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The pan-European industrial services group Brammer is using the e2train Kallidus Learning Management System in nine different languages to deliver induction programmes and product training to its people throughout Europe.Read the Full Story
“I was amazed by the degree to which comments from hundreds of contributors converged into a set of coherent professional knowledge,” said Bill Brandon, Senior Editor. “For example, contributors identified four instructor skills as critical to success; as far as I am aware, no individual writer or consultant has previously highlighted just these four skills. […]
The Northwest Association of Accredited Schools (NAAS) has awarded the Idaho Virtual Academy (IDVA) provisional, regional accreditation for the 2005-2006 school year. The Idaho Virtual Academy, a public virtual charter school, was awarded accreditation status in December at the Northwest Association of Accredited School’s annual meeting in Reno, Nevada. The Idaho Virtual Academy was notified […]
Florida Community College at Jacksonville has been awarded a $1 million Department of Defense grant to develop and provide distance learning to deployed service members. The grant supports FCCJ’s initiative called Mobilizing Educational Technology to Support Combat Deployment. The initiative involves using personal digital assistants, CDs and emerging technologies to instruct service members with limited […]
AKRON — The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that about three thousand students have opted out of Ohio’s 112 top-rated public school districts to enroll in charter schools. Read the article
HOW CAN TECHNOLOGY in education affect the workforce and economic development? What kind of leadership will it take to align learning and technology in the 21st century? Can we bridge the gap between education reform, technology, and No Child Left Behind requirements simultaneously? Read the article
Capella University PhD graduate Kristine Haertl has received the 2005 Minnesota Occupational Therapy Research Award for “Excellence in Clinical Work, Teaching, and Research in Mental Health.†Capella University is an accredited online university headquartered in Minneapolis. More than 13,000 learners are enrolled in Capella’s undergraduate, master’s and PhD online degree programs. Haertl earned her PhD […]
Real estate professionals will now have the option of enrolling in online continuing education courses through Temple University’s Real Estate Institute (REI). Read the entire article
Waukesha – Thanks to major contract concessions by the company that runs the Waukesha School District’s virtual high school, a School Board committee decided Monday to recommend keeping iQ Academies at Wisconsin open. Read the article online
El Centro College of Dallas (TX) County Community College District is the first Blackboard enterprise client to adopt Tegrity enhanced podcasting. Tuck Minnett, El Centro’s Director of Distance Learning says that “iPods are everywhere and their portability is becoming an inevitable part of education’s future. Our students are now able to reinforce their learning while […]