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Distance learning centers to unite schools

First, they’ll see that the four walls of a classroom no longer confines learning or that a teacher armed with a textbook is the sole educational resource. In essence, the 21st Century will arrive completely in Butler County. Read the Full Story

Schools tailor E-rate request

Without the grant money, city taxpayers have had to pay for maintenance and other projects that could have been subsidized by the E-rate program. E-rate is a federal program designed to help provide Internet access to poor children.Read the Full Story

CPB’s Cox Says The Only Limit to Public TV’s Digital Future is Financial

WASHINGTON, D.C. January 12, 2005 – “There are essentially no limits on the opportunities for public television to use digital technology in the public interest – except for the limits of our financial resources,” said Corporation for Public Broadcasting President and CEO, Kathleen Cox, today.Read the Full Story

Electronics giants form alliance

Japan’s Sony Corp and Panasonic-brand owner Matsushita Electric Industrial, South Korea’s Samsung Electronics and Dutch Philips Electronics formed the alliance because they want buyers of their products to watch or listen to “appropriately licensed video and music on any device, independent of how they originally obtained that content,” they said in a joint statement.Read the […]

Child-To-Child Interaction and Corrective Feedback In A Computer Mediated L2 Class

The relationship among error types, feedback types, and immediate learner repair were also examined. A total of 46, fifth-grade children participated in the study. Using Blackboard, the instructor randomly paired students and created a “virtual group” for each pair.Read the Full Story

UKeU flop cost Sun millions

Leslie Stretch, Sun UK managing director, told the Education and Skills Committee investigation into UKeU last week that the supplier initially invested £5.5 million in the venture.Read the Full Story

UMassOnline Kicks Off Fifth Year with Six New Online Programs

Kicking off its fifth year and fifth spring semester, UMassOnline today introduces six new online programs, bringing its portfolio to 45 online degree and certificate programs. With the addition of online continuing medical education (CME) courses from UMass Medical School, UMassOnline now represents every campus in the UMass system.Read the Full Story

ENA CEO charged with obstruction

Albert Ganier III, founder of Education Networks of America (ENA), appeared in a federal courthouse Jan. 4 after prosecutors allegedly uncovered evidence that he deleted eight documents from his desktop computer and four from his laptop. Read the Full Story

Teachers Teaching Teachers Online

Traditionally, the teacher-learner relationship is measurably enhanced by interactive face time and just-in-time access, and the teacher-teacher relationship is no different. Read the Full Story

Los Angeles Virtual Academy Incorporates Blended Learning Model and Wireless Laptops for Online Math Credit Recovery and Exam Preparation Programs

How does the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) meet the needs of its students while closing the achievement gap that sometimes happens with traditional classroom education? The answer is the Los Angeles Virtual Academy (LAVA), a learning portal to the future that provides instruction to enable equity and access to a quality education for […]