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Nationally Accredited American Public University System Earns Regional Accreditation Candidacy From North Central Association

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ — The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), a regional accrediting body, has granted initial candidacy status to the American Public University System, whose three member institutions serve 11,000 students in all 50 states and 65 countries. Read the Full Story

University of Washington delivers Internet program to Bering Sea community

UW Extension and the Information School are teaching the online Certificate in Web Technology Solutions to a group of 17 students in St. Paul Island, a 40-square-mile island north of the Aleutian chain. The program has been sponsored by Tanadgusix Corporation (TDX), an Aleut native corporation, through a grant by the U.S. Department of Education. […]

2004 Texas Distance Learning Association Conference

The conference is designed for anyone who uses distance learning technologies in teaching or training. Breakout tracks for the 2004 conference include Teaching and Learning; Emerging Technologies; Management and Administration; Faculty, Staff, and Professional Development; and Research. In addition, there will be a Hands-On Track, as well as an Educator Showcase, Vendor Showcase, and Roundtable […]

MLEARN 2004 – Learning Anytime Everywhere

MOBIlearn and mLearning, the two mobile learning projects supported by the European Commission, are collaborating to organise a series of international conferences on Mobile and Ambient Learning.The conferences build upon the findings and knowledge shared in MLEARN 2002, held at the University of Birmingham, and MLEARN 2003, held at INMARSAT in London.The third edition of […]

International Conference on Video and Videoconferencing in Education

The Fourth DIVERSE International Conference on Video and Videoconferencing in Education will be held at INHOLLAND University, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 28 -30 June 2004.This is the world’s premier annual conference on video and videoconferencing with a particular focus on higher education, but not exclusively: contributors and delegates from other sectors of education are welcome. The conference […]

Open University Now a Reality

In the mammoth crowd were the ‘Doubting Thomases’, the frustrated and those who were taking their second and perhaps last chances to get a degree, writes Bukola Olatunji Read the Full Story

New education push targets rural youths

Education officials Friday launched the programme — namely “one college student in one village.” Read the Full Story

NASA Portal Makes A Little Bit Of Mars Available To Everyone On Earth

Since Spirit’s landing on Jan. 4, NASA’s Web Portal has served up images, web cast NASA Television mission coverage and provided Internet users a direct link to the agency’s ongoing exploration of Mars. Early this week, the hit count passed the world population, which the U.S. census estimated Thursday morning at more than 6.3 billion […]

EduQuery & Wheelock Press Launch “The Journal of Applied Educational Technology”

The journal and details of its intended audience and requirements is located at the online site http://www.eduquery.com . This is a peer-reviewed journal geared towards those involved in practice-research (Action Research). They also accept a variety of other well developed works. Visit the above site address and learn more.Chris Calvin, Ph.D.Executive Editor“JAET”

Annual report finds number of for-profit schools continues to increase as virtual charter schools emerge as new trend in for-profit education

The report documents the continued growth of the for-profit management of charter schools. Of 463 for-profit schools listed in the directory, 375 (81 percent) were identified as charter schools. The percentage of Education Management Organization (EMO)-managed schools that are charter schools is up from the figure of 74 percent reported in the 2002-2003 Profiles. Read […]