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Though it polled only adults, the survey’s results underscore the need for educators to teach their students how to understand and evaluate carefully the information they find online–particularly as today’s generation of students increasingly turn to the web as their primary research tool. Read the Full Story
The bill, part of Gov. Sonny Perdue’s education initiative, would provide online course options for every public high school in Georgia. Offering the classes to high school students who attend private schools or are home schooled was part of a lengthy Senate debate Thursday.Read the Full Story
Conference Secretary2005 ICDE International ConferenceNew Delhi Indira Gandhi National Open UniversityBlock 8, Room # 6, Maidan GarhiNew Delhi 110 068 INDIAFax: +91-11-2953 5084Email: icde2005@ignou.ac.inWebsite: www.ignou.ac.in/icde2005/index.htm
Wheaton, IL (PRWEB) January 26, 2005 –- CourseAvenue, a global provider of web based, collaborative rapid e-learning applications and services, today announced TeamAvenue, which is leading the evolution of team based Rapid e-learning around the world.Read the Full Story
Cisco IP Videoconferencing significantly expands the capabilities of converged IP communications by delivering high-quality, lower-cost IP videoconferencing for teaching, professional development and meetings. Today’s announcement was made at the Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) in Orlando, where Cisco is demonstrating its suite of IP communications solutions for educators at Booth #1248/1250. Read the Full Story
GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of managed learning services and hosted learning technologies, announced today that Boeing Employees’ Credit Union (BECU) has extended its managed learning services contract for another year and upgraded to the GeoMaestroâ„¢ learning management platform. learning@BECU was originally launched in early 2004 on the GeoExpressâ„¢ learning management system for more than […]
The key improvements in Ka band technology from the “blanket†approach used up to now are: 1. Ka Band employs “spot beams†rather than broadcasting over an entire Continent….a far more efficient use of the available bandwidth resulting in lower monthly service cost to end users (as low as $49 per mo.).2. Ka Band doesn’t […]
Between 1998 and 2001 a total of 604 students with disabilities enrolled in undergraduate courses at Athabasca University, which represents 1.5% of the student population. More than half (52%) had a physical disability, 20% had a learning disability, 20% had a psychological disability, 4% had some form of visual impairment, and 3% had a hearing […]
A Free 15-Day Trial to all of the Quantum Tutors is available to interested teachers, students and parents at www.sargentwelch.com. The Quantum Tutors will be available for purchase on the Sargent-Welch site in the spring of 2005 for use by school districts, students and homeschoolers in the fall for the 2005-06 school year.“The Quantum Tutors […]
DENVER – January 26, 2005 – eCollege® [Nasdaq: ECLG], a leading provider of value-added information services to the post-secondary education industry, and ETS, the world’s largest private, nonprofit educational testing and measurement organization, today announced an agreement to deliver an online course evaluation solution that will help institutions more efficiently measure, manage and improve instructional […]