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Hacker ‘helps’ school applicants

Few of the people who followed the hacker’s directions managed to find out if their applications had been accepted, according to school officials. But many of them could end up getting rejected now that the schools are checking to see who tried to exploit the security breach.Read the Full Story

Ivy Leagues and the Online-Degree Roulette

He was visiting Ithaca as a judge for the annual Business Idea Competition, and spent much of his time mingling with students and describing the world of high-risk investment.Read the Full Story

Preventing Faculty Plagiarism in Higher Ed

A recent exposé in a respected publication for higher education presented evidence that faculty plagiarism is probably widespread and that the academic community has done little to address it. However, while technology has made pilfering prose easier than ever, technology exists that is making it tougher – when that technology is used. While gaining increasing […]

Questionmark and WIDS partner for outcome-driven assessments

Through a new partnership, educators can draw on the instructional-design expertise, tools and methodologies of WIDS while utilizing the Questionmarkâ„¢ Perceptionâ„¢ assessment management system to create, deliver and report on surveys, quizzes, tests and exams.WIDS offers a suite of instructional design tools for higher education, K-12 schools and industry training departments, including instructional design software, […]

CPB Board Allocates $39 million in Digital Funds for Public Television and Radio Transition

Management’s recommendations – which allocate $24.4 million for public television and $15 million for public radio – were developed with input from industry consultation panels.Read the Full Story

SunGard SCT Gives Higher Education Software Developers New Tools to

HONOLULU (SunGard Summit User Conference) — March 08, 2005 — New software development kits (SDKs) will help make it easier for college and university software developers to rapidly expand the number of applications and services they offer to constituents through the SCT Luminis Platform. SunGard SCT, an operating unit of SunGard (NYSE:SDS), today announced availability […]

Polycom Announces Second Phase of Strategic Alliance with Microsoft For End-To-End Collaboration

PLEASANTON, Calif. – March 8, 2005 –Polycom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM), the world’s leading provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, today announced phase two of its multi-year joint marketing and development alliance with Microsoft Corp. to deliver business-quality, rich collaboration solutions across communications devices, applications and services.Expanding on solutions introduced last year that integrated Polycom’s widely-installed […]

Markets, Distance Education, and Australian Higher Education

The role of distance education in university education needs to be analyzed against this ‘market’ agenda of government in terms of characteristics of markets and market behavior. After a scan of the current role, the paper looks at two scenarios (regulated and deregulated) for distance education in university teaching and learning in Australia.Read the Full […]

E-Learning to Roll Through Training in 2005: A Bold New Frontier for Students and Workers

Experts see three important elements driving this growth: reliable web technology, user understanding of the Internet, and the continued desire for high quality, affordable training.Read the Full Story

Embanet brings Online Healthcare MBA programme to 17th GETEX

The programme will be one of the several eLearning programmes from U.S. universities to be showcased at the exhibition by Embanet Knowledge Group. The programme will also add an important dimension to the presence of over 15 internationally reputed medical schools at the show.Read the Full Story