or TV stations in this rural mountainous part of southeast San Diego County, along the border of the United States […]
Indiana schools test Web tools
Indiana has decided its not enough to simply encourage schools to take advantage of technology in the classroom.
The American Journal of Distance Education Annonuces New Editorial Board
The current editorial board of The American Journal of Distance Education has served, with what in this day and age seems almost incredible fidelity, for the full fourteen years of The Journals life. Today I am announcing retirements and new appointments in this critically important part of our enterprise.
Bush makes key privacy decision
Administration won’t appoint privacy czar (April 16, 2001) WASHINGTON — Chief privacy officers are becoming increasingly commonplace in U.S. corporations, and many foreign nations have people and agencies in place to oversee privacy issues. But the Bush administration confirmed last week that it has no plans to fill a privacy czar position.
Leading Vendors Form E-Learning Task Force
Piscataway, N.J., April 16, 2001: E-learning industry leaders have joined forces with the U.S. Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative (ADL), a Department of Defense program aimed at unifying learning technology research, development, and implementations, to establish the Customized Learning Experience Online (CLEO) Lab. The goal of the CLEO Lab is to conduct focused, applied research on […]
New Poll Shows Faculty Prefer Web-Enhanced Courses to Either Classroom-Only or Distance-Only Courses
Lynnfield, MA — A new e-Learning Poll from WebCT, the worlds leading provider of integrated e-learning systems for higher education, shows strong faculty preference for web-enhanced classroom instruction over either traditional classroom-only instruction or online-only distance education. Faculty also say student learning achievement is maximized in courses that combine online and classroom elements. The […]
Centra Acquires Online E-Learning Firm MindLever
LEXINGTON, MA – Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA), a provider of software and ASP services for live eLearning and business collaboration, today announced an agreement to acquire MindLever, a provider of management systems for learning content. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, MindLever pioneered the first, standards-based solution for creating, storing, and delivering live and self-paced learning content […]
European Commission Adopts $13.3-Billion Plan That Is Expected to Promote Online Education
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION adopted a $13.3-billion “eLearning Action Plan” last month that is expected to promote the development of online education by European universities.