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Technology Survey Reveals Funding and Integration into Classroom Biggest Challenges; Preparedness of New Teachers Also a Concern

Denver, CO – October 27 – Funding for technology and integrating technology into the classroom rank among the biggest challenges that school districts face in the area of technology, according to a survey issued today by the National School Boards Association (NSBA) at the organization’s annual T+L² Conference here. Read the Full Story

WGU Programs Approved for Military Tuition Assistance for Active-duty Servicepersons

SALT LAKE CITY — As of October 24, 2005, the online competency-based degree programs at Western Governors University (WGU) are approved for Tuition Assistance for active-duty military servicepersons. The approval was granted by the Department of Defense’s Office of Personnel and Readiness after a rigorous review. WGU was already approved by the Veterans Administration for […]

Distance Learning Stimulates Teacher Qualification In Brazil

FTC EaD Selects DIRECWAY Broadband Satellite from Hughes to Deliver High Quality Education Services Throughout BrazilRead the Full Story

An open-source rival to Google’s book project

SAN FRANCISCO–When it comes to digitizing books, two stories appear to be unfolding: One is about open source, and the other, Google.Read the Full Story

Who Owns XML?

American high schoolers receive help from India

COCHIN, India (AP) — A few stars are still twinkling in the inky pre-dawn sky when Koyampurath Namitha arrives for work in a quiet suburb of this south Indian city. It’s barely 4:30 a.m. when she grabs a cup of coffee and joins more than two dozen colleagues, each settling into a cubicle with a […]

External and internal complexity of complex adaptive systems

AbstractWe introduce concepts of external and internal complexity to analyze the relation between an adaptive system and its environment. We apply this theoretical framework to the construction of models in a cognitive system and the selection between hypotheses through selective observations performed on a data set in a recurrent process and propose a corresponding neural […]

SITeC-Oriented Law Course To Debut in Spring“Intellectual Property Law for Engineers and Scientists” Will Be Part of Institute’s Graduate Certificate Program Available Via DEN

Friday, October 21st, 2005 — A new law course designed for the USC Mark & Mary Stevens Institute for Technology Commercialization (SITeC) curriculum begins in spring.Read the Full Story

Stanford provides access to university content through iTunes

Today, the university will publicly debut a project called Stanford on iTunes, providing Stanford-related audio content via the iTunes Music Store, Apple’s popular music jukebox and online music store. Stanford on iTunes will give alumni and the general public free access to a wide range of Stanford-specific digital audio content.Read the Full Story

Microsoft to offer book search

In the wake of lawsuits filed against Google, Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would join a competing and less controversial library book digitization project sponsored by Yahoo and Internet Archive.Read the Full Story