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Reminiscent of the kids in the back of the car on your family’s summer vacation, the persistent question about this technology seems to be, “Are we there yet?†Syllabus asked the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s vice president for research in information technology about his vision for learning management systems and related technologies.Read the Full Story
Its research finds that there are four common issues that companies face again and again. These pitfalls will seem obvious to those folks who have already been through a system integration project, but they may surprise some of you who are knee-deep in the implementation of your LMS. Read the Full Story
Northface aims to graduate legions of software developers with more useful skills than established colleges can provide–in barely half the time. In the process, the founders and backers of Northface University may be developing a whole new category in higher education: the so-called “destination school.” Read the Full Story
DENVER – August 10, 2004 – eCollegeSM [Nasdaq: ECLG], a leading provider of value-added information services to the post-secondary education market, today announced it achieved revenue of $20.9 million for the second quarter of 2004, up 186 percent from $7.3 million for the second quarter of 2003. eCollege’s second quarter results include revenue of $8.5 […]
The Virtual Reference Desk is pleased to announce that its 6th annual reference conference will be held on November 8-9, 2004 in Cincinnati, Ohio. We hope to see you there! Access the Virtual Reference Desk Conference 2004 Website
AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS – Educational Help, Inc. announces the release of Skill Builder Modules for improving reading skills of dyslexic readers. The Skill Builder software can be used at school or at home. Each module features specific word lists that are grade or subject matter appropriate. The reader spends 20 minutes a day using the Skill […]
WASHINGTON, Aug 10, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) announced today that Portugal’s Universidade de Aveiro has chosen Blackboard to provide the university’s Enterprise wide e-education platform.Blackboard will provide Universidade de Aveiro the Blackboard Learning System(TM). The university intends to migrate more than 700 courses from its previous WebCT platform to the […]
The results in part support the existing literature in distance education, particularly the aspects related to the quality of learning and the cost effectiveness of on-line delivery. However, it is argued that previous research in the field has tended to neglect the important concept of spatiality and adult learning.Read the Full Story
The rules changes were approved unanimously at an Aug. 4 hearing, though Commissioner Kevin Martin dissented in part with the agency’s decisions. Read the Full Story
But Mr. Smith, a professor at Los Rios Community College, in Sacramento, Calif., believes that he should be given time off from teaching and extra pay if he is going to put in the additional effort to convert his courses, which he says will be more time-consuming to deliver online.Read the Full Story