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State University of New York Renews Contract with SES AMERICOM to Link its 64 Campuses via Satellite

PRINCETON, N.J. — SES AMERICOM (www.ses-americom.com), an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg stock exchange: SESG), today announced that the State University of New York (SUNY) has renewed its multi-year contract using SES AMERICOM’s AMC-5 satellite for its SUNYSAT network, which is used to deliver the University’s popular New York Network and distance learning applications […]

http://www.ustream.tv/

Ustream.TV is the live interactive video broadcast platform that enables anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to quickly and easily broadcast to a global audience of unlimited size. In less than two minutes, anyone can become a broadcaster by creating their own channel on Ustream or by broadcasting through their own site, empowering […]

Designing ee-Learning Environments: Lessons from an Online Workshop

Program offerings in the expanding field of organizational development (OD) are increasing, as evidenced by the numerous programs listed on the OD Network Web site. In particular, the appreciative inquiry (AI) approach is gaining popularity within the OD community. Read the Full Article

E-Texts in the Classroom

E-text readers designed for use in higher education will reduce textbook pricing and address environmental concernsRead the Full Article

Next Chapter for E-Books

That great new book is timed for release this summer, and you’d love to have it on your syllabus for the fall semester. But like many a high-demand scholarly book, the one you have your eye on is being released only in hardcover. Read the Full Article

Info–communism? Ownership and freedom in the digital economy

This paper takes a new look at the debate over commons and property in information and communications. It warns against recreating the old communist–capitalist ideological divide by framing the movement for informational commons as “info–communist.”Read the Full Article

Many Uses for ‘New York Times’ Distance Ed Venture

Instead of sifting through existing texts to find case studies suitable for his course, Matt Cookson decided to go straight to the source. In his Introduction to Public Relations class, which he teaches as an adjunct at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester, he uses content pulled directly from online archives of The New […]

A Look at Online Orientations

Community colleges are increasingly finding that many of the issues they deal with on a day-to-day basis — retention and remedial education, to name two — are just as present among the students they don’t see as the ones who show up for class on campus.Read the Full Article

HP unveils small laptops for students

One more of the world’s largest technology companies is about to enter the growing market for pint-sized computers targeted mainly for pint-sized customers.Read the Full Article

http://webusability.com

Evidence-Based Information, Training and Tools for Optimizing the Usability of Computer SystemsRead the Full Article