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Long distance learning: Honors collegium students learn with – and from – classmates in Japan

Professor Bob Goldberg teaches the Honors Collegium course “Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Agriculture and Law” every Tuesday and Thursday at UCLA and Kyoto, Japan simultaneously. Read the Full Story

Online-course enrollment grows as program expands

Online education is becoming increasingly popular for both students and professors as the Internet creates new learning possibilities outside the traditional classroom. Read the Full Story

Design and Implementation of Web-Enabled Teaching

Presenters Mary Hricko, Sheryl Burgstahler and Laurie Harrison: co-authors of “Design and Implementation of Web-Enabled Teaching Tools”Register for the free Web conference at http://easi.cc/clinic.htm This is the only book in print, so far as we know, that deals specifically with Web-based learning and accessibility. It is available from Amazon.com. Norman Coombs, Ph.D. CEO EASI (Equal […]

Rand Launches Live Learning Series for CATIA V5

Rand A Technology Corporation [TSX: RND], operating as RAND Worldwideâ, announces the launch of the first regular Live Learning Series for users of CATIA V5 software from Dassault Systèmes. Read the Full Story

North Carolina State University selects WebCT Vista

LYNNFIELD, Mass., Feb. 17, 2004 – North Carolina State University has selected the WebCT Vista(tm) academic enterprise system to bring its e-learning programs enterprise wide and foster increased e-learning cooperation across sections, courses, faculty and departments. The decision foreshadows a new era of online collaboration that may someday involve members of the 16 campuses of […]

Intrepid Learning Solutions Raises $4.25 Million to Fuel Outsourced Training Expansion

Intrepid manages training for its enterprise clients, including global leaders such as The Boeing Company, delivering lower-cost, higher impact learning for employees and customers. Intrepid’s focused management, best practices, e-learning innovations and economies of scale significantly improve the quality and effectiveness of training while reducing costs.The financing will allow Intrepid to dramatically accelerate its sales […]

Securitas USA Secures GeoLearning’s GeoMaestro Platform for Hosted LMS/LCMS

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of hosted learning management systems and e-learning content, announced today that Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., a subsidiary of the world’s largest security services company, has chosen the GeoMaestro™ platform as its enterprise-wide learning management system (LMS) and learning content management system (LCMS) solution. Securitas USA will deploy GeoLearning’s hosted […]

Using Asynchronous Learning in Redesign: Reaching and Retaining The At-Risk Student

As shown by research by the Policy Center on the First Year of College at Brevard College (NC) and others, the first year of college is the most critical to a college student’s success and to degree completion. Read the Full Story

Digital Knowledge Ventures Wins Electronic Publishing Award for Columbia American History Online

CAHO was created by Columbia Digital Knowledge Ventures (DKV), the campus organization known for creatively publishing online the work of Columbia faculty and researchers. CAHO itself combines e-seminars, taught by distinguished Columbia faculty members Casey Blake, Alan Brinkley, Eric Foner and Kenneth Jackson, with original historic documents, thought-provoking questions, classroom simulations recreating historic periods, interactive […]

Royal Navy MBA Graduate Continues To Enjoy Management Success

He is currently working in strategic risk management and performance management as part of a team that orchestrates the management processes at the Royal Navy’s Fleet HQ. It’s a position for which an MBA is a prerequisite and one in which the skills and knowledge he developed during his MBA studies have become increasingly important.A […]