Journal of Computer Mediated Communication
January 2001 Issue
Posts Tagged ‘premium’
Learning on laptops
Now that every eighth-grader at Piscataquis Community Middle School in Guilford has a laptop computer, field trips are a snap.
School Specialty’s online division cuts work force in half
School Specialty formed its dot-com division last spring. The timing couldn’t have been worse.
Profile: Blackboard.com tackles academia’s anemia
Matt Pittinsky is barely out of Harvard grad school himself, but already he’s planning significant changes for American higher education. His company, Blackboard.com, is trying to cure a long-standing headache for students and faculty: college bureaucracy.
UN: NGO Committee recommends consultative status for International Commission on Distance Education
The Committee then took up consideration of applications from NGOs whose representatives were at the meeting and subsequently recommended special consultative status for Monitor International, roster consultative status for Support Coalition International, and deferred the application from International Commission on Distance Education
Rutgers and Trautman Wasserman & Company, Inc., a private equity firm, jointly announced the formation of Connotate Technologies
Rutgers and Trautman Wasserman & Company, Inc., a private equity firm, jointly announced the formation of Connotate Technologies, which will focus on content management and wireless application software that makes dynamic content accessible through user-defined notifications and wireless access.
Jerry Melvin Named Chairman of Council for Lifelong Learning
Tom Feeney (R-Oviedo), Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives has named Representative Jerry Melvin (R-Fort Walton Beach) to be Chairman of the important Council for Lifelong Learning for the 2001-2002 session.
New School of Education dean wants to narrow gap between theory and practice
Deborah Stipek was invested as the School of Education’s ninth dean in a ceremony on Monday. On Jan. 19, Stipek spoke to Stanford Report about her interests and goals as the school’s new dean.
Orion College Opens
The Orion Education Corporation is proud to announce the opening of Orion College, which began accepting students on December 12, 2000.
The Nation’s Female Freshman Lack Computer Confidence, UCLA Study Reveals
More freshmen are regularly using computers in the year prior to entering college, according to the results of UCLA’s annual survey of the nation’s students entering undergraduate classes.