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Lab of Tomorrow, one of the ‘School of Tomorrow’ initiatives in European Schoolnet’s VALNET project, aims to overcome the barriers imposed by the traditional classroom setting by using an innovative combination of a new approach to learning and the development and application of new technologies.Read the Full Story
The research will also examine college students’ unique requirements for legitimate online video services. This information may provide ideas for the design and implementation of services which provide a compelling alternative to piracy.Read the Full Story
PLEASANTON, Calif. – Jan. 26, 2004 – Polycom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM), the world’s leader in video and voice conferencing, conference bridges, and integrated web collaboration solutions, today announced enhancements for existing iPower and ViewStation FX, EX and VS4000 systems that extend the benefits of H.264 (higher quality over lower bandwidths) and AES encryption (security) across […]
Technologies for Distance Education In distance education, a variety of technologies ranging from print to recorded audio, radio, recorded video, television and the computer are used for communication between instructors and learners. Rarely, a single technology is used for such communication. Often printed study guides are supplemented with an audio tape, or a program on […]
Sakai’s four university partners, MIT, the University of Michigan, Indiana University and Stanford, will contribute services worth at least an additional $4 million over the next two years. Read the Full Story
They had come into possession of some 15,000 e-mail messages and memos — presumably leaked or stolen — from Diebold Election Systems, the largest maker of electronic voting machines in the country. Read the Full Story
Parents and students face a sometimes baffling assortment of choices, from virtual schools to classes offered online by traditional schools.Read the Full Story
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ — The Commonwealth of Virginia recently conducted a competitive negotiation process to select an educational application service provider (ASP) solution and has awarded Sprint (NYSE: FON, PCS) a contract to deliver unique online education content to K-12 schools statewide via the company’s Empowered Education(SM) Desktop solution. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001013/SPRINTLOGO ) […]
During the next five years, schools here will participate in a $10 million collaborative research project aimed at helping students unravel hard-to-grasp scientific theories. Instead of listening passively to lectures outlining concepts, students will work with interactive software that stresses problem-solving and creative thinking rather than memorization.Read the Full Story
This action is necessary in order to ensure that the expenses of the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission, which operates NETV, do not exceed the operating funds appropriated to it by the state of Nebraska. Read the Full Story