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Technology Surfaces Again in Twin Cities School Referendums

It’s a mantra for schools that want more tax money to get wired for the Internet, buy computers, streamline records and speed up communications between teachers and parents. It will come up for many Twin Cities voters next month. Several of the 14 metro-area school districts holding referendums are asking for technology money, along with […]

Athabasca University the Canadian Partner in New Global “e-education” Service

For Immediate Release — October 12, 2000 Hong Kong is today the site for the official worldwide launch of a new concept in university “e-education” that allows students around the globe to link up to the Internet, take courses, and complete degrees from 10 leading universities in North America, Europe, and Australia without ever setting […]

School Adopts New Internet Filter System

A new Internet filter will be installed next week that will provide the Fairfield school district the ability to monitor student access to Internet sites. The new Bess Proxy/Filter server was approved at the Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors meeting Monday.

NATIONAL: Universities Plan ‘Webucation’ Launch Online Education Internet-Based Global College ‘Could Make a Profit Within Three Years’

A British e-University – an internet-based global college – could make an operating profit within three years of its launch, according to its business model published today.

Quia Launches Internet’s Largest Collaborative Educational Resource

BURLINGAME, CA. – (October 10, 2000) – Quia Corporation, the worlds largest collaborative online educational resource, launched its Web site today with more than 350,000 teachers and students already using the site they discovered by word –of mouth. Quias sophisticated yet user-friendly technology allows educators, from the classroom to the boardroom, to create online learning […]

The Guardian: E-asy Does It: Thanks to a Proposal Published Today, the British e-University Could be Up and Running by 2002. Tim O’Shea, Who Helped With The Plans, Reports

The British e-university is suddenly looking very real. The proposal published today by the Higher Education Funding Council for England combines an exciting vision of the potential of a UK electronic university with remarkably sensible suggestions for the technological platforms and pedagogical models that would be deployed.

Schools Get High-Speed Web Link, Courtesy of Comcast

Students in public and private schools in Anne Arundel County will soon have a wealth of knowledge at their fingertips with the addition of high-speed Internet access for schools.

UNESCO Director-General Outlines His Vision of UNESCO’S Future Before The Executive Board

Paris, October 11 {No. 2000-100} – UNESCO must be “the world forum where the international community can help give a meaning and a conscience to the globalisation processes”, UNESCO Director-General, Koïchiro Matsuura declared as he outlined his vision of the Organization’s strategies and programmes for the coming years to the Executive Board.

‘Digital Divide’ Could Create a New Class of Underprivileged

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Nearly half of those who responded to a recent nationwide survey said they do not have access to the Internet at home. Of those who are “disconnected,” more than half said they don’t know what the Internet is or how it could help them. Forty percent said they do not intend to […]

Record Student Numbers

There is a record number of students in higher education across the UK this autumn.