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Bernie Dodge Puts His Life Online

Welcome to the world of blogging where committed bloggers post information, random thoughts, personal opinions and occasionally the intimate details of their daily lives on the Internet. Read the Full Story

Announcing eLit 2004 and Call for Proposals

‘eLit’ has a unique focus: eLiteracy, the whole range of skills and intellectual abilities needed to use the new technologies underpinning learning and life in the modern world. Join us in New York at the third international conference on this theme, to help further our understanding of how and why the ability to be eLiterate […]

‘Digital credentials’ aim to keep kids safer online

i-SAFE’s Digital Credential Program provides a piece of hardware that students would carry around on a keychain and insert into the USB ports on their computers. Read the Full Story

Intel Says Chip Speed Breakthrough Will Alter Cyberworld

The invention demonstrates for the first time, Intel researchers said, that ultrahigh-speed fiberoptic equipment can be produced at personal computer industry prices. Read the Full Story

A Closer Look at Scientifically Based Research – What the Words Mean

The following explication is from a Software & Information Industry Association publication titled “Scientifically Based Research: A Guide for Education Publishers and Developers.” Read the Full Story

Naval Medicine’s Lab in Peru Participates in Distance-Learning

“This is the first time the program has been implemented at the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Detachment (NMRCD) and also the first time NMRCD is using videoconference capacities for training. The current training cycle began in October 2003 and runs until February 2004,” said Willy Lescano, NMRCD’s training coordinator. Read the Full Story

Professor Harnessing Advanced Technology to Address Environmental Issues

For UC Merced Engineering professor Tom Harmon, the concept means something a bit different but no less thrilling: sensors as wispy as hair that can gauge when, where and how much pollution enters a body of water. Read the Full Story

Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories

These interviews, conducted between 1932 and 1975, capture the recollections of twenty-three identifiable people born between 1823 and the early 1860s and known to have been former slaves. Read the Full Story

Georgia to build state VPN

The new Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN would replace the existing frame relay network used by state, county and municipal government organizations. That includes schools, libraries and law enforcement agencies. Read the Full Story

Humana Signs Agreement with SkillSoft for Multi-Modal Learning

SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading provider of enterprise e-learning, today announced that Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), one of the nation’s largest publicly traded health benefits companies, signed a two-year agreement to license a SkillSoft multi-modal learning solution. The integrated solution encompasses more than 1,000 e-learning courses spanning a variety of IT technologies and desktop […]