Campus Tours 1.0
Before heading out on the traditional whirlwind tour of colleges, more and more high schoolers are checking out the ivy-covered halls on the Web
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Viviance new education Inc. and MedCases Inc. Announce Strategic Alliance to Market Custom eLearning Solutions and Services to Healthcare Industry
AUSTIN, TEXAS – October 23, 2000 – Viviance new education Inc., the premier global online Education Service Provider (ESP) for business, consumer and student markets serving the elearning industry, and MedCases, a health elearning company providing interactive simulated patient encounters for online medical education, today announced an alliance designed to market enterprise-wide elearning services to […]
Congress Leaves Tech Issues on Ice
With a few key technology victories in its wake, Congress will soon clear out of Washington to work on next month’s elections, leaving behind several brewing IT issues.
SMARTHINKING Closes $5 Million Series A Financing
“This new financing allows us to capitalize on our first-mover acceptance as the de facto provider of high-quality online student support,” said Chris Gergen, SMARTHINKING co-founder and CEO. “With this investment, we can continue to improve and innovate, and we are delighted to be able to do this with such a highly regarded investment team,” […]
Digital Divide Not Reflected In Online Behavior – Study
Concerns of a “digital divide” aside, new findings in an ongoing study of Internet behavior illustrates that – on the Net – there are few important differences between black and white
Utah State University Students to Join Rally for Fair Tuition Increase
The rally will be Oct. 27 at the Utah Board of Regents’ meeting at Weber State University in Ogden. USU students will join students from other colleges and universities in the state. Associated Students of Utah State University will provide free bus transportation to the rally, which should take about three hours of students’ time. […]
Kids Privacy Compliance Training for Website Operators
The program will feature presentations by FTC enforcement staff. In addition, several operators of websites directed to children, including Nick.com, the Walt Disney Internet Group, FoxKids.com, and Agirlsworld.com, will demonstrate how they comply with COPPA. COPPA and the Rule, effective April 2000, apply to the online collection of personal information from children under 13. The […]
Prof’s Web Design Contest Promotes Political Participation
The contest, now in its third year, has awarded more than $50,000 in Iowa State University scholarships. This is the third year of the contest, which was created by Steffen Schmidt, Iowa State professor of political science, to increase interest in American government and participation in the political process. “If we don’t get young people […]
Prosaic Concerns Drive Distance-Education Programs at One Community College
Pasadena City College’s entry into online instruction was driven partly by a desire to alleviate parking problems and partly by a sense that students wanted the convenience of working from home, says Nino B. Valmassoi, associate dean of extended learning at the college here.
A Web Site’s Tales of Northern Culture Aim to Help Alaskans Understand Each Other
Ronald Spatz says that Alaskans know better than most people what it’s like to be separated from the modern world — and from each other. People from dozens of cultures, speaking as many languages, live in the republic’s largest state, much of which has never been traversed by roads or rails.