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Net calling kits hit High Streets

Technology to make voice calls over broadband has hit UK High Streets with the launch of Freetalk in Dixons, Currys, The Link and PC World.Read the Full Story

Open and Distance Education through Wireless Mobile Internet: A Learning Model

AbstractTechnology has been the driving force to bring paradigm shifts in education. Big changes are not possible unless tools are available. Technology has great impact on what we can do. The printing press is an example. People had been reading and writing even before the invention of the press but it was not that wide […]

eLearning vs knowledge mgmt

At those big training conferences, I love wandering the exhibition halls. Most of the old-line stand-up training companies have either disappeared or languish in lonely obscurity in dark corners, relegated to some undesirable low budget spot uncomfortably near the trash bins.Read the Full Story

CoSN [Consortium for School Networking] Fast Forwards to the Year 2010 in New Report

Digital Learning Spaces 2010 Provides Roadmap for Transforming Public Education with Emerging Education TechnologiesRead the Full Story

FCC Looks to E-Rate Aid for Katrina-Affected Schools

The Federal Communications Commission intends to harness the federal E-rate program to restore telecommunications services to schools and libraries affected by Hurricane Katrina, commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin has announced.Read the Full Story

Data Deliverance: Student records saved by Mississippi system, local districts’ efforts

As school districts in southern Mississippi struggle back to normal life following Hurricane Katrina, they can at least be assured that once their computer systems are working, databases of student academic and demographic information can be downloaded with a few mouse clicks.Read the Full Story

University of Miami Online High School Student Rips Through US Open Junior Championship

WESTON, Fla., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ –Rising Tennis Star and University of Miami Online High School (UMOHS) Senior Ryan Sweeting clinched the US Open Junior Championship at Flushing Meadows, NY, two weeks ago, in a surprise upset of reigning Wimbledon champ Jeremy Chardy of France.Read the Full Story

Outage eats Weber State students’ homework

OGDEN — A technical error gave 5,630 students who take online classes at Weber State University a five-day vacation.Read the Full Story

Aussie m-learning innovation on world stage

Australia’s standing as a world leader in innovative e-learning practices will be cemented at the world’s largest m-learning conference taking place in South Africa next month.Read the Full Story

Apple signs deal with Detroit Public Schools

The Detroit Public Schools on Tuesday announced the creation of a “digital learning community” with technology supplied by Apple.Read the Full Story