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Tune in for first live educational broadcast from rim of Grand Canyon

The Electronic Field Trip, developed by Ball State’s Teachers College and sponsored by Best Buy Children’s Foundation, will air at 6:30 p.m. EST Nov. 8Read the Full Story

Forthcoming Book –Managing E-Learning Strategies: Design, Delivery, Implementation and Evaluation

It walks you through the various factors critical to developing, evaluating and implementing e-learning. Throughout the book critical e-learning factors are presented as questions that readers can ask themselves when planning, designing, evaluating and implementing e-learning modules, courses and programs.Access Publication Announcement PDF Format

NUTN 2005: Benchmarking Quality in Distance Learning Bridging Vision and Practice

Presented by NUTN and in cooperation with the University Continuing Education Association and the Sloan ConsortiumAccess Conference Website

U.S. High School Graduation Rates Continue To Fall Race Gaps Remain Large:

Boston, MA – A dramatic new study released Friday, October 15, concludes that high school graduation rates in the U.S. continue to decline and graduation rates for black and Hispanic students lag substantially behind those of white students.Published in the scholarly peer-reviewed journal Education Policy Analysis Archives (http://epaa.asu.edu/), the study, “High School Graduation Rates:Alternative Methods […]

GCCI Expansion to Help Businesses Generate Additional Streams of Revenue

SAINT CLOUD, Minn.—October 21, 2004–Minnesota-based Global Commerce & Communication, Inc. (GCCI) announced today the worldwide expansion plans to help businesses maximize their return on research and development investment. Leveraging the global reach of GCCI’s expanding intellectual property network, http://www.newideatrade.com, a division of GCCI, will allow companies and individuals from around the world the ability to […]

Should You Switch to a Net Phone?

If you’re like me, you’ve seen lots of ads for Internet phone services but met very few people who actually use one.Read the Full Story

Negotiating Cultures In Cyberspace: Participation Patterns And Problematics

First, we explore both the historical and cultural origins of “cyberculture values” as manifested in our findings, using the notions of explicit and implicit enforcement of those values and challenging the assumption that cyberspace is a culture free zone.Read the Full Story

The Experience of the E-Learning Implementation at

This article also discusses the experience of implementing e-learning at the Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Malaysia. Various factors contributing to the success of this implementation are discussed. The challenges and constraints faced by UPSI and ways of overcoming such challenges will also be highlighted. 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

Broad-based Coalition Urges Major

Washington, D.C. – The “No Child Left Behind” Act’s goals of strong academic progress for all children and closing the achievement gap are laudable. But Congress must make substantial changes in the law to meet those goals, more than 20 national education, civil rights, disability, children’s and citizens’ groups said in a joint statement today. […]