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COL, together with experts in copyright, is assisting member countries to gain insights into the present copyright situation, by gathering experiences from developing countries and synthesising this for the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). In this way, COL is striving to help countries implement education-friendly legislation that makes access to learning content affordable for more […]
University Park, Pa. — Penn State Public Broadcasting (PSPB), now WPSX-TV and WPSU-FM, will consolidate its call letters into a single identity, WPSU TV/FM, in October, coinciding with the fall broadcasting season and completion of its move into the new Outreach Building at Innovation Park.Read the Full Story
After 14 years of English lessons at home in Japan, Urara Tsubo expected to breeze through a diagnostic test for a language class she’s taking this summer in Hayward.Read the Full Story
LeapFrog SchoolHouse, the school division of the Emeryville, Calif.-based company that six years ago introduced the LeapPad electronic learning system–a device so popular it had parents flocking to toy stores nationwide–this fall will release its latest tool for learning: a computer the size of a pen.Read the Full Story
(AP) — Two years ago, when twins Ruth and Amanda Leppard decided to live at home while attending the nearby University of Central Florida, the whole family got together to talk about what would — and wouldn’t — change from high school.Read the Full Story
HAYWARD, Calif. & ANN ARBOR, Mich.– July 20, 2005– Glimmerglass, a pioneer in automated fiber management and Internet2 corporate member, today announced that Internet2, the foremost U.S. advanced networking consortium led by the research and higher education community, has selected Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switches for deployment in five national network nodes located in Seattle, Washington […]
AbstractThis paper addresses the need for quality e-Learning experiences. We used the Demand-Driven Learning Model (MacDonald, Stodel, Farres, Breithaupt, and Gabriel, 2001) to evaluate an online Masters in Education course. Multiple data collection methods were used to understand the experiences of stakeholders in this case study: the learners, design team, and facilitators. We found that […]
The field of digital libraries has always been poorly-defined, a “discipline” of amorphous borders and crossroads, but also of atavistic resonance and unreasonable inspiration. “Digital libraries”: this oxymoronic phrase has attracted dreamers and engineers, visionaries and entrepreneurs, a diversity of social scientists, lawyers, scientists and technicians. And even, ironically, librarians – though some would argue […]
A growing number of Miami-Dade middle and high school students are picking up credits online, mirroring a national trend as educators debate the effectiveness of cyberlearning.Read the Full Story
LYNN — Administrators in the Lynn Public Schools may consider adding online advanced placement courses to the curriculum in an effort to save money.Read the Full Story