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Surviving Iraq: OverNite Software Introduces Online Education for Protection Specialists and Civilian Contractors

The course content was written by Tom Powell, veteran training and protection specialist, www.securityconsultant.us, and developed into a computer-based course by OverNite to run on OverNite’s Web-based learning management solution, ExxTend Learning(TM). Tom Powell commented, “This course contains content directly relating to Iraq that everyone going there should know. There are many well-intentioned courses out […]

STRATEGIC PLANNING CONFERENCE REPORT: Distance Education at New Mexico State University

As a Land Grant institution, NMSU has historically played a major role in making education accessible at a distance for clientele in the state and for regional, national, and international audiences. This history, of largely positive and productive experiences with Distance Education/Distributed Learning (DE/DL), provides a solid platform for considering the future. However, recent history […]

School of Extended Education names Rawlings Award recipient

The award, established in 2002, honors a full-time professor who has proven to be the most dedicated to teaching extended education courses at off-campus distance education sites.Read the Full Story

Back to school means back to the sofa for some home schoolers

She’s curled up on her family’s velvety brown sofa flipping through a book of math problems when the mood strikes. She pulls her bare feet out from underneath her, pads to the kitchen and comes back, pancakes in hand, to her workbook.Read the Full Story

Regents OK Phoenix campus for med school

The expansion on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus of the Arizona University System will eventually double the size of the medical school student body, said Keith Joiner, dean of the College of Medicine. Read the Full Story

FINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: E-Learn 2004 — World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education

Final Call for Participation Deadline: August 30

Disruptive Technologies Spark Upheaval in Corporate Learning Technology

In the latest news from Training Fall Conference & Expo and Workflow Institute, the market for corporate learning technology is in a state of flux.Read the Full Story

NISH Renews Hosted LMS Contract with GeoLearning

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of ASP-hosted human capital management and development (HCMD) solutions, announced today that NISH has renewed its contract for the companyâ€™s GeoExpressâ„¢ learning management platform. NISH is the national non-profit agency that helps state and private not-for-profit agencies participate in the Javits-Wagner-Oâ€™Day Program (JWOD), which provides employment opportunities for people who […]

Blackboard Content System Release 2.0 Available Now

WASHINGTON, Aug 23, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) announced today the launch of the Blackboard Content System(TM) (Release 2.0), in time for the start of the 2004-05 academic year. Read the Full Story

Microsoft Office OneNote Helps Students Move to the Head of the Class

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 23, 2004 — It doesn’t take a Ph.D. to realize that capturing and organizing information effectively is an important part of getting the most out of education. Whether students major in history, science, literature, philosophy, business or art, they need the right tools to manage the deluge of facts and figures they […]