Software Agents to Assist in Distance Learning Environments
The Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) is a distance education university with about 22,500 students.Read the Full Story
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U.S. Student Population at Highest Level
The growth is largely due to all the children born in the late 1940s to early 1960s, who have since become parents themselves, the Census Bureau said Wednesday. Rising immigration played a part, too.Read the Full Story
Diversity fuels student enrollment boom
The number of students in public elementary and high schools swelled to 49.5 million in 2003, breaking the 48.7 million mark set by school-age baby boomers in 1970. Students identified as minorities made up 42 percent of public school enrollment in 2003, up from 22 percent in 1972, while the share of students who were […]
Online toolkit for schools’ technical support staff
The current structure of most schools provides little support for career progression for technicians; and although there are an array of courses available; few are specifically designed to suit the unique skills, knowledge, and understanding required by ICT technicians in a school environment.Read the Full Story
Free Cmap software rivals Inspiration
The move could threaten some vendors that offer similar concept-mapping software for a fee–most notably Inspiration Software Inc., which has based its entire business model on selling a similar type of product.Read the Full Story
Kaplan Professional Acquires Assets of eMind, Provider of Compliance Software
eMind will become part of Kaplan Professional’s Dearborn Financial Services unit. Dearborn provides education and compliance solutions to financial services companies and individuals.Read the Full Story
Podcasters Tune into Apple
And for good reason: Apple’s announced support will be a signal event for the technology, propelling it from a hobbyist’s pursuit to a medium that less tech-savvy people might explore and enjoy.Read the Full Story
Microsoft Makes XML the File Format for the Next Version of Microsoft Office
REDMOND, Wash., June 1, 2005 — When Microsoft announced support for XML in Microsoft Office 2000 seven years ago, many corporate computing customers were unfamiliar with the business value possible from a common data format capable of being understood across applications, platforms and the Internet. Today, with more than 300,000 developers building XML into their […]
Southern University and A&M College Selects Blackboard Commerce System
WASHINGTON, DC, Jun 02, 2005 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) announced today that Southern University and A&M College, a renowned Historically Black Colleges and Universities member (HBCU), will license the Blackboard Transaction System(TM) to recover and create revenue while improving security and safety on campus.Read the Full Story
Top 10 Countdown/Sustainable Success
In Gersten’s 20 years in higher education as a faculty member, university administrator, and director of distance learning, she has seen technology become an important part of her own work and an increasingly key element of university life. Whether it’s evaluating course management systems, budgeting for distance learning, or working on strategic planning, Gersten sets […]