The latest salvo in open-source war
Microsoft says the results refute the commonly held belief that Linux offers a more secure environment for web servers.Read the Full Story
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Internet essays prove poor buys
A growing number of companies are offering students the chance to buy essays from their websites.Read the Full Story
Senators debate appropriations for distance education
Legislators voted not to appropriate $8 million for implementing the Distance Education Enhancement Task Force’s recommendations for improving distance education in Nebraska.Read the Full Story
Students surfing Net for textbook deals
With textbook prices rising — more than 60 percent over the past decade, one report found — students are increasingly turning to the Internet to look for deals.Read the Full Story
File-Sharing Is the Latest Battleground in the Clash of Technology and Copyright
Grokster makes software that enables Internet users to share computer files on peer-to-peer networks. The technology has been used to distribute many kinds of content, including copyrighted digital music.Read the Full Story
Best Practices: A Triangulated Support Approach in Transitioning Faculty to Online Teaching
Recognizing that numerous barriers, including unresolved administrative issues, faculty resistance, and lack of training could impede this process, administrators and faculty members collaborated to ensure that appropriate resources, peer support, and adequate professional development were available for the success of this endeavor.Read the Full Story
Homeschool numbers growing, tracking difficult
“Until the 1980s, most of the students kept out of regular schools to be homeschooled were breaking state laws,” says JoAnn C. Vender, graduate student in geography. “In research on the geography of education, there are very few studies on home schooling because the data are hard to pin down.Read the Full Story
Costs, deadline concern in distance learning debate
By next year, contracts about 180 schools have with companies that provide service and equipment for class sharing that is done via cameras, monitors and fiber optics will cease, according to Sen. Elaine Stuhr of Bradshaw.Read the Full Story
Top 10 Digital Community Colleges for 2005
A ranking was established based on their second Digital Community Colleges Survey, which examined how colleges are deploying technology to streamline operations and better serve their students, faculty and staff.Read the Full Story
Proxy site lands kid, teacher in hot water
The Lewis and Clark High School student’s site, called Bad Dog, has been shut down.Read the Full Story