THE VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY GAZETTE January, 2001
January 2001 Issue.
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Will Congressional Web Learning Report Gather Momentum or Only Gather Dust?
Capitol Hill insiders and educational analysts are hopeful that several of the key recommendations made in a Congressional panel’s report on web-based learning will be acted upon this year.
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Technologies
The Pennsylvania State University College of Education Department of Adult Education, Instructional Systems, and Workforce Education and Development & School of Information Sciences and Technology POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Position Available: Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Technologies Beginning: Fall Semester, 2001 Appointment conditions: This newly created position represents a collaboration between the College of Education and […]
Higher education’s undercurrents
Set against the backdrop of swirling presidential-campaign politics, American higher education at the turn of the second millennium was marked by court decisions, technological advances, and individual achievement.
A Columbia U. Professor Praises the Interactivity of Teaching Online
MICHAEL KIRSCHENHEITER, a professor of accounting at Columbia University’s School of Business, was one of the first university professors to work with UNext to put one of his courses online. He says the lack of personal contact with his students is a drawback in online instruction, but the use of interactive features like animation helps […]
$325 MILLION WILL SUPPORT REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LABORATORIES
FOR RELEASE: January 2, 2001 Contact: David Thomas (202) 401-2310 U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley today announced $325 million in contracts over five years to operate and manage 10 regional educational laboratories that serve geographic regions that span the nation. The labs will promote broad-based school improvements in their regions, using new and […]
Caliber secures equity financing of $15 million
NEW YORK, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Caliber Learning Network (NasdaqNM:CLBR – news), a provider of e-learning infrastructure to corporations, said on Tuesday it had secured $15 million in equity financing.
TeachMeNow Becomes Bit Learning, Inc.
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 2, 2001–TeachMeNow, Inc., the creators of Bit Learning(TM) announced today a corporate name change to Bit Learning, Inc
UNext.com and the Open University Business School Announce Joint Online Learning Initiative
DEERFIELD, Ill., Jan 2, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — UNext.com, the Open University, today announced an initiative to offer online courses from UNext’s Cardean University to OUBS alumni and to develop innovative courses together.
VCampus Corporation, Forecasting Growth in High-margin e-Learning Revenues
VCampus Corporation, Forecasting Growth in High-margin e-Learning Revenues, Restructures Company to Focus On Its Core Online Business — Company reduces workforce by 30%, primarily in non-core areas, to accelerate its path to profitability