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Fiber Optic Communities Create New Organization to Inform Consumers, Businesses of Advantages of Fiber-to-the-Premises

“Our goal is to inform homeowners and businesses about the advantages of living and working in a fiber optic community,” said Max R. Kipfer, founder and president of FOCUS. “Fiber networks are changing the way people live. Read the Full Story

For schools, Apple offers special iMac G5, eMac

But with the release of the new iMac G5, some educational technology departments might want to look at Apple’s online education store, where they’ll discover pricing and an additional iMac G5 available only to educational institutions. (And no, it’s not available for individual purchase by faculty, staff or students.) Read the Full Story

Dell, AOL To Provide 5,000 Students with Internet Access; Dell TechKnow Program Expected To Grow 60 Percent This Year

AOL, the world’s leading interactive services company, will be the national Internet partner in Dell TechKnow, Dell’s three-year old program that provides middle-school students with a free computer after completion of a 40-hour after-school program. Read the Full Story

Satellite based education in all the NE states soon

Utilising the services of EDUSAT, the dedicated satellite for education launched recently, IGNOU will endeavour to reach out to the grass root levels.Read the Full Story

Book Review: Distance Education: A Systems View

It is not easy for me to write an objective review of the Second Edition of Moore and Kearsley’s (2005) book titled Distance Education: A Systems View. I have known both authors for many years, and have a lot of respect for their scholarship and professionalism. So, let me confess that this is a biased […]

Why I Teach Online

A colleague once asked me why I teach online. After several seconds of thought, I realized how that answer has changed over the last 10 years. Read the Full Story

E-learning boosts the bottom line

Workforce development, a.k.a. employee training, however, often gets the short shrift.Read the Full Story

‘E-learning’ helps teach self-reliance

But now that she has taken the plunge, the West Hall High School senior has found that her Internet-based class in Advanced Placement psychology has been rewarding.Read the Full Story

The People–Process–Product Continuum in E-Learning: The E-Learning P3 Model

The People–Process–Product Continuum or P3 Model (Figure 1) can be used to map a comprehensive picture of e-learning (Khan, in press). For example, people involved in e-learning can be referred to as the E-Learning Team responsible for producing e-learning materials (Figure 1).Read the Full Story

Driving Higher Ed Institutions to an Enterprise Approach

Moving e-learning to an enterprise level requires institutions to re-think the way they currently support technology-enhanced instruction.Read the Full Story