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Simpson will report to Oakleigh Thorne, chairman and CEO of eCollege, and will oversee all corporate finance, accounting, financial reporting, human resources and investor relations functions for the company. He fills the CFO position vacated by Doug Kelsall, who was promoted to president and chief operating officer in November 2003.“We are delighted Reid is joining […]
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, U.S. E-Learning Systems Market, suggests the entry of global computer giants into the e-learning market is a cause of considerable concern among existing vendors. In a bid to promote awareness of their brands and increase market share, they are pumping more money into their marketing and product development efforts. […]
Sponsored by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), the event featured national lawmakers as well as educators and other stakeholders who have a vested interest in seeing children succeed in the classroom. Read the Full Story
CyberLearning Labs, Inc., developer of ANGEL the open, flexible enterprise learning management system, announced today that it has signed a master agreement with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Any state college or university, state agency, independent non-profit college or university, or K-12 school system in the Commonwealth of Virginia can license ANGEL under the […]
Earlier this year, we promoted Mr. Jerry Nine to the position of Chief Operating Officer. We also created a new role of Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations, reporting to Mr. Nine, to which we named Tim Ellinger. In connection with the change, the heads of our three geographic sales regions, North America, Europe […]
Weber State University, one of the country’s most active e-learning institutions, has deployed the WebCT Vista academic enterprise learning management system to assist and improve an e-learning program already serving more than 9,000 e-learning students and more than 20,000 students overall. Read the Full Story
In it, he catalogued the requirements of any information system “designed to give maximum support to performance.” The requirements involved eight steps: 1. Identify the expected accomplishments. Read the Full Story
BOSTON, April 12 /PRNewswire/ — Nearly 60 percent of senior university administrative officials say obtaining management and faculty support is the greatest challenge in coordinating and conducting distance learning at their schools, according to a new survey. Read the Full Story
In less than a year, the company is rolling out an updated version of its widely used SAT test. The update will reflect differences in education since the company last modified the test in 1994, and will include a newly developed section to measure writing skills. This writing section will involve a series of multiple-choice […]
About 45 applicants, consultants, and vendors responded to the FCC’s “Third Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” by the March deadline. The notice continued the agency’s effort to explore ways of improving the program’s application process and reducing waste, fraud, and abuse. Read the Full Story