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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Wireless World

The future of the World Wide Web is literally in the palms of our hands.

African Sky Poised To Supply Proprietary E-Learning

With the implementation of the Company’s Distance Learning centres in South Africa, African Sky Communications Inc is pleased to announce that in addition to providing access to the information highway, it will also be providing web-based, multimedia rich education content to its Distance Learning Centres.

Microsoft Launches Car .Net Dashboard Operating System

The undisputed king of desktop applications wants a second shot at the title for dashboard applications.

TV Stars Promote Skills ‘University’

Television stars have been enlisted to help promote an initiative designed to make learning more accessible to all. Presenters Anthea Turner and Andi Peters will be present at the national unveiling of Learndirect – part of the University for Industry (Ufi) – in east London on Wednesday.

The Future of the Internet

A decade ago few people could have imagined the Internet of 2000— almost limitless information on a unique medium shared with anyone who can get there. But this remarkably disruptive technology has only begun to flex its power, and the big question so far in this millennium is clear: What’s next for the Internet? To […]

California State University, Fullerton Licenses University Planets Academic Planning Suite

This solution enables Cal State Fullerton to offer automated course planning to its students while optimizing the resources needed to deliver courses. Under the agreement, University Planet will customize APS for Cal State Fullerton based on its degree requirements, and will host the solution in an ASP model. CAP automates the cumbersome task of course […]

MOO Event: Learning via Webcasting

eColloquia is an online series of presentations WebCT is offering for FREE to students and faculty. The online event is powered by HorizonLive. Event Info: Statewide K-12 groups have begun setting up streaming servers allowing for the construction of rich multimedia learning environments. Join Tom and some of his teaching colleagues from the state of […]

University of Texas at Austin Gets Systimax Structured Cabling to Desktop

The new Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences Building has single mode fiber, LazrSPEED multi mode fiber and GigaSPEED copper unshielded twisted pair cable to every desktop

Instructors Try Out Updated MOOs as Online-Course Classrooms

Educators have put a new face on one of the oldest forms of online communication by adding graphical interfaces to text-based chat systems called MOOs. The systems still aren’t flashy, but some professors say they make ideal distance-education classrooms.

SoX Enhances Collaboration Opportunities Among Researchers

The Southern Crossroads (SoX) is a cooperative initiative of Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, and the University of Georgia, with support from the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA). SoX is designed to facilitate access to current and future highly integrated, digital communications services for education, research and economic development within the region and across the […]