Alaska asks for E-Rate exception
Alaska is asking the Federal Communications Commission to waive a rule so that several rural communities can access Internet service via schools or libraries funded through the federal E-Rate program.
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Textbook Publishers Try Online Education
Two of the leading publishers of educational textbooks have bolstered their digital efforts by launching online learning networks in the past six months.
Steve Worona will be joining EDUCAUSE as Director of Policy and Networking
Steve Worona will be joining EDUCAUSE as Director of Policy and Networking, working out of the Washington, D.C. office. Worona will be responsible for the operations of the EDUCAUSE programs in policy analysis and government relations, and the Net@EDU working groups in advanced networking. Worona currently serves as Cornell’s Information Technology Architect, with campuswide responsibility […]
New Website Helps The Student Trailblazers
If you have never been to university and nobody you know has been to university, how are you supposed to know what life is like there, what options you have for your studies, or even what an undergraduate is? Everybody has been to school and knows what school is like, but universities remain a mystery […]
Napster Ordered to Block Files
District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel gave Napster three days from receipt of notice from copyright owners to block indexing of identified songs on the Napster system. Patel’s March 5 order came after Napster had voluntarily begun blocking some such searches.
MIT pioneers online lab in microelectronics
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT students can now test and probe fragile, microscopic electronic structures via a novel online lab that can be accessed from dorm rooms and other convenient locations 24 hours a day. Although the lab’s focus is the study of microelectronic devices like transistors, the general idea could be applied to state-of-the-art labs […]
Technology Access Foundation: Expanding the Technology Education Pipeline
The Technology Access Foundation (TAF) is a non-profit agency with a mission to provide communities of color access to technology. The articles by Ann Stjern discuss TAF and a few of their highly successful programs. Ms. Stjern’s series of articles provide unique insight into successful models of technology training programs for youth. These articles provide […]
University’s Online Program Has an Online Student Government
WHEN LORI A. SCHAER WAS RUNNING for president of the student government at Washington State University in May, she campaigned entirely in chat rooms — because this student government is exclusively for the university’s online program.
E-learning companies look smart even in a down market
Investors have given the e-commerce sector failing grades, but the online-learning niche may be headed for another straight-A semester.
Gilat Communications Partners with Campus Online to Deliver Real Time Interactive Distance Learning Solution in Greater China
PETACH-TIKVA, Israel — Gilat Communications, Ltd. (NASDAQ:GICOF), today announced that it reached an agreement with Campus Online Limited, a leading educational application service provider in Asia Pacific to offer the Campus Online Distance Learning Solution in Greater China. The new solution offers a number of award-winning features that ensure instructor control of many content choices, […]