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New software could revolutionize computer users’ experience

Denny Jaeger, a musician and composer who spent the past decade developing the software, will unveil it to the general public Jan. 15, when people will be able to download a scaled-down version for free. Read the Full Story

Spinning yarns around the digital fire: Storytelling and dialogue among youth on the Internet

Stories help children and adults to share experiences and feelings in an engaging and entertaining way [2]. As Stephen Denning explains: “Stories are immediate and unique. Storytelling brings people together in a common perspective, and stretches everyone’s capacity to empathize with others and share experience” [3].Read the Full Story

ULM [University of Louisiana at Monroe] posts teacher evaluations online

The ULM Web site has posted online evaluations of professors and instructors for the first time. The evaluations are available at www.ulm.edu. Visitors to the site should go to the bottom of the home page and select “Online Course Evaluations.” That will take the visitor to another choice. Pick “Course Evaluation Results.” Visitors will then […]

CALL FOR PAPERS: International Conference on Computers in Education

Theme: Acquiring and Constructing Knowledge Through Human-Computer Interaction: Creating New Visions for the Future of Learning ICCE 2004 will facilitate exchange and debate related to the theme to launch the next decade of ICT supported education and training in an international arena through the collaborative exchange of knowledge and ideas and more. In this way, […]

Click start: Virtual programs simplify employee training

Departing from their traditional customized training programs, the South Carolina World Trade Center is adding online education to its host of international trade opportunities.Read the Full Story

Online PE class requires more than mental gymnastics

“I get a lot of laughs,” Maxwell said. “And I was the most skeptical person at first. I said, ‘You can’t teach PE online.’ “Read the Full Story

Gilat to supply China’s Central Agriculture Broadcast & TV School

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq:GILTF) announced today that it will supply a hub and 300 very small aperture terminals (VSATs) of its popular SkyBlaster* 360 broadband platform, to China’s Central Agriculture Broadcast and Television School (CABTS).Read the Full Story

eLearning University to Teach Information & Library Studies Worldwide

The course in Information & Library Studies, which has professional recognition from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, is designed for graduates intending to become information professionals.Read the Full Story

Connecticut higher education systems collectively select WebCT Vista, forming one of the Northeast’s largest e-learning collaboratives and saving the state $200,000

Their single shared license for WebCT Vista will support rapidly escalating e-learning activity across the three independent systems and their 72,000 students. “This will be one of the largest e-learning initiatives in the Northeast as students begin 2004,” said Allan Cole, co-founder and executive director of the New England Learning Association, a Boston-based association that […]

Vermont Colleges Choose SMARTHINKING to Help Students

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 5, 2004 — Beginning in January, the 5 colleges of the Vermont State Colleges System will offer their students around-the-clock tutoring and academic support online in math, writing, statistics, accounting, economics and chemistry.College students are busy. Many hold down a job, support a family, or are simply involved in numerous extracurricular […]