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Program Expands to 150 Universities Around the Globe; IBM Connects Generation Y With Baby Boomers to Train the Mainframe Experts of the 21st CenturyRead the Full Story
The WCET [Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications] annual conference will be held at the Astor Crowne Plaza hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2-5, 2005.Read the Full Story
Melete 2.0.0 release is now available. Melete is an integrated Sakai tool that can be part of your Sakai 2.0 installation. Melete is a lesson builder that allows instructors to publish learning sequences that can be created by using a built-in rich text editor, uploading learning objects, or pointing to existing URL resources. Instructors can […]
Speech to text technology has been around for a number of years, but the technology was not advanced enough for most computer users to want to use it or try to use it. I am happy to say that is not the case anymore. Microsoft has perfected the technology to the point where the average […]
Hewlett-Packard executives are expected this weekend to put the final touches on a reorganization that could result in the loss of about 15,000 jobs.Read the Full Story
– NMSU Converts to Blackboard to Offer Improved Student Transaction ServicesRead the Full Story
The Space Shuttle Discovery’s 13-day mission to the International Space Station, where it was scheduled to test new safety features implemented after the Columbia disaster in 2003, was scrubbed on Wednesday due to a faulty sensor. While NASA announced no definitive timeline for a new launch, it’s clear that the U.S. shuttle program will soon […]
The purpose of this case study was to analyze the characteristics of an online learning community from the perspectives of 18 adult learners all of whom completed an online master�s degree program in instructional design and technology. This program was taught at a distance using the Blackboard.com e-learning system. Several program characteristics supported meaningful learning […]
Monday, July 11, 2005 — Just seven months old, USC’s Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Technology Commercialization has already begun enrolling students, undergraduate and graduate, for innovative multidisciplinary programs in engineering entrepreneurship. Venture capitalist and USC alumnus Mark Stevens funded SITeC with a $22 million gift announced November 11, 2004. In the short time […]
TV Critics Press Tour, Los Angeles, CA (July 13, 2005) – Beginning Sept. 6, PBS will make available – exclusively over the Internet – broadcast television’s first entirely downloadable series, featuring PBS technology columnist and industry insider Robert X. Cringely’s interviews with personalities from the ever-changing world of technology. NerdTV will be available for download […]