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Tema Rotary releases centre for distance education

She said the distance education programme that started a few years ago, has not only helped to ease the pressure on facilities of the existing universities but had made a dramatic difference to many people, especially for teachers who want to continue to stay in the classroom while studying for their degrees.Read the Full Story

Educational Institute Offers Online Distance Learning Courses to Individuals Through CourseLine®

The Educational Institute has provided home-study materials in hospitality management for 50 years. Now, through its CourseLine® electronic course delivery system, EI is offering individuals the option to complete hospitality management courses online. CourseLine gives those with Internet access convenience, flexibility and interactivity in addition to the same high-quality, competency-based content that is the hallmark […]

Educational research into Managed Learning Environments/Virtual Learning Environments – a selection of abstracts

Rather than being an exhaustive literature review, the collection of 15 abstracts should be seen as a starting point for those interested in the topic. The focus of the literature search was for research papers in academic journals from the UK and internationallyRead the Full Story

The Newest Media and a Principled Approach for Integrating Technology Into Instruction

“New media in instruction?” Déjà vu. Didn’t we write that article more than a decade ago? Wasn’t it about HyperCard and JPEGs and Internet resources for teaching and learning? Isn’t that “old media” yet? Some of the “New Media Centers” originally sponsored by Apple Computer are still here, but now they are populated with “iLife.” […]

New Master Degrees Announced In Expansion Of OUBS [Open University Business School] Programme

The new qualifications from Europe’s largest business school reflect a growing demand among managers in a broad range of sectors for specialist programmes that adopt the flexible study methods and quality for which the School is renowned.Available from November 2004 will be: Master of Business Administration (Life Sciences) – MBA (LS); Master of Public Administration […]

Maine moves closer to laptops in high schools

Maine’s education commissioner has obtained assurances from at least 47 superintendents that they’re ready to press forward with laptops in high schools this fall, giving her confidence that a deal can be struck with Apple Computer. Read the Full Story

Online scholar

Hazelgren, 42, a nurse at Porter Memorial Hospital, completed her degree online through a program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The program has students from 30 states and four countries.Read the Full Story

Architect of McKinsey Learning Joins Intrepid Learning Solutions Advisory Board

The company’s advisors, which include global leaders in training management, learning theory, and outsourcing, provide Intrepid management with ongoing counsel and assistance on how best to expand and improve Intrepid’s industry leading training services. Until his retirement earlier this year, Obermayer was a director and senior partner at McKinsey. After serving as head of the […]

DS3 Computing Solutions Deploys Orthogon’s OS-Gemini as Backbone Network for Texas A&M University Distance Learning Network

The network covers over 235 miles and connects Texas A&M’s Kingsville campus to 24 school districts in Southeast Texas using Orthogon’s OS-Gemini point-to-point broadband wireless solution. It is the result of a partnership between Texas A&M University-Kingsville, DS3, the school districts, and several government agencies that enables high school students to earn dual college credits, […]

Companies use loans to bring high-speed wireless Internet access to rural areas

It’s just one of the challenges that officials at some wireless communications companies encounter when they expand into rural communities to offer broadband Internet access. Read the Full Story