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The pocket-sized digital devices, which can download and make use of both audio and text material, will be preloaded with Duke-related content, such as information for freshman orientation and the academic calendar.Read the Full Story
Knowledge Anywhere, a leading provider of custom e-learning solutions, is strengthening a significant core competency with the development of dynamic e-learning tools and programs for companies engaged in the research and design of products and services in the clinical diagnostics field. Read the Full Story
The Edcomm Group has had the privilege of assisting many distinguished clients with business solutions in the form of classroom instruction, print publication, video production, online documentation, interactive web systems and multimedia programs. In addition to the development of customized programs, The Edcomm Group offers many industry specific off-the-shelf products that have proven themselves effective […]
In this case study of an online course, students were introduced to a constructivist orientation toward learning, a requirement to work in a new learning environment, and a challenge to accomplish academic work with groups of colleagues. Students learned successfully how to accommodate these requirements. Read the Full Story
A new effort by Virtual High School, a nonprofit organization in Maynard, lets students make up failed courses or get a head start on the next school year by powering up their home computers and going on-line. Students log in to get their assignments.Read the Full Story
The increase is not confined to elite schools. At Ohio University, the mid-sized state university where I teach, tuition in 1980 was $1,206 for students from Ohio; today it is $7,128.Read the Full Story
‘‘Once upon a time, in the go-go ’90s, the thought was that online education would eventually supplant (traditional university education),” said David L. Kirp, professor of public policy at UC Berkeley.Read the Full Story
After the departure of two top executives and a high-level disagreement over the school’s financial priorities, City University has installed an interim president and shelved plans to create a for-profit online venture.Read the Full Story
“The addition fits very nicely with the College’s emphasis on expanded distance education,†said Yearout, “and will allow Mesalands another platform on which it can present educational material to the surrounding community.â€Read the Full Story
Now called Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, the 49-year-old British citizen lives in the United States and works at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is a senior research scientist. He was knighted in recognition of his “services to the global development of the Internet” through his invention of the World Wide Web, a system to […]