MeasureUp’s New Online Learning Courses Help Technology Professionals Compete in Today’s Job Market
MeasureUp is a leading practice test and assessment provider in the technology industry.Read the Full Story
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Ten years ago, the idea of getting a degree over the Internet sounded a lot like those commercials on late night television that tout “train at home for a better career.â€
Steven Crow is the executive director of the North Central Association Higher Learning Commission, the entity which confers accreditation on colleges and universities, including online schools.Read the Full Story
PFAW [People For the American Way] Foundation’s MyPollingPlace.com is Nationwide Nonpartisan Poll Locator and Instruction Site
People For the American Way Foundation (PFAWF) proudly launches MyPollingPlace.com, a unique easy-to-use online tool that will let voters find out where to vote, how to get there, what machines are used at that location, and how to vote on those machines. Voters can also choose to have this information sent to them via text […]
NASA 3-D Software Virtually Sends Scientists to Mars
The software-called ‘Viz’-produces 3-D views of Mars from two-dimensional stereo images sent to Earth by the two Mars Exploration Rovers (MER). The system helps scientists plan by virtually placing them on Mars when they wear stereo glasses that display 3-D scenes of the red planet.Read the Full Story
LaSalle Bank Taps Pathlore For High-Tech Training Platform
For a number of financial institutions in the U.S. and abroad, the Pathlore software suite serves as a hub for training and development, especially with regard to compliance requirements. By accessing the software platform, workers can analyze their training needs and take instruction to improve their performance. The Pathlore platform also automates many of the […]
Voice Over Internet Revolution Will Be Big but Quiet, Prominent Booster Says
Another one is quickly catching on — VOIP, for voice over Internet protocol, a technology that breaks up a voice call into data packets and sends it, like e-mail, along a high-speed connection. Read the Full Story
Plugging Into the Net, Through the Humble Wall Outlet
B.P.L. is the ultimate in plug-and-play. Users plug a small power line modem into any wall outlet and then connect the modem to a computer with a U.S.B. or Ethernet cable, or through a wireless Wi-Fi connection. Read the Full Story
IBM and Partners Create Open Framework for Digital Media
Armonk, NY and Santa Clara, Ca. at Streaming Media West — October 27, 2004 — IBM today unveiled an open digital media framework that will include technology from leading partners such as Adobe, Apple and Cisco Systems to give companies the most advanced capabilities to create, manage and distribute rich media content faster, easier and […]
Web Site Adaptation: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of U.S. and Mexican Web Sites
To address this confusion and deficit in the literature, this research studies how cultural values are reflected in American and Mexican Web sites. A content analysis of American and Mexican Web pages indicates that there are significant differences in the depiction of local cultural values on the Web. Read the Full Story
The United States Distance Learning Association -USDLA- Announces Annual Election of Officers and Board Members
Elected President of the Association was Dr. Deborah Harrison of Austin, Texas. Dr. Harrison is Global Marketing Manager of Education and Corporate Training at Tandberg, LLC with its national headquarters in Reston, Virginia.Read the Full Story