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General DataComm Industries, Inc. (NYSE: GDC) announced recently that it has delivered a turnkey multimedia solution to S & T Telephone Cooperative, an independent telephone company serving customers in north-west Kansas, to support distance learning applications for a consortium of schools in its operating area. The video network will eventually be used for telemedicine services […]
So I’m driving on a two-lane highway. I’m in a hurry to get somewhere very important. Life-alteringly important. I have to get to my soccer game. I look up, and I’m closing in fast on a Ford Taurus. In the driver’s seat is a very small person topped by a hat — one with a […]
Registration materials are on the Web at www.ala.org/acrl/denver/registration.html. Take Home Practical Ideas To Put To Use In Your Library Keep up with the latest library research and techniques with our featured speakers, research papers, and panel sessions. More than 200 peer-reviewed programs will address the issues you are facing on campus. Selected sessions include: Working […]
Two new NASA educational products are available on NASA Spacelink. A Key to Discovery Poster is an educational poster featuring areas of research and technology that will be performed on the International Space Station. Build It With Spacewalks Poster is dedicated to NASA spacesuits and is packed full of classroom activities to teach students about […]
When Steve Jobs asked him to design a mouse prototype for the Macintosh computer, Dean Hovey went to a local Walgreen’s and bought a few butter dishes and all the roll-on deodorant he could find. He used a ball from one of the deodorant packages and a butter dish to fabricate a model for the […]
DUBLIN, Ireland — Software that is placed under “copyleft” — as opposed to copyright — may be in a legal limbo and is still reliant on the concept of copyright, an Irish legal expert says.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has a wary view of how his agency should step in to address the so-called “digital divide” — a phrase often employed to describe disparities in Americans’ access to computers and the Internet.
In 1996, when the University began offering the first web-based courses we began studying teaching and learning in this new instructional environment. From the student perspective, we are examining who enrolls in and succeeds in on-line cours es as well as what students like and dont like about these courses. We are also examining these […]
STAMFORD, CT – February 6, 2001 — Crawford & Associates International, the premier provider of custom training solutions for global businesses, today announced its partnership with Question Mark, makers of testing and assessment software. As a Support Services Partner, Crawford will provide consulting and instructional design services to Question Mark customers, helping them develop sound […]