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The Thomson Job Impact Study finds a blended learning model using scenario-based exercises (SBEs), or real-world situations, improves workforce productivity. The international study by Thomson/NETg covered 200 employees at all organisational levels across a range of industries, including aerospace, computing and manufacturing.
Convergys signed a purchase agreement to acquire San Francisco-based DigitalThink, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTHK) for $2.40 per share in cash, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $120 million for all outstanding shares. DigitalThink is the leader in custom e-learning for the Fortune 1000 and the largest custom e-learning company in the industry. Its learning solutions […]
The memorandum of understanding was signed by NCU’s Center for Science and Technology and HP Taiwan. The project was one of the first global collaborative research networks on one-on-one educational computing initiated by the IT giant and Taiwan’s e-learning advocates, officials said. Read the Story
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq:GILTF) announced an agreement to supply Russia’s Modern Institute for the Humanities with a SkyStar 360E hub and 155 Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) remote sites. The satellite-based network will provide Internet access, distance learning and video conferencing to the University’s branches located throughout the Russian Federation from Kalingrad in the […]
Education officials and Cable & Wireless representatives introduced the new programme in a ceremony last week at the National Institute of Education, with Minister of Education Danny Faure and Professor David Mellor, CEO of the Cable & Wireless Virtual Academy, signing a memorandum of understanding. Read the Story
EZ Reusable Objects will let agencies build Web-based e-learning courses, said Peter Gallagher, president of Development InfoStructure. The Arlington, Va., IT consulting firm helped Labor build the application. EZRO is an example of the resource-sharing model of how companies, agencies and the open-source software community can collaborate and build apps, Gallagher said today at FOSE […]
Westheimer and Kahne (1993) considered community to be “a process marked by interaction and deliberation among individuals who share interests and commitment to common goals.” They went on that, “Meaningful interactions among members lead to a sense of shared responsibility for both the process and its outcomes.” Read the Full Story
At age 7, Jared Gamble’s parents took him to a rally to protest the expansion of a greyhound racetrack in Lincoln, R.I., into a gambling casino 10 minutes from their home. Read the Full Story
Several hundred delegates from across regional NSW are expected to attend the two-day conference. Read the Full Story
The for-profit educational sector has come a long way since the days when public awareness of the schools was limited to ads on matchbook covers and the back pages of comic books. Read the Full Story