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Chatting freely with animated historical characters

Walk into the Hans Christian Andersen museum and you might see and hear the man himself. Though only virtual, he can hold visitors’ attention for up to 15 minutes, chatting with them about himself and telling his fairy-tales. Read the Full Story

KESDEE partners with Pathlore to host financial e-Learning courses

About Pathlore:Pathlore Software Corporation provides the most widely adopted learning management solution in the world. Millions of users and over 1,000 organizations rely on Pathlore’s learning-management offerings to drive business performance. Whether your company’s success depends on developing and retaining employees, getting sales channels up to speed quickly on new products, increasing quality and customer […]

eCollege(R) Named to Forbes’ List of the Top 25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies

DENVER, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — eCollege(R) (Nasdaq: ECLG), a leading provider of value-added information services to the post-secondary education industry, today announced it has been named to Forbes’ list of the Top 25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in the country. eCollege ranked twelfth, and is one of only 14 companies to make the list both […]

United States Distance Learning Association Announces Support of SBC and AT&T Proposed Merger.

With the USDLA’s emphasis on providing increased education and training opportunities through distance learning, it is well positioned to support this proposed merger. The merger will bring together the resources of a combined company to innovate and more quickly deliver to customers the next generation of advanced, integrated IP-based wireline and wireless communications services, which […]

WBT Systems’ LMS is ‘One of the Most Open on the Market’

The report notes “TopClass is a well-established and very robust LMS, along with its tightly integrated sister LCMS product”. It continues “The System’s success is due, in large part, to its very strong underlying technology, which makes it one of the most open LMSs on the market.and also allows it to be deployed with considerable […]

Over 30,000 Students Stayed in Online Courses Because of Embanet’s 24/7/365 Live Technical Support

“Embanet’s help desk continues to be one of the best student retention tools for institutions with online programs”, says Jeffrey E. Feldberg, Chairman of Embanet Corporation. “Our Level 3 Help Desk Analysts are trained with the single goal of keeping learners in their courses with a ‘whatever it takes’ attitude. Our belief that having highly […]

Gender, Identity, and Language Use in Teenage Blogs

Male and female teenagers presented themselves similarly in their blogs, often revealing personal information such as their real names, ages, and locations. Males more so than females used emoticons, employed an active and resolute style of language, and were more likely to present themselves as gay. The results suggest that teenagers stay closer to reality […]

WebCT unveils enterprise-class e-learning modules for colleges and universities growing their use of e-learning

BARCELONA, Spain., Feb. 7, 2005 – Today at the 4th Annual WebCT European User Conference, WebCT, provider of higher education’s most flexible and widely used e-learning solutions, introduced WebCT Vistaâ„¢ modules that customers can selectively add to WebCT Campus Editionâ„¢. This new modular approach lets institutions initiate enterprise e-learning practices with unprecedented flexibility, value and […]

Teachers’ TV station takes to air

Teachers’ TV, costing £20m a year and backed by the government, will provide professional advice and show discussions of educational issues.Read the Full Story

Fourth International Conference on Educational Technology in Cultural Context (ETCC)

You are kindly invited to the Fourth International Conference on Educational Technology in Cultural Context (ETCC). The fourth ETCC conference will take place in the framework of the International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT) that will be held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, July 5 – 8.Access Conference Website