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Farmers in Chongqing City benefit from internet learning

The program helped him earn more than 30,000 yuan (some 3,614 US dollars) from raising Mongolian gazelles last year, Hu said. Read the Full Story

Brandeis University selects WebCT Vista for powerful, efficient management of fast-growing academic enterprise

WALTHAM, Mass., March 22, 2004 – Brandeis University, a world-class research institution with a liberal arts focus, has selected WebCT Vista to graduate from course-by-course e-learning to systematic management of its academic systems. With this decision, Brandeis becomes the first institution in Massachusetts to adopt WebCT Vista. Read the Full Story

SumTotal Systems Unveils the SumTotal Enterprise SuiteT

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 22, 2004 – SumTotal Systems™ Inc. (NASDAQ:SUMT), the business performance and learning technology industry’s largest single provider of technologies, processes and services, today unveiled its plans for the SumTotal Enterprise Suite, the integration of the leading learning and performance suites of Docent and Click2learn. Read the Full Story

Leadership in Distance Education: Is It a Unique Type of Leadership – A Literature Review

Most of these documents, however, examine distance education policy, institution management, student support systems and student administration relevant to the first three generations of distance education delivery models [correspondence, multimedia and telelearning]. Surprisingly little appears to have been written about the academic management and administration of what Taylor (1996) labels as fourth generation distance education […]

New acceptance of online learning fuels explosion

Only when a required course was offered solely through the Internet did she grudgingly enter the world of virtual college. Read the Full Story

Netting an education: Online class options keep expanding

On Alana Tuckey’s Intro to Statistics Web site, also through JCC, you will see advice from students who took the course in previous semesters and a “Help Board” where Tuckey answers students’ questions. Read the Full Story

Athabasca University and Lakeland College agreement brings B.Comm to Lloyminster campus

Dr. Mark Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lakeland College, and Dr. Dominique Abrioux, President of Athabasca University, signed the agreement at the Lloydminster Campus today. The first intake of students into the third year of the degree will be admitted this fall. Read the Full Story

Distance learning opens options at Blackford High

The board met on Tuesday in Blackford High School’s distance learning lab while Curriculum Director Linda Walker and Community Alliance to Promote Education (CAPE) Director Christy Meredith made their monthly presentations to the board from a similar setup at Wes-Del High School in Delaware County. Read the Full Story

CoSN conference highlights assistive technologies

The federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) places the same expectations on nearly all students, regardless of disability. Read the Full Story