Free home computer program grows in Dade
Citibank pledges $750,000 to expand computer literacy program to more students in Miami-Dade schoolsRead the Full Story
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Veteran Journalist Michael Getler Appointed First PBS Ombudsman
October 4, 2005, ALEXANDRIA, VA – Following a nationwide search, PBS has appointed veteran journalist Michael Getler as Ombudsman, a newly created position. As an independent internal critic, Mr. Getler will seek to ensure that PBS upholds its own rigorous standards of journalistic ethics for both online and on-air content. His reports and commentary will […]
NCC part of online program after Katrina
A free online course from Northampton Community College is the difference between Deborah Jeffcoat getting her degree in nursing on time, or having to wait yet another year to begin her first career after a divorce.Read the Full Story
WFYI Public Broadcasting Marks 35th Anniversary
WFYI is celebrating the milestone with a gala event on October 21 that will feature National Public Radio’s Morning Edition host and Hoosier native Steve Inskeep.Read the Full Story
Why Is Microsoft Afraid of Google?
Its search engine is so ubiquitous that “to Google” somebody or something is now part of the lexicon of hard-core knowledge workers and casual web users alike. Google also has become a gateway to the Internet and taken steps to develop desktop applications, such as Google Toolbar and Google Desktop, not to mention other products […]
Rapid Intake Releases New Rapid eLearning Development Tool: Flash Companion eLearning Studio 2005
Rapid Intake Inc. (rapidintake.com), publishers of the eLearning Developer Series line of books, has released Flash Companion eLearning Studio 2005, a new rapid e-learning development tool based on Flash and XML.Read the Full Story
Distance Education: Improved Data on Program Costs and Guidelines on Quality Assessments Needed To Inform Federal Policy. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-04-279
Over a decade ago, concerns about fraud and abuse by some correspondence schools led to federal restrictions on, among other things, the percentage of courses a school could provide by distance education and still qualify for federal student aid. This study reviewed the extent to which the restrictions affected schools’ ability to offer federal student […]
Videoconferencing K-12:The State of the Art
In an online document illustrating “The Technology Adoption Life-cycle” (n.d.), Fred M. Beshears presents a model for understanding how educators adopt new technologies in their work.Read the Full Story
[Boston University College of Fine Arts] CFA launches online classes
Starting this fall, the Boston University College of Fine Arts began offering a masters and doctoral degree program in Music Education online, which provides opportunities for music education thousands of miles away from the university’s campus.Read the Full Story
Time to Unplug the CPB — Replace corrupt board with independent trust
Veterans of the battles over public broadcasting know the script by now: Right-wing Republicans denounce NPR and PBS for being too “liberal,†threatening to cut their federal funding. Public broadcasting’s defenders rally to “save†Big Bird and the like.Read the Full Story