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The State of Distance Education: Observations

As the year comes to a close, take stock of what you’ve accomplished, and think about what’s to come. This time, we put distance learning in context as a stage in an evolving enterprise.Read the Full Story

Schools mull $10B PeopleSoft takeover

Though there is some concern as to how long Oracle will continue to support PeopleSoft’s software, some educators see the merger as an opportunity for the companies to combine their resources in hopes of providing a better business enterprise solution for schools. Read the Full Story

3D Online Learning Environments for Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security Training

This approach can provide a cost-effective means to provide large-scale training, using multi-user interaction in situated learning.Read the Full Story

First Students Receive Benefits of World Campus Fund

Recently, however, Louw had been forced to abandon or delay his educational progress because of a lack of finances to put toward tuition. But, thanks to a new World Campus Student Fund‹a scholarship fund supported voluntarily and entirely by numerous World Campus staff members‹Louw will be able to continue his studies. Read the Full Story

Student anger at courses threat

Three distance-learning courses at Exeter University are under threat – and students say closing theirs down would be a breach of “trust”. Read the Full Story

Google adds major libraries to its database

It may be only a step on a long road toward the long-predicted global virtual library. But the collaboration of Google and research institutions that also include Harvard, the University of Michigan, Stanford and the New York Public Library is a major stride in an ambitious Internet effort by various parties. Read the Full Story

Online high school expanding

“Beginning Dec. 13, we’re prepared to enroll students anytime from now through Feb. 28,” Rapid City Academy principal Deb Steele said.Read the Full Story

Home schooling passes test in achievement scores

They have been victorious in the prestigious annual National Geographic and National Spelling bees. In 2000, the winner of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee was home-schooled, as were the second- and third-place finishers.Read the Full Story

Research and Markets: Asia/Pacific – Excluding Japan – eLearning 2004-2008 Forecast

With the market in its early infancy and being highly fragmented, many companies are continuing to refine and redefine their value propositions to best address the market and gain increasing customer spending. Read the Full Story

Elluminate Delivers Live eLearning to University of Illinois Departments

Pampano Beach, Florida., (December 13, 2004) — Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and Web conferencing solutions for the real-time organization, announced today that a consortium of departments in the University of Illinois have selected Elluminate Live! Academic Editionâ„¢ to add synchronous content to a variety of distance learning initiatives.Illinois Online Network (ION), […]