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First Meeting of the Board of Governors of South Asia Consortium of Open and Distance Learning (SACODiL)

Secretary, Higher Education, Government of India, shall inaugurate the conference. It is being attended by delegates from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and India, said Prof. H.P. Dikshit, Chairperson, SACODiL and Vice-Chancellor IGNOU. Officials of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), India and SAARC Secretariat, Nepal shall also participate. The tentative agenda items include […]

The Coming DVD Format War

Neat trick.So neat, in fact, that it would seem to upstage the efforts of the biggest consumer electronics companies and Hollywood studios, which are choosing sides in a battle between two high-definition DVD formats, Blu-ray and HD DVD.Read the Full Story

A Diamond in the Rough: Divining the Future of E-Content

What appears in the headlines of articles in daily or weekly newspapers and magazines will not usually present a fully formed trend, but the bellwethers are often there to provide some productive avenues for further exploration.Read the Full Story

Canon makes elearning available to 11,000 employees

The courses, from Thomson NETg, are being delivered via Canon’s learning management system (LMS) MyLearningZone, which has been in place for about a year.Read the Full Story

HEKKO Corporation’s Online Education Program Complements Kindergarten Curriculum, Extends to the Home

Cleverly designed as an adventure epic, HEKKO’s Learning System, which is free to schools, is designed to draw the child into a storyline that evolves with the student. As a result, HEKKO can equip educators appropriately and involve parents in their child’s education process, inspiring participating children to excel in school.Read the Full Story

Online book vendors offer cheaper deals

According to a survey by the California Student Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG), the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG) and the OSPIRG Foundation, students on average spent $898 on textbooks in 2003 to 2004, compared to an average of $642 in 1996 to 1997. Read the Full Story

Online Forum Connects Students: Website offers textbooks, professor ratings and event announcements

Creator and webmaster Avishai Shraga also debuted the site at Stanford, New York University and the University of California at San Diego.Read the Full Story

UP [University of the Philippines] Open University marks 10 years of digital education

The highlight of the 10th anniversary is the presentation of the UPOU Oblation by UPOU Chancellor Felix Librero to new UP President Emerlinda Roman at the UPOU headquarters in Los Banos, Laguna.Read the Full Story

Brandon-Hall.com Recognizes GeoLearning in 2005 LMS KnowledgeBase Report

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of managed learning services and hosted learning technologies, announced today that e-learning research and advisory firm Brandon-Hall.com has recognized GeoLearning’s ASP-hosted GeoMaestroâ„¢ learning management platform in its 2005 LMS KnowledgeBase report. Providing an in-depth profile of 50 learning management systems, the report highly recommends GeoMaestro as a hosted LMS that […]

By Tapping Pathlore, E-Training Flows at Advanced Drainage Systems

“Pathlore’s software suite gives us the infrastructure to evaluate employee retention, develop more comprehensive training programs for vehicle operation, safety and maintenance and share best practices across our vast network of manufacturing plants,” said James Baich, vice president of manufacturing for ADS. “When we change a production line and break down our equipment to manufacture […]

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