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Group and Kinko’s Announce Agreement to Offer Custom Classroom Publishing to Educators

Leading Companies Align to Offer Teachers print-on-demand customized resources for students

PLATO Learning to Provide Core Curriculum for New Online Curriculum Management Platform

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 16, 2001– PLATO Learning, Inc. (Nasdaq:TUTR – news) today announced its partnership with Microsoft Corporation to provide more than 100 hours of core reading curriculum for the Microsoft® Encarta® Class Server, a new curriculum management platform for grades K through 12.

Instructional Technology Research Online

InTRO is dedicated to providing professionals in the field of Instructional Technology with an electronic forum to disseminate, discuss, and advance research in Instructional Technology and related fields. InTRO takes advantage of the versatility of electronic communications to widely disseminate a broad range of works in a variety of media through fast, convenient, and accessible […]

Kentucky Department of Education Minority Student Achievement Initiative Using Virtual Cadre Course

The Kentucky Department Of Education, Commissioner Gene Wilhoit, announced at a 11 a.m. press conference yesterday a major initiative to reduce the learning achievement gap between WHITE and AFRICAN-AMERICAN students in Kentucky. The beginning of this process includes 6 volunteer local school districts who are involved in piloting strategies to reduce this learning gap. The […]

Click2learn.com Sees Results Below Expectations

BELLEVUE (Reuters) – Click2learn.com Inc. (CLKS), a provider of software and services to online educational programs, said its fourth quarter results are expected to fall below estimates, due to delays in customer orders.

Gaming: Too Cool for School?

Gaming has long been regarded as a pastime of adolescent boys. But one professor believes that gaming has matured, and it’s time to start studying the cultural and technical intricacies of games at the university level.

Kwame Nkrumah University And PSU Collaborate On African, African American Web-Based Art Course

University Park, Pa. — An innovative web-based course on African, African American art, culture and history is now in development by Penn State and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana and eventually will be available to students world-wide.

Ford to Test In-Car Distraction Levels

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co. (F), the No. 2 U.S. automaker, said on Wednesday it would spend $10 million to test the effects of in-car distractions like cellular telephones on drivers.

Will Cell Phone Antenna End Radiation Debate?

The controversy over health and safety issues surrounding mobile phones may become a thing of the past, thanks to a revolutionary new technology developed in the UK.

Evaluating Web-based Courses in Nursing Programs: Shining a Flashlight on

Conference Description Participants in this Institute will be introduced to the Flashlight instruments and procedures for evaluating outcomes and educational practices in web-based courses. Through hands-on exercises they will develop evaluation plans they can use to evaluate any instructional programs they choose. Participants are also introduced to the new Flashlight Nursing Benchmarking project. Although the […]