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Getting the top job maintaining a golf course used to require a two-year degree, plus on-the-job experience. Today, these jobs often require a four-year college degree, but finding the time to take classes while working 60 to 70 hours a week keeping greens and fairways in playing shape can be as challenging as making par. […]
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. and LEXINGTON, Mass., October 6, 2005—Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), a leading provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions, and Centra Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRA), a leading provider of software and services for online learning and training, today announced that they signed a definitive agreement pursuant to which Saba agreed to acquire Centra for […]
RSS packages up blogs, e-newsletters and research — offering a simplified way to receive information. With the use of a feedreader, RSS feeds can be sent directly to either your inbox, desktop or Website.Read the Full Story
Each year, the members of the EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee identify and research the evolving technologies that are having the most direct impact on higher education institutions. The committee members choose the relevant topics, write white papers, and present their findings at the EDUCAUSE annual conference.Read the Full Story
The 2005 Framework’s New Practices in Flexible Learning Project funded six projects this year to implement innovative practices with a focus on e-learning, e-business, online student support and self service.The 2005 projects are:Read the Full Story
In mid-October, CoSN and International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) filed comments in response to the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that sought input on the administration, management and oversight of the Universal Service Fund and the E-Rate. In their comments, CoSN and ISTE recommended:Read the Full […]
WASHINGTON, DC, Nov 08, 2005 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) — As the use of online learning continues to expand across the higher education sector, Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB), a leading provider of software and services to the education industry, reports an increase in the number of exams being offered and taken online.Read the […]
After a few years of becoming familiar with the concept of advanced distributed learning (ADL) and the Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) standard, the ADL Implementation Fest 2005 has taken a more direct role by focusing on the hands-on applications.Read the Full Story
Learning to leverage the enormous popularity of video games to help students excel was the core purpose of two events held recently in Washington, D.C. Read the Full Story
New subcommittee report details the waste, fraud, and abuse of the E-Rate program over a 21/2-year investigation.Read the Full Story