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School boards discuss virtual high school

Virtual High School, a Web-based program that offers students a chance to take a course online, would allow students at the high school to take the same course as someone from a foreign country. Read the Full Story

Polycom Improving Deaf Education Through Video Solutions And Commitment To Community

PLEASANTON, Calif. – Jan. 13, 2004 – Polycom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM), the world’s leader in video and voice conferencing, conference bridges, and integrated web collaboration solutions, today announced its continuing commitment to the field of deaf education with the appointment of Michael Baker, Polycom vice president of Vertical Markets, to the board of associates of […]

WCU [Western Carolina University] to offer electrical engineering degree

Western will offer electrical engineering as a joint degree program in partnership with the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.Read the Full Story

Opening Up Online Education

MIT’s Open Knowledge Initiative will make it easier and cheaper for universities to share online education software.Read the Full Story

NHS [Natioanl Health Service] online eLearning solution praised for success

The scheme was described as making a ‘significant impact on users’ performance’ by the judges of the World of Learning Conference and Exhibition Awards.Read the Full Story

PBS To Develop Plan For New Public Affairs Service With Support Of Knight Foundation Grant

The project, which has the working title “PBS Public Square,” will be shaped by an advisory panel of station representatives, producers and thought leaders from the public sector, working with PBS Senior Vice President of Programming Jacoba Atlas. Read the Full Story

Schools Work Together to Make Website on Irish Potato Famine

Each school has been investigating the impact the famine had on their own locality and compiling their findings in a unique interactive website. This will act as a valuable classroom resource for schools across the province and further beyond.Read the Full Story

Bush: Back to the moon by 2015

Bush also confirmed that a series of robotic missions, similar to the current Mars Exploration Rover program, would explore the lunar surface by 2008. Read the Full Story

On-Line Course Effectiveness: An Analysis of Student Interactions and Perceptions of Learning

Passive interaction, analogous to listening to but not participating in discussions and operationalized by the number of accesses to the discussion boards of the e-learning system each week, was not significant.Read the Full Story

Ashworth College Launches Affordable Master’s Degree Program For Distance Learners

Ashworth College Graduate Degree Programs are ideal for working adults, parents with children at home, professionals who travel, military employees, and others who can’t fit a traditional classroom schedule into their busy lifestyles. Read the Full Story