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Home computer use rises, but Web access varies with income

In the past decade, computers have become a fixture in many children’s lives, says a report to be issued today by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Seventy percent of American households with children ages 2 to 17 have computers, and 52 percent are connected to the Internet.

HorizonLive Unveils OfficeHoursLive; Educators Now Able to Speak with their Students Live Online

HorizonLive today announced the launch of OfficeHoursLive, the first virtual office designed specifically for faculty, teaching assistants, tutors, counselors and other distance learning professionals. The product, which enables instructors and students to speak with each other live over the Web, can be used to hold virtual office hours, “Q & A” sessions and study groups, […]

Digital Island to Deliver First Ever MBA Webcast Course for Duke University

Fuqua School of Business uses Digital Island to offer live Webcast of MBA course to students worldwide

International Institute for Learning Uses Live eLearning Software from Centra to Deliver Online Training Seminars and Workshops

LEXINGTON, Mass., Jan 22, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Centra (NASDAQ:CTRA), the world’s leading provider of software infrastructure and ASP services for live eLearning and Internet business collaboration, today announced that the International Institute for Learning (IIL), a leading provider of business training products, courses and consulting services focusing on Project Management, “Theory of Constraints” and […]

Latin American resource center for distance education

the UNESCO Chair in Distance Education, held by Dr. García Aretio, from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) of Spain, has published its web site with the purpose of becoming a Latin American resource center for distance education and virtuallearning: http://www.uned.es/catedraunesco-ead/

Learning Circuits Express

Learning Circuits Express is a free information service provided by Learning Circuits, ASTDs online magazine about e-learning

Log on @ your library™: Campaign for Americas Libraries Posts New @ your library PSAs

The Campaign for Americas Libraries has made ten print public service announcements (PSAs) available on the current Campaign for Americas Libraries Web site.

Learning from a distance

CANTON TWP.: Cozy and warm in their distance learning lab, most of the freshmen in Jennifer Petersen’s integrated science class could see and hear everything as six of their peers took water samples from Nimishillen Creek behind Canton South High School.

SKILLVIEW TECHNOLOGIES AND QUESTION MARK ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

SkillView Technologies, Inc., an innovator of products that support Skills Management, announces a new strategic partnership with Question Mark Corporation, the leading provider of testing and assessment software since 1988.

Director of ADL Initiative Receives Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Service

On January 17, 2001, Secretary of Defense William Cohen awarded Don Johnson, Director of the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Service. Mr. Tom Longstreth, the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Readiness, presided over the Pentagon ceremony. Mr. Longstreth praised Mr. Johnson’s vision and leadership and noted with […]