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Acadient Partners With Thomson Learning to Provide Online Business Courses for Higher Education Market

With one of the largest courseware libraries in the financial services industry, Acadient continues to expand its presence in the higher education and distance learning markets by creating and delivering fully customizable online course materials along with tailored marketing and analytical support.Read the Full Story

Students, faculty at risk for ID theft

The latest instance of missing equipment occurred in June at California State University, San Marcos. Read the Full Story

E–learning and language change — Observations, tendencies and reflections

The need for speed and efficiency in communication and the adaptation to new technology changes language dramatically as is observed in chat and SMS–mediated communication. The complexity of modern human communication is discussed with a historical perspective — the old modes of communication can now be used via Internet but this transfer changes their characteristics.Read […]

Acacia revises royalty demands

The letter comes because schools have been slow to respond to Acacia’s initial requests for royalty payments.Read the Full Story

Blackboard Partners with blendedschools.net to Bring eLearning to 80 Rural School Districts

Blackboard’s learning software provides blendedschools.net with the means to effectively create an online community where educators and students at 80 rural schools throughout Pennsylvania can share activities, coursework, and more to meet the diverse education needs of students unavailable through traditional means at their home schools. Currently, 15,000 students participate in blendedschools.net activities.“This partnership captures […]

Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Power Training with GeoLearning’s Hosted LMS

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of ASP-hosted human capital management and development (HCMD) solutions, announced today that the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has selected the company’s GeoMaestroâ„¢ learning management platform to administer agency-wide training and development for its 3,000 employees.GeoMaestroâ„¢ is an Internet-hosted human capital management and development platform that enables organizations to […]

Thomson Higher Education to Distribute Harvard Business School Publishing Case Materials

STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — As part of its commitment to giving customers the greatest choice of products, technology and services possible, Thomson Higher Education, part of The Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC – News; NYSE: TOC – News) and a leading provider of personalized educational information, today announced an agreement with Harvard Business School […]

Nursing Spectrum Announces Expanded CE Program

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Blending various media and best practices from their individual continuing education programs, Nursing Spectrum and its recently acquired company, NurseWeek, have introduced several new continuing education products, designed to meet the needs of entire health care facilities as well as individual RNs.Read the Full Story

E-Agenda International Summit Focuses on Mission Critical Issues in e-Education

QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, September 7, 2004 – Thought leaders and visionaries are set to attend the fifth and final e-Agenda global event to take place December 12-14, 2004 in San Diego. Co-hosted by Griffith University, Queensland, Australia and San Diego State University, summit participants will contribute to the development of a bold plan to see e-Learning […]

9-11-01 Remembrance

One site—Federal Hall National Memorial, located a few blocks from the World Trade Center—provided shelter and help to more than 150 people after the towers fell. (National Park Service)Read the Full Story