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A newly formed university committee is due to report on the proposal by April 1, followed by a 15- to 25-day comment period, said Ed Kinley, ISU associate vice president with the Office of Information Technology.Read the Full Story
The Virtual High School is an Internet-based public school administered through the Georgia Department of Education.Read the Full Story
If approved by the school board on March 9, Cobb County’s “Power to Learn” program will be among the largest one-to-one learning projects in the United States.Read the Full Story
The Open eBook Forum (OeBF) is sponsoring this one-day event to present the latest developments in digital reading technologies, case studies on eBooks in the classroom, new business models for online curriculum, and legislative initiatives for digital textbooks. Presenters include educators, and representatives from textbook publishers, software companies, and online learning companies.Read the Full Story
Gates was speaking as the invited guest of some of the nation’s most powerful elected officials, at a National Governors Assn. meeting devoted to improving high school education across the country.Read the Full Story
WASHINGTON–As the unprecedented National Education Summit on High Schools came to a close today, the National Governors Association (NGA) and six partner foundations announced a $42 million initiative to ensure the summit’s resounding call to overhaul the nation’s high school system translates into action.Read the Full Story
Dr. Saba:You have had a long involvement with the application of technology to learning and have seen the evolution of the industry. How did you become interested in the field, and how has it evolved from your perspective? Mr. Russell: While working on my MA at the University of Illinois, I had the opportunity to […]
The headlines in Maryland focused on the possibility of tuition surcharges for those who exceed certain numbers of credit hours. But the Board of Regents may have more influence with another policy it adopted for its 13 colleges, which collectively enroll nearly 130,000 students.Read the Full Story
No more, it seems. E-learning is as likely to stand for empty lecture theatres as for the internet revolution, which has greatly increased the volume and range of course materials available online in the past five years.Read the Full Story