eLearning in Civil Engineering: The experience applied to a lecture course in Structural Concrete
The possibilities of eLearning give students a deeper insight into the more complex structures encountered in civil engineering. Read the Full Story
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U of Washington offers free online course in computer technology
The National Science Foundation (NSF) granted $500,000 to the UW to develop an online version of its Fluency with Information Technology (FIT) class, an introductory technology course for students without training or experience in computers. The course is offered jointly by the department of Computer Science & Engineering and the Information School.The new online FIT […]
Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite Live to Play Integral Role In The Ohio State University’s ‘Living Laboratory’
MADISON, WIS – March 29, 2004 – Sonic Foundry Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), a leading rich media solutions company, today announced its award-winning rich media presentation system, Mediasite Live™, is a key technology in The Ohio State University’s new state-of-the-art facility created to give students, faculty and staff hands-on experience using and evaluating cutting-edge technologies that […]
eLearning Dynamics, Workforce Co-Lab, and Institute for Intelligent Systems Partner to Train Workforce of the Future: Symbol Technologies and palmOne Testbeds Launched at the FedEx Institute of Technology
Extending their shared objectives in the corporate and government training sectors, the alliance members will collaborate on application testing and development, DoD standards and uses, and government funding initiatives. The alliance seeks to leverage shared goals among its members and advance applied technology and scientifically-based learning with commercialized solutions to train America’s workforce of the […]
Increase in students ‘not needed’
Only a third of the UK’s 28 million jobs are “knowledge-based”, economists at Cardiff and Lancaster universities say. Read the Full Story
HunterStone Introduces XML-Based eLearning Tool
SCORM stands for Shareable Content Object Reference Model and is an XML-based framework used to define and access information about learning objects so they can be shared among different management systems. It was developed in response to a Department of Defense (DoD) initiative to promote standardization in e-learning. Read the Full Story
SkillSoft Settles 2002 Class Action Lawsuits
Under the terms of the settlement, SkillSoft will pay a total of $30.5 million to the class, with one-half payable shortly after preliminary approval (which may occur in the next 30 days) and the balance in approximately one year. The Company has been in and will continue to have discussions with its insurers and hopes […]
Submarine cable deal to be signed
The country is joining the thirteen-member consortium called SEA-ME-WE-4 to reduce telecommunication cost remarkably, and giving Internet browsers to get high-speed gateway to the cyber-world. Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar will be brought under a cable landing station for installing optical fibre link. Read the Full Story
UAE e-learning market to surge by 2008
The growth in the e-learning market will cover content providers, technology providers and service providers of e-learning initiatives of the country’s public and education sectors, as well as the corporate learning programmes of large corporations. Read the Full Story
Managing Faculty Data at the University of Tennessee: The SEDONA Project
Information technology plays an increasingly prominent role in the strategic initiatives of higher education institutions. Read the Full Story