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BOCA RATON, FL–(MARKET WIRE)–Nov 21, 2005 — Genesis Technology Group, Inc. (OTC BB:GTEC.OB – News) announced that the World Bank Group has invested $4.6 million in the China Vocational Education Satellite Network, the contract partner to its new subsidiary, Genesis Distance Learning Division (GDLD). Genesis management has estimated that its contract could have a value […]
Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) examined on Monday, the impact of the copyright system on the use of protected works for educational purposes in both the analog and digital environments, particularly in developing countries. The meeting took place at the beginning of deliberations by the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A new $10 million distance learning initiative launched in 24 pilot schools will give students in rural counties a chance to take advanced placement classes and electives that are currently unavailable to them, school officials announced Thursday.Read the Full Story
Welcome to the virtual pressroom for the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) II, taking place 16 to 18 Nov in Tunis, Tunisia.The UN General Assembly (21 December 2001) endorsed the holding of WSIS in two phases. The UN agency that holds the leading role in the organisation of the Summit is the International Telecommunication […]
SANTIAGO, Nov 16 (IPS) – A school in the Chilean capital has decided to prohibit students from writing their assignments on computers. “The kids just download material from the Internet and hand it in without making any changes. They don’t even read it. Now they will have to write out their assignments by hand, which […]
MAYNARD, MA –- Virtual High School (http://www.govhs.org/), the pioneer of online learning for high school students and online course design for teachers, today announced that 29 high schools from California and Maine, to as far away as Columbia have joined their international online learning community.Read the Full Story
MAYNARD, MA –- Virtual High School (http://www.govhs.org/), the pioneer of online learning for high school students and online course design for teachers, today announced that 29 high schools from California and Maine, to as far away as Columbia have joined their international online learning community.Read the Full Story
Based on a variety of calibrations1, we are now in the adolescence of digital libraries. Like any adolescence, there is reason for optimism and concern.The optimism comes from the successes resulting from a decade of research, development, and deployment. Any list of these is inevitably incomplete, but certainly includes Google2, the Handle System® 3, Dublin […]
world leader in the study of distance education is in New Zealand this month.Associate Professor Michael G. Moore is Director of the American Centre for Study of Distance Education and the editor of The American Journal of Distance Eductaion and the Distance Education Handbook with Masse University’s Dr Bill Anderson.Read the Full Story