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The Importance of a Student-Professor Ratio of 1:1 In Ashington University’s MBA Distance Learning Degree Program

(PRWEB) April 22, 2005 — Ashington University (http://www.ashingtonuniversity.com/), a licensed Louisiana graduate university, announces wide acceptance and approval from MBA students worldwide who appreciate the significance of a student-professor ratio of 1:1.Read the Full Story

WebCT Announces the Beta Release of WebCT Campus Edition 6

WebCT, provider of higher education’s most flexible and widely used e-learning solutions, today announced a new version of WebCT Campus Edition(TM).Read the Full Story

A virtual visit to Monticello

For the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, owners and operators of Monticello, a mere cataloguing of treasures was an inadequate method to do justice to Jefferson’s “autobiographical masterpiece,” so the concept of place-based storytelling was employed to make virtual visits as rewarding as possible.Read the Full Story

Can video replace the written word?

Ms. Bergsma is the associate director of the Rural Health Office at the University of Arizona. But recently, in addition to the seminars she teaches on health issues, she has begun to offer on a regular basis a class aimed at teaching her listeners how to cull information from a video format.Read the Full Story

Apple upgrades OS, video-editing tools

On April 18, the company announced that a new suite of video- and audio-editing software, called Final Cut Studio, will be available starting in May.Read the Full Story

Microsoft ships Windows x64 operating systems

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions operate on systems running 64-bit microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp. The new software costs the same as their 32-bit counterparts.Read the Full Story

Exclusive Interview: Dr. Harold Nelson, Author of “The Design Way”

Dr. Saba:You have an eclectic background in systems design; how did you become interested in such an interesting area Dr. Nelson: After extensive training in electronics compliments of the navy, I made a compromise decision between my daemon’s preference for art, and my pragmatic side’s preference for employability—I entered the B. Architecture program at Montana […]

Cutting-Edge Dance/Theater Collaboration Between UC Santa Cruz, New York University

The April 15 and 16 performances were the culmination of a distance arts education project undertaken by an interdisciplinary mix of faculty, students, and staff at both universities. Read the Full Story

PBS drops its middleman role in college telecourses

Millions of students still can’t get to campus for lectures, and colleges increasingly are serving them by making their own computer-based courses using CD-ROMs, Internet discussion groups and online readings instead of the video-based courses for which ALS was a major promoter and middleman, PBS officials said.Read the Full Story

Cardean Learning Group Makes Key Appointment to Executive Team

Ramon Gregory joins the company in a keymanagement role to further strengthen Cardean Learning Group’s role as a leading developer of online degree programs for working adults.Read the Full Story