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NASA to Share Satellite With Educational Consortium

An exciting new chapter in space communications begins with the signing of a Space Act Agreement among NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, the Ohio Board of Regents, Columbus, OH and Ohio University, Athens, OH, for the use of NASA’s Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS). The agreement calls for the formation of a national educational […]

University of Phoenix Selects NETg to Help Create Customizable Courseware for Technology and Business Programs

NAPERVILLE, IL- NETg, powering intelligent decisions through learning, has been selected by the University of Phoenix, the nation’s largest private university, to provide customized curriculum courseware for its students. The NETg-powered courses will be incorporated into the University’s certification and degree program offerings in the fields of Business and Information Technology. “Many companies offer e-learning […]

New Campaign Uses Fun, Engaging Tools to Connect Teens With Computers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently, a unique coalition of libraries, foundations, nonprofit organizations, and media and Internet companies launched the ConnectNet/Conectado campaign – the most comprehensive national campaign to help bridge the digital divide. Computer skills equal economic opportunity for the next generation. Yet millions of young people – especially low-income, Hispanic and African American youth […]

Eastern Michigan University Receives Business Software Worth $7.3 Million From Oracle Corp.

YPSILANTI, Mich.- Eastern Michigan University’s College of Business has received business software valued at $7.3 million from Oracle Corporation. This gift expands on the $1.7 million in business software and technical support gifted to the University in 2000. “This gift to the Department of Finance and Computer Information Systems, together with an earlier gift to […]

American Diabetes Association Partners With Versaware To Kick Off Its E-Book Initiative

E-Publishing Pioneer to Digitize American Diabetes Association Book Titles And Build a Co-Branded Electronic Bookstore

Smart new degrees: Innovative master’s programs drawn from a savvy mix of specialties can give a big boost to your career

Students are seeking master’s degrees because they have become the passport to entry-level jobs in many fields, or at least the key to moving up the ladder. Meanwhile, working professionals just want to keep their jobs. With business and technology seeping into nursing, education, science, public policy, and diplomacy, employees must learn new skills or […]

Follett Higher Education Group Selects Microsoft Reader Format for efollett.com eBookstore

OAK BROOK, Ill. (BUSINESS WIRE) – Follett Higher Education Group, the leading higher education bookstore operator, has selected Microsoft Reader as the inaugural format for efollett.com’s eBookstore. Distributing electronic books in Microsoft Reader format is a major step in advancing Follett’s digital content delivery and services to the higher education market.

The Commonwealth of Learning’s Knowledge Series

The Commonwealth of Learning invites submissions for authorship in the Knowledge Series an ongoing sequence of single-subject, start-up guides on topics in distance education management for practitioners.

ISOPIA Spearheads Pure Java Mobile Learning

TORONTO, Canada — ISOPIA Inc., the leading provider of e-Learning infrastructure software, today announced the launch of the first Java-based mobile learning (m-Learning) solution available on the market. Introducing a paradigm shift in the industry, ISOPIAs mobile offering transforms the way knowledge is delivered and makes anyplace, anytime learning a reality. Mobile learning opens up […]

Helping Doctors Feel Better

As researchers usher the sense of touch into the digital world, medical simulation training gets safer and more palpable.