Menu

Distance-Educator.com

Premier Portal for Professionals Since 1995, Covering Technology-Based Education

Posts Tagged ‘premium’

Six firms charged with eRate fraud

Some of these companies and individuals are accused of submitting fraudulent documents to the government and being overcompensated for equipment headed to school districts in Arkansas, California, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Wisconsin.Read the Full Story

African students get web link to MIT labs

“If you can’t come to the lab, the lab will come to you,” said Jesus del Alamo, co-principal investigator on the Africa project and a professor in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.Read the Full Story

$20M project sets sights on future of computing

Project TParty, announced on Friday, April 8, will address the complexity of today’s computing landscape. Whereas people currently have to maintain a wide array of “smart” devices–from cell phones to computers to personal digital assistants–on their own, TParty is intended to move such work into the background, making such computing tasks as upgrades and backups […]

Copyright Reform to Free Orphans?

But securing permission to use many of these works — photos and illustrations that are around 100 years old — is an impossible task, as many of the original owners are unknown or dead, or the publishing companies no longer exist.Read the Full Story

Cardean Learning Group Makes Key Appointments to Executive Team

CHICAGO, April 11 /PRNewswire/ — Cardean Learning Group LLC, the Chicago- based online education company, has named three seasoned corporate executives to its executive leadership team. The three join the company in key management roles to further strengthen Cardean Learning Group’s role as a leading developer of online degree programs for working adults.Read the Full […]

InfoSource Accepted into the Microsoft Professional Development Alliance

Members of the Microsoft Professional Development Alliance provide professional development training on the most current version of Microsoft Office. Selection to the alliance is limited to businesses that focus their attention on training materials to use technology in the K-12 education market. InfoSource offers a turnkey solution for K-12 school districts looking to provide professional […]

Do Instructor-Provided On-Line Notes Facilitate Student Learning

To test the efficacy of instructor-provided notes, 74 students studied lecture material under one of four conditions, in groups of 4 or 5 students.Read the Full Story

A New Age of Education and Tutoring

Well, look out — because you missed the matrimony of education and the computer — truly a marriage made in heaven, because the computer has become the ultimate bridge of communication, bringing tutors and students together, no matter the time, no matter the place, no matter the distance.Read the Full Story

Ohio Virtual Academy Hosting Parent Information Sessions

MAUMEE, Ohio, April 11 /PRNewswire/ — The Ohio Virtual Academy (OHVA) is hosting a series of parent information sessions across the state during the month of April.Read the Full Story

ETS Releases New Instructional Data Management System Upgrade

Redlands, CA, April 11,2005 – ETS (Educational Testing Service) announced today the release of a significant upgrade to its Instructional Data Management System (IDMS), a Web-based software application designed to help K-12 educators manage and use assessment data to drive instructional practices, improve student achievement, and optimize learning results.“With IDMS Version 5.0, ETS will provide […]