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The Ohio Educational Telecommunications Network Uses Its Technology to Support State and Worldwide Election Coverage

OET’s uplink capacity provided access to state and worldwide election coverage.Read the Full Story

Big red dog gives scoop on interactive TV

That is the message Valley Public Television works with in its Ready to Learn program. Clifford the Big Red Dog and his friends visited students at Clinite Child Development Center, a Head Start program, on Tuesday to teach the children the value of reading. But his visit didn’t stop with the children. Read the Full […]

The Validation of a Measurement Instrument: Relationships Among Student Demographic Characteristics, Student Academic Achievement, Student Satisfaction, and Online Business – Course Quality Factors

Four additional items focused on student satisfaction and 11 items pertained to student demographic parameters. The relatively high Alpha Coefficients for five factors (course design, α = .9593; interaction with instructor, α = .9209; technological feature, α = .7588; interaction with students, α = .7536; student satisfaction, α = .7788) indicate that the factors were […]

Susan Patrick Talks Education Technology

CENTER: YOUR CAREER HAS SPANNED STATE GOVERNMENT AND NOW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AS YOU ASCENDED TO DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, WHAT HELPED TRANSFORM YOU INTO THE PERSON WHO IS RIGHT FOR THIS POSITION?Patrick:After graduate school, I was looking for a way to use my background in policy to focus on leadership in technology. […]

Degree grades ‘in need of update’

Students who pass courses are awarded one of four classes: first, upper-second, lower-second or third.Read the Full Story

Open-learning university planned for Zimbabwe

The university would aim to equip distance learners with scientific, technical and business perspectives for the modern economy.Read the Full Story

Digital Learning Management Unveils Virtual University Appliance

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) — Digital Learning Management Corporation (OTCBB:DGTL), a provider of private post-secondary education and supporting Internet-based learning systems, recently announced that it had released its new Virtual University Appliance (VU), a hardware and software all-in-one solution for creating and deploying e-learning portals, environments and ecosystems.Read the Full Story

Mississippi GEAR UP Program Chooses SMARTHINKING for Online Tutoring

WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 3, 2004 – The Mississippi GEAR UP program has selected SMARTHINKING as the statewide provider of live online tutoring for its students. Beginning in November, over 8,500 students from rural, urban and suburban schools across the state will have access to math tutors 24/7, an essay review service, and live tutoring […]

eCollege® Announces Record Quarterly Revenue of $24.3 Million

eCollege’s third quarter results include revenue of $8.8 million from the Company’s eLearning Division, and $15.5 million from the Company’s Enrollment Division, Datamark, Inc., which was acquired on October 31, 2003.Read the Full Story

GeoLearning Announces 130% Revenue Growth for Q3 2004

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of ASP-hosted human capital management and development (HCMD) solutions, announced today that third-quarter revenues for the three months ending September 30, 2004 have increased 130.15% over the same period ended September 30, 2003. The company has also achieved a net profit margin exceeding 13% on revenues during the first nine […]