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GeoLearning Completes First Phase of Fed’s Electronic HR Integration Initiative

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of ASP-hosted human capital management and development (HCMD) solutions, announced today that it has completed the first phase of a 5-year contract with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) valued at $7 million to provide Internet hosting and security services for the federal government’s Electronic Human Resources Integration (EHRI) […]

Grants more than offset soaring university tuition

1. The university raises its official tuition price.2. The higher tuition qualifies many students for bigger federal and state grants, which are passed on to the school.Read the Full Story

More People Graduate High School, College

Among those 25 and older last year, 84.6 percent had graduated from high school, up from 84.1 percent the previous year, according to bureau estimates being released Tuesday. Read the Full Story

VTEL Selects Codian’s Breakthrough MCU and Streaming Products

The companies will also engage in co-development and co-marketing activities to be announced in Q3 of 2004.“Codian is extremely excited to have been selected by VTEL as their MCU partner for the rapidly growing IP sector of the videoconferencing market. VTEL has strong channel partners in the United States and in China, and we are […]

Cognitive and Logical Rationales for e-Learning Objects

e-Learning objects, the system to which they belong, and the sequence of messages that form a discourse between the system and its environment are inseparable. Altogether, they formulate the “Universe of Discourse” (Wieringa, R. J. (2003), p. 14). Read the Full Story

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Addresses Concord Law School in First-Time Online Colloquium

The event covered a variety of topics related to the role and operation of the Supreme Court in our justice system. Over 400 students participated.Read the Full Story

Study debunks online courses; local schools disagree

The popularity and potential of online college courses — the so-called ”virtual college” — has fallen far short of lofty early predictions, according to a study released today by a University of Pennsylvania research group.Read the Full Story

E-Learning For Short Attention Spans

One customer wants to consult on a new home theater, another would like a stereo for her Rolls Royce. Recalling that a third customer had a question about in-wall speakers, the salesperson logs on to the company’s e-learning site, takes a refresher course on suitable speakers and heads off to a 9:30 appointment.Read the Full […]

Patriot Act, Sarbanes-Oxley & Privacy Compliance Drive Need for Irwin Financial’s eLearning Initiative

Faced with an immediate training need in one of its operating companies, Irwin Financial wanted a solution that would meet its current tactical need yet be flexible enough to address its strategic requirements across the corporation’s operating companies.Read the Full Story

District 286 renews contract with BlueSky

David Alley, a member of the school board of BlueSky, told District 286 boardmembers last week that he expects the school will break even this year.Read the Full Story