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Brisbane, Calif. — Dr. Linda Roberts, former director of the Office of Educational Technology for the federal Department of Education, was appointed today to the Board of Directors of Classroom Connect, Inc., a leading provider of Internet-based curriculum and professional development for K-12 education. Roberts will use the unique expertise she gained as the point […]
Institutions can join the Army University Access Online (AUAO) Program by using the guidelines announced here to submit a proposal. Institutions that have already submitted some information (e.g., during the proposal process) will receive a “preferred status” for consideration, but still must submit a complete proposal. A link to the instructions along with other eArmyU […]
RICHARDSON, Texas — Thanks to the rapid advances in communications technology, the business of education will never be the same again. When the Alliance for Higher Education opens its new Center for Collaborative Learning, Research and Communications Technology on The University of Texas at Dallas campus on April 5, there are plans for Texas Governor […]
Something alarming happened in my contract law class. I asked that laptop computers be used only for note taking, and my students went ballistic.
A STUDY BY TWO RESEARCHERS at Cornell University found that wireless-computing programs have mixed effects on the grades of students. While unfettered access to the Internet can enhance a learning environment, the researchers say, it can also harm students’ grades in some cases.
Lilly Endowment grant will be used to create an eLearning Center on the Greencastle campus.
Students at the University of Colorado’s College of Business will learn to use some cutting-edge business software, thanks to Denver-based software developer J.D. Edwards.
Collaboration between researchers is essential to discovery. In the 1950s, Francis Crick and James Watson worked side by side in a University of Cambridge lab to unravel “the secret of life” — the structure of DNA. But like-minded researchers are not always in the same place. With the establishment of a new high-speed, high-bandwidth network […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — More and more institutions are turning to Blackboard, the leading e-Education infrastructure company, for their application service offering. Today, Blackboard Inc. announced that more than 100 clients have selected Blackboard’s application service to deliver the Blackboard e-Education platform at their institutions. In addition to providing a highly effective online teaching and learning […]
NORWALK, Conn. — Quelsys announced today that it is working with Macromedia to support e-learning standards and interoperability between the Macromedia Web Learning Studio and SocratEase 3.0. Both companies promote emerging industry standards that support content reuse, portability and interoperability. Quelsys and Macromedia ensure interoperability between their products based on the IMS Global Consortium’s specifications, […]