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In the letter, Robert A. Berman, Sr. VP of Business Development and General Counsel for Acacia, claims that his company owns five U.S. Patents (Patents Nos. 5,132,992; 5,235,275; 5,550,863; 6,002,720; 6,144,702) and 17 International Patents covering the transmission and receipt of audio/video content via the Internet.Read the Full Story
Utilizing information generated by the Food Safety Consortium and others, Kansas State University is offering food science degrees and certificates by distance education.Read the Full Story
This year more than 8,000 students are slated to start classes Aug. 26. That’s a 15-percent increase in overall headcount since 2002. About 1,600 of those students are incoming freshmen. That’s 31 percent more than two years ago. Read the Full Story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) announced today that the University of Melbourne, one of Australia’s leading research universities, has signed an agreement to adopt the Blackboard Learning System(TM) for its e-Learning initiatives. The Blackboard Learning System will replace Melbourne’s existing learning management systems throughout the University.The move to Blackboard will streamline […]
FREE, videoconferencing resources such as NASA LIVEâ„¢ (Learning Interactively through Videoconferencing Experiences) give students the opportunity to interact with NASA experts in a virtual setting. Produced by NASA Langley’s Center for Distance Learning http://cdl.larc.nasa.gov, in Hampton, Virginia, NASA LIVEâ„¢ offers FREE videoconferencing programs for K–12 teachers and students to (1) provide opportunities for learning, instructional […]
“Our belief in a direct sales and service model makes it imperative for us to have a learning solution like Pathlore to assess our sales team’s proficiency,†says Nat Gifford, Imagistics’ vice president of Product Development and Marketing. “We believe investing in systems to further develop our sales organization plays an important role in maintaining […]
Online sales topped $104 billion in 2003, a nearly 40 percent jump over the previous year, and yet state and local governments lost an estimated $15.5 billion in revenue because states cannot effectively collect sales and use taxes on e-commerce purchases, according to a report commissioned by the National Governors Association (NGA) and National Conference […]
MALVERN, Pa., August 18, 2004 — SunGard SCT, an operating unit of SunGard (NYSE:SDS), today announced general availability of the SCT Luminis Platform III.2, the latest evolution of one of the most widely implemented portal products in higher education. The portal, infrastructure and enterprise application suite help institutions bring information, services, and communities together in […]
A variety of examples of interactive programs available on the web are shown. A description of the way an online Psychology lab is used illustrates how interactivity can enhance the understanding of concepts.Read the Full Story
Some of Bryce Martens’ best students haven’t shown up in his Computer and Information Systems classes very often at the College of San Mateo.Read the Full Story