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The 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies

Next generation e-learning systems: intelligent applications and smart designAccess Conference Website

GeoLearning Web Seminar: Implementing Competency Management—A How-To Approach

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of ASP-hosted human capital management and development (HCMD) solutions, announced today that it will be presenting a free Web seminar open to the public on Wednesday, December 8, 2004:“Implementing Competency Management: A How-To Approach” Wednesday, December 8, 2004 1:00pm Eastern U.S. / 10:00am Pacific Register online at www.geolearning.com/regIn this 1-hour […]

Community colleges connect with more students online

At Webster University, enrollments in online courses this fall increased by almost 19 percent over last year — 2,548 in 2004 versus 2,146 in 2003. Read the Full Story

Doubts about school computer use

Those using computers several times a week performed “sizeably and statistically significantly worse” than those who used them less often. Read the Full Story

Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) (Singapore) now offers world-class financial e-Learning Solutions

ACT (Singapore) now offers 500 e-Learning courses developed by KESDEE inc. These training solutions are offered for ACT (Singapore) members, finance and treasury management professionals in Singapore through ACT (Singapore) Private Label Portal.The KESDEE e-Learning solutions provide basic learning tools with lots of good information and readings. It is interactive with good response time-it’s worth […]

Getting your degree online

McHenry County College students now can earn associate degrees in science, art or general education through online degree programs. Read the Full Story

Teaching at A Distance: From Concept To Practice

Join Joe Levine (Michigan State University, Michigan, USA), Jose Chotguis (Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil) and Stanley Mpofu (International Consulting Services, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) for an active look at the world of distance education.This five week online program (January 16 – February 19, 2005) is designed for educators involved with the design, development, delivery and […]

Computers as Authors? Literary Luddites Unite!

Writers and computers nowadays are locked in such an enduringly dysfunctional embrace that it can be hard to tell us apart. We both rely heavily on memory, for instance. Read the Full Story

Questionmark Scoring Tool Enhances Grading of Essays

The Questionmark Scoring Tool helps both individual and multiple graders maintain consistency in marking constructed answers such as essays and vocal response questions. This is achieved by using the Scoring Tool to define rubrics, or scoring rules, for each question. For example, the rubric for a history essay might assign points to grammar, spelling, persuasiveness […]

The real cost of open source

In Hollywood parlance, U.S. marshals are the good guys and gals in the white hats. But now, this venerable group of federal law enforcers, who trace their lineage to George Washington’s administration, are making a new fashion statement.Read the Full Story