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Students qualify for scholarship through E-Learning Center help

This year when the state Legislature changed the name of the Regents Scholarship to the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship, lawmakers also imposed stricter standards for student eligibility.Read the Full Story

Directors, Coordinators of DCLs [Distance Learning Centers] meet in Accra

The meeting, which coincides with the 3rd annual meeting of the African DLCs is also aimed at formulating a sustainable programme for the centers since they have out ived their experimental periods. Read the Full Story

Leadership and Community Involvement Dramatically Impact Education Technology Budgets

Washington, D.C. (June 10, 2004) – The Consortium for School Networking, (www.cosn.org), and Grunwald Associates (www.Grunwald.com) today released results from a new survey of more than 455 K-12 school district technology decision makers. The “Digital Leadership Divide: Without Visionary Leadership, Disparities in School Technology Budgets Increase” survey reveals large and growing disparities in funding for […]

Proposed regulations rile parents

Dozens of home-schooling parents from across the state flooded the state Board of Education and Early Development with two hours worth of criticism of the proposed regulations during the opening of the board’s three-day meeting Wednesday in Fairbanks. Read the Full Story

First Virtual Communications Releases Click to Meet 4.0

Redwood City, Calif. – June 7, 2004 – First Virtual Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: FVCXE), a premier provider of infrastructure software solutions for real-time, rich media communications, today announced the new version of its award-winning Click to Meet™ rich media communications solution. Click to Meet now offers an increased level of customization and integration capabilities, while […]

Defining and Measuring Quality in Online Discussions

With the rapid evolution of communication technologies, distance education is becoming more prevalent in postsecondary settings. According to the U.S. Department of Education (2003), 89% of public, four-year institutions offered distance education courses during the 2000–2001 academic year. Of those offering distance education courses, 90% offered Internet courses.Read the Full Story

‘Betty’ Craft made technology palatable at ASU

Services were held last week for Elizabeth “Betty” Craft, the first instructional television coordinator and founding director of Distance Learning and Technology for ASU. Craft died at 61 from cancer. She is survived by her husband, journalism Professor John Craft, and daughters Jennifer and Lauren Craft.Read the Full Story

District to build virtual high school as alternative to charter schools

Columbus Public Schools officials say the district’s new school would mirror the services of Internet charter schools, which have attracted more than 1,000 students away from its public schools.Read the Full Story

Columbus district to develop online H.S.

Columbus Public Schools officials say the district’s new school would mirror the services of Internet charter schools, which have attracted more than 1,000 students away from its public schools.Read the Full Story

E-Learning on the Job

Most people know the old Chinese proverb: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime. Read the Full Story