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Hoover High gets Hewlett-Packard technology grant

HP Technology for Teaching awards for the 2004-05 academic year – which involves using technology to accelerate learning – are going to eight Southern California schools:Hoover High School, San Diego;Read the Full Story

Online learning

“It’s fun to learn how these things work,” said Pollard, one of the members of a State High student club who are getting first-hand experience in providing education via the Internet.Read the Full Story

Vemics Creates Video-enabled ‘Hot Spots’ Across the U.S.

All video-enabled hot-spot locations will be fully equipped with easy to use, multimedia PCs connected to GlowPoint’s (NASDAQ: GLOW) dedicated IP-based network, providing convenient access to low-cost, reliable broadcast-quality public learning and meeting environments.“These partnerships allow businesses to take advantage of fully supported converged voice, video and data collaboration today,” said Vemics CEO Fred Zolla. […]

Trouble in Tablet Land?

It doesn’t take much tea-leaf reading to see that the Microsoft-championed Tablet PC is at a crossroads.Read the Full Story

Tutoring Large Numbers: An Unmet Challenge

This innovative program organizes human and technical resources for delivering distance education in a cost-effective manner. Different from other institutional systems – which typically employ their own dedicated content, design, and instructional resource personnel, and accompanied by a large pool of administrative staff – Proformação leverages pre-existing learning resources such as content experts, technology specialists, […]

2003 Distance MBA Profiles

BusinessWeek doesn’t rank distance-learning MBA programs, but if you study the profiles below, you should be able to find a program that’s best for you.Read the Full Story

Blackboard Inc. outlasts rivals, eyes stock sale by end of May

Now Blackboard is on the verge of holding an initial public offering of its stock and becoming the public company that its founders long wanted. Read the Full Story

Companies loath to invest in e-learning employee courses

The good news for suppliers of elearning technologies and coursework is that 51% of companies expect to see a gradual drop in teacher-led training in the next few years due to the high cost of training time and the need to conduct training in different places.Read the Full Story

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Virtual Schools Offer Freedom

HAINES CITY — Daniel Jenkins Academy senior Mandy Gashaw says the only thing she missed in high school was the bad stuff.Read the Full Story