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XanEdu Partnership Expands Fathom’s Curriculum Base
ANN ARBOR, Mich.– XanEdu, a division of Bell and Howell Information and Learning (NYSE: BHW – news), today announced a partnership with Fathom Knowledge Network that will place XanEdu CoursePacks into select Fathom online courses. The partnership between Fathom and XanEdu bringstogether two of the most innovative online post-secondary education companies, and puts XanEdu’s vast […]
Streaming Video Makes Physics Class, Lectures a Round-the-Clock
Thanks to a high-tech approach, some professors at Penn State have made one physics class much more than the same-old science. In fact, with the use of streaming video technology, the class known as “Physics 211, General Physics: Mechanics” has become a round-the-clock resource for students.
Auditing Classes at M.I.T., on the Web and Free
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 3 — Other universities may be striving to market their courses to the Internet masses in hopes of dot-com wealth. But the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has chosen the opposite path: to post virtually all its course materials on the Web, free to everybody.
Hispanic group, IBM join to narrow digital divide
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and IBM announced an alliance to recruit and better prepare Hispanic students for careers in the computer industry.
At Purdue U., Students Chat Online With the Artists Whose Works They Study
STUDENTS IN AN ONLINE COURSE IN ART of the American West, offered at Purdue University, chat online with the artists covered in the course.
Web100 Project
The Web100 project will provide the software and tools necessary for end-hosts to automatically and transparently achieve high bandwidth data rates (100 Mbps) over the high performance research networks. Initially the software and tools will be developed for the Linux operating system, but will be done in a standard, open manner so that they can […]
Survey Finds Another Increase in Campus Spending on Information Technology
THIS YEAR, American colleges will spend 13 percent more on information technology than they did last year, according to a new report by the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation.
Who Needs Books? MSR Researchers Look for Ways to Make Audio and Video as Easy to Use as Text
SEATTLE, Wash., April 2, 2001 — “Angel and minister of grace, defend us.” Theater buffs will recognize this line from Shakespeares “Hamlet,” when the Danish prince first meets the ghost of his murdered father. But what does it mean? Since the line can be interpreted many ways, some productions of the play portray Hamlet as […]
The Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC) Regional Conference
The annual conference for NWACC, the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium, will take place June 14–15, 2001, at the Portland Marriott Downtown in Portland, Oregon. The theme for this year’s conference is “Networking for the 21st Century: Content, Conduits, and Policies.” A strong program of workshop sessions and track sessions has been developed, including a keynote […]