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Phones, television and computers converge at Dartmouth

“Convergence” has now been achieved as the College switches its cable and satellite television system to the network. This follows the 2004 migration of the traditional telephone system to VoIP, or voice-over Internet protocol.Read the Full Story

At Dartmouth, Advanced Wi-Fi

Professor Luxon, who teaches courses on Shakespeare, wishes they will instead be watching scenes from “The Merchant of Venice” or “Macbeth” on their PC’s while sitting on a lawn, in a coffee shop or while relaxing in a dorm room. “That will be really cool,” Professor Luxon said.Read the Full Story

SkillSoft Launches Next-Generation Open Architecture Initiative at Perspectives User Conference

LAS VEGAS, May 3, 2005 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — SkillSoft (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading provider of content resources and complementary technologies for integrated enterprise learning, today announced a groundbreaking architecture initiative that will enable customers to create powerful learning programs that blend multiple types of content resources and learning application services into more seamlessly integrated […]

Creating Connections: A Pilot Study on an Online Community of Learners

Thirty-nine pre-service teachers and eight practicing teachers participated in the development of an online learning community in which they viewed video case studies as part of a virtual field experience component and communicated online through chat rooms and threaded discussion lists. Data sources included transcripts of chat room and threaded communication, field notes, student tasks […]

Classroom ‘clickers’ catching on as instant assessment tool

Known as personal response systems, or “clicker” technology, the devices allow instructors to get a quick pulse on what students understand and what topics might need further review. They are also ways to inject some active engagement into the normally passive lecture-hall environment.Read the Full Story

GATT digital library launched

The GATT Digital Library, the culmination of a six-year joint effort between the WTO and Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR), gives the public online access to documents and publications from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), a treaty that promoted international commerce and trade barrier reductions among its members from […]

Online master’s course gives students more choices for part-time education

This online course, designed by Master of Science in Criminal Justice Leadership, is for the students who request part-time educational programs. The need to provide convenient access has increased by providing them with the flexibility and convenience of learning anywhere an Internet connection is available.Read the Full Story

Congressional Leaders Scold Atlanta Schools on E-Rate Probe

The April 22 letter from Reps. Joe L. Barton of Texas, the committee’s chairman, and Edward Whitfield of Kentucky, who chairs its oversight and investigations subcommittee, finds fault with a district press release on its Web site titled “National E-rate Investigations Not Focused on APS.” Read the Full Story

Cities brace for broadband war

Today, at the dawn of the 21st century, it is hatching plans to lay out its own state-of-the-art fiber-optic broadband network.Read the Full Story

SkillSoft Announces KnowledgeCenter(TM) Portals Focused on IT Developer Communities

LAS VEGAS, May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading provider of content resources and complementary technologies for integrated enterprise learning, will develop a series of targeted portals for IT developers to help them gain and maintain expertise in mission-critical technology areas.Read the Full Story