880 million adults worldwide are illiterates
“More shocking still is the fact that two-thirds of this figure are women, while half of the world poorest countries are in the Commonwealth”.Read the Full Story
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Eurand SpA Meets Legal Requirements, Cuts Costs with Pathlore
“The Pathlore solution is an extremely flexible product, which allows us to deliver everything from new-hire training and basic safety law to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidelines and computer skills,†said Jacopo Licciardi, Eurand’s human resources manager. “We’re also using the Pathlore system to broadcast to our staff the details of agreements between Eurand and […]
Students with Disabilities in Distance Education: Characteristics, Course Enrollment and Completion, and Support Services
Between 1998 and 2001 a total of 604 students with disabilities enrolled in undergraduate courses at Athabasca University, which represents 1.5% of the student population. More than half (52%) had a physical disability, 20% had a learning disability, 20% had a psychological disability, 4% had some form of visual impairment, and 3% had a hearing […]
USDLA [United States Distance Learning Association] Launches Inaugural International Forum for Women in E-Learning
IFWE is much more than a forum – it’s a groundbreaking inaugural event for women leaders in distance learning seeking to establish their identity in the IFWE distance learning community.Read the Full Story
Now, IIT courses offered in the heart of Pune
This is not some futuristic scenario, but a very real facility made available by Persistent Systems Private Ltd (PSPL) through a satellitebased distance education project (DEP) of the Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology. Read the Full Story
Antioch University Renews Contracts With Learning Networks, LLC
Learning Networks began working with Antioch University in 1999 to provide a collaborative online environment for the University’s students and faculty. Read the Full Story
Public Release of Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment
Members of the Sakai Educational Partners Program (SEPP) have been reviewing the beta version of the software since their highly successful conference with 170 attendees in June. This release to the public is Sakai Release Candidate 1 (RC1), and it puts the full code in the hands of any institution that wishes to begin using […]
Internet2 opens new frontiers for area schools
The schools that receive their Internet access through Educational Service Unit 10 — which includes most of Grand Island’s schools — as well as ESUs 11, 15 and 16 now have access to Internet2.Read the Full Story
Health & Human Services Deploys GeoLearning’s Hosted LMS for 66,000 Employees
GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of ASP-hosted human capital management and development (HCMD) solutions, announced today that the United States Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), a federal government agency employing more than 66,000 employees, has selected the company’s GeoMaestro learning management platform to power Health & Human Services University (HHSU) and manage human […]
Acadient Joins WebCT Powerlinks Network
BOSTON-14 July, 2004 – Acadient, a leading developer and distributor of online learning for the higher education and financial services industries, today announced it joined the WebCT PowerLinks Network as a content developer. Acadient will develop and deliver fully customizable online course materials for use in both WebCT Campus Edition and WebCT Vista. “Acadient is […]