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Internet Protocol Over Satellite Standard Will Drive Satellite Services Growth

WASHINGTON, March 3 /PRNewswire/ — Satellite 2004. Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS), the world’s leading provider of broadband satellite solutions, announced today that it will promote implementation of the Internet Protocol over Satellite standard (IPoS) through a multi-tiered licensing program available to all industry applications and systems providers. Read the Full Story

Miller to be honored by continuing education hall of fame

Created in 1995, the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the fields of continuing education and adult learning. Read the Full Story

Faculty Development and Learning Object Technology:

It then takes a look at faculty perspectives, to show that moving from the traditional approach in content creation to developing learning objects requires a paradigm shift for faculty content developers. Read the Full Story

New program helps educators lobby for ed tech

The newly created Ed Tech Action Network expands upon the annual Washington Advocacy Day organized by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). Read the Full Story

USI [University of Southern Indiana] leads in long-distance learning

Valadares teaches health administration at the University of Southern Indiana. Online distance learning is allowing some of his students to keep up with the course via Web connections and video streaming on computers in their homes or other convenient places. Read the Full Story

Gov. Granholm’s Economics, Labor Czar Joins MVU Board

Hollister, director of Michigan’s Department of Labor & Economic Growth, is responsible for workforce development, economic development, job creation, innovation, entrepreneurship and urban revitalization programs. His super department has more than 4,000 state employees and a budget of $1.1 billion. Read the Full Story

L.A. County Office of Education Launches Reading, YES! to Help Educators Improve Teaching of K-8 Reading and Language Arts

LOS ANGELES, March 2 /PRNewswire/ — The Los Angeles County Office of Education today introduced Reading, YES!, an online professional development program that enhances a teacher’s ability to master reading techniques and enables them to impact the way students learn reading and language arts. Read the Full Story

European Distance and E-Learning Network 2004 Annual Conference

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Ireland students and Wellsville fifth-graders have plenty of questions; Distance learning lab allows Wellsville teacher visiting Ireland to see her son here

During the one-hour feed that had students in each of the schools watching each other on multiple televisions sets, lots of laughter and waving occurred. Through miscommunications concerning ice cream and house teams, the students managed to translate each other’s questions with their shared knowledge of the Harry Potter books. Read the Full Story

RealtyU and the School of Mortgage Lending Form Partnership

“The addition of 20 (28) new mortgage course offerings further extends RealtyU Schools ability to offer more and better education to the real estate industry,” says Stefan Swanepoel, chairman and CEO of RealtyU. Read the Full Story