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Schools offer online classes to stem exodus of students

Perrysburg and Lima schools are among more than 40 districts across Ohio operating “digital academies” that teach students at home using computer software and online interaction with instructors. Read the Full Story

SumTotal Systems to Lead Web Seminar on Organizational Change with Cendant, Fidelity Investments and Vodafone

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–April 9, 2004–SumTotal Systems (Nasdaq:SUMT), the industry’s largest provider of business performance and learning technologies, services and processes, today announced that it will host a Web seminar entitled “Accelerating Organizational Change and Competitiveness” at 9 a.m. PST on Tuesday, April 13.SumTotal was invited by Microsoft to host the online panel discussion as part […]

GeoLearning to Host “How to Select a LCMS” Web Seminar

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of ASP-hosted human capital management and development (HCMD) solutions, announced today that it will be presenting a free Web seminar open to the public on Wednesday, May 5, 2004: LCMS Selection: How to select the right Learning Content Management System for your needsWednesday, May 5, 20041:00pm Eastern US Register online […]

Online Resource Heralded as “Educator’s Best Friend”

With daily updates, Education World provides a rich source of information for teachers and administrators in the areas of curriculum and lesson planning, technology integration and professional development among many others. Read the Full Story

Will ‘failing’ schools trip Bush campaign? Voters may no longer see federal education law as a triumph for the president.

To bolster support for NCLB, the White House deployed Laura Bush to the National School Boards Association conference last week. Read the Full Story

MIT develops free course-management platform

Called Caddie.net, the framework–which schools can download free of charge–supplies basic applications for course management and scheduling, while enabling users to build customized portals designed to meet the specific needs of a particular class or campus organization. Read the Full Story

E-ffective Writing for E-Learning Environments

Her current research interests include gender/technology interactions and resulting design issues, faculty transformative practice through collaborative instructional design, psychosocial issues of faculty teaching with technology, inclusive design practices, and the lives and practice of instructional designers. Read the Full Story

BBC picks e-learning chief

Under Eastgate’s portfolio will include the delivery of the new service, overseeing of all the editorial content and maximise the ‘potential of digital interactivity’. Read the Full Story

College textbook costs skyrocketing

Instead, she judges the newest Calculus 101 text by what’s inside: a CD-ROM, flashy color photographs and a bubble-wrapped study manual. All those extras bring the price tag to $126, she says. Read the Full Story

Naval War College Provides JPME I to the Fleet

This version, like the Web-based program already available, leverages technology to present the three NWC core courses: Joint Maritime Operations, Strategy and Policy, and National Security Decision Making. Read the Full Story