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A new partnership between the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services (DFS) and Massachusetts Colleges Online (MCO) will help make training for similar scenarios somewhat easier in the future by creating an online learning model.Starting April 19, Massachusetts firefighters for the first time were able to study online during their downtime at the firehouse rather than […]
“Today’s teenagers are digital natives, I’m a digital immigrant,” quips Heidi Brushert Laabs, the executive director of curriculum and instruction for iQ Academies in Waukesha, an educational alternative through the state’s open enrollment school choice system.Read the Full Story
A new remote satellite service now being piloted by Extension allows anyone in the world with a computer and Internet access to view participating programs in real time, according to Dr. Lawrence Lippke, head of Extension’s information technology department at College Station.Read the Full Story
Among the attributes speakers used to define “effective leadership” were the recognition that ed tech is really about education, not technology; the ability to establish and communicate a clear and common vision for technology’s use in schools; and the ability to change and manage change.Read the Full Story
The Odfjell Common Competence program will support the company’s pursuit of certified Safety & Quality Management Systems (SQMS), ensuring that all employees – no matter where they are located in the company’s worldwide organisation — are actively contributing to improving performance and SQMS procedures. Common Competence will establish a common learning culture for Odfjell worldwide, […]
San Francisco – May 21, 2004 – Macromedia announces that Digital Design: Foundations in Web Design, a year-long, project-based curriculum that teaches the professional web design process, has been adopted for Computer Education and Business Technology Education, Grades 6-12 courses based upon the recommendation of the Florida State Instructional Materials Committee. The Digital Design curriculum […]
The women were able to study nursing—through distance education with Contact North—at Northern College in Timmins.Read the Full Story
NEW YORK and RAINBOW, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire/ — HorizonLive, the leading provider of virtual classrooms and real-time collaboration software to higher education, announced today that it has been selected by the Vallecitos School District to be the live online platform for the school district’s innovative new charter school.Read the Full Story
Notes & Reflections, Issue 6 (Spring 2004), provides a practical guide for evaluating professional development and for using this information to improve its effectiveness. Read the Full Story
However, researchers at MORI say there has been a fall in the number of people who feel certain they will go. The poll took place at the start of the year when there was a lot of debate about university top-up fees.Read the Full Story