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New test gauges ICT literacy

Beta testing for the new ETS exam, called the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Literacy Assessment, began on Jan. 31 and ends March 31. Aggregate score reports for colleges and universities participating in this trial will be available to school officials sometime in June.Read the Full Story

Elluminate Supports the New Golden Age in American Education

Pampano Beach, Florida., (February 8, 2005) — Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and Web conferencing solutions for the real-time organization, announced today the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) hosted their first professional development webinar using Elluminate Live!â„¢, an eLearning and Web conferencing solution for the real-time organization. Education professionals located […]

Texas Distance Learning Association 2005 Conference

Ken ConnTechnology Support SpecialistNavarro Middle SchoolDistance Learning CoordinatorLamar Consolidated I.S.D.TxDLA Gulf Coast Regional CoordinatorTxDLA 2005 Conference Committee Marketing Chair832-435-0600 (mobile)281-341-3340 (fax)kconn@lcisd.orgTexas Distance Learning Association 2005 Annual Conference Don’t Fence Me In… The Distance Frontier Renaissance Worthington Ft. WorthMarch 7-9http://www.txdla.org/conference

Professional in Afghanistan logs on to World Campus

His employer, construction company Perini Management Services, is under contract with the US Army Corps of Engineers to build facilities for the Afghan National Army (ANA). Read the Full Story

Aetna Selects CEU.com for Education

CEU.com, a leading nationwide provider of online CE courses, will provide Aetna insurance license holders with state approved, Internet-based courses in life and health insurance. These courses will allow employees to fulfill state-mandated insurance CE requirements.Deborah Kelly, Aetna’s Head of Learning Services, said CEU.com will provide much needed flexibility and convenience to employees.“The Internet centralizes […]

SwedishAmerican Consolidates Training with GeoLearning’s Internet-Hosted LMS

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of Managed Learning Services and hosted learning technologies, announced today that SwedishAmerican Health System, a not-for-profit, locally governed health care system headquartered in Rockford, Illinois, has achieved significant cost-savings and return on investment from deploying its ASP-hosted GeoMaestroâ„¢ learning management system and accompanying learning services.SwedishAmerican launched its virtual Corporate University […]

A Content Analytic Comparison of Learning Processes in Online and Face-to-Face Case Study Discussions

This study used a content analytic framework (derived primarily from previous work of Anderson, Archer, Garrison, and Rourke) to analyze transcripts from eight case study discussions, four FTF and four ALN. While previous authors developed a model that studies cognitive, social, and teaching processes in ALN discussions, the current scheme also considers characteristics of the […]

NYU Launches Its First Online Bachelor’s Degree Programs for Adult Students in Fall 2005

The new program — called NYU Online — will begin accepting applications this spring, with classes to start in September 2005.Read the Full Story

$500M ed-tech grant slated for elimination

The massive, $2.5 trillion proposal includes a 1 percent across-the-board reduction for all discretionary spending programs and would earmark $56 billion for the U.S. Department of Education (ED) in 2006, down from more than $57 billion in 2005.Read the Full Story

Alleged ‘Diploma Mills’ Flock to Wyoming

There’s just a middle-age man who sits at a computer in a tiny, undecorated, windowless office in the basement of a downtown building.Read the Full Story