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Irvine, CA — November 24, 2003. NetDay announced the success of its historic effort to reach students across the country and capture their views on technology. Through the Speak Up Day initiative, held October 29th, NetDay engaged the voices of over 210,000 K-12 students from 1,535 schools in all 50 states and the District of […]
The lawsuit, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, asserted violations of the federal securities laws. Under the terms of the settlement, the Company will make a $10 million cash payment within 30 days and an additional $6 million payment in mid-2004. The Company’s insurance carriers will […]
According to IAL FVG executives, the organization sought a software platform that would simplify the delivery of training to its constituents. A top priority for IAL FVG’s team was finding a learning-management system that could not only deliver online training that mirrored the quality of its traditional classroom training but also blend the two modes […]
While the size of the contract — $400,000 over three years — is relatively small, students around the world will feel its scope. Blackboard will provide its Blackboard Learning System and Blackboard Portal System to the Department of Defense Educational Activity (DODEA), which runs the Department of Defense Dependents’ School (DODDS) system. The system will […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 21, 2003) – Nearly 4,000 at-risk youth ages 16-24 can now go online for academic coursework, GED preparation, and career training 24 hours a day through a partnership between Kentucky Adult Education and the Kentucky Job Corps of the U.S. Department of Labor.Read the Full Story
The goals of greater efficiency, flexibility and ubiquitous connectivity do not just apply to the soldier as a warfighter, but also as a student. The Army’s Distributed Learning System (DLS) delivers training and education programs to military and civilian personnel at hundreds of digital training facilities worldwide, and via the Internet and CD-ROM to anywhere […]
LYNNFIELD, Mass, Nov. 24, 2003 – WebCT, maker of the world’s most flexible and widely used higher education e-learning solutions, today announced it has expanded its relationship with the country’s largest university system.Nine California State University (CSU) system campuses have upgraded to the WebCT Campus Edition(tm) 4.0 course management system, enhancing their capabilities for quick […]
Sullivan, a University of Washington astronomy professor, is teaming up with television personality Bill Nye, “the science guy,” and The Planetary Society on EarthDial, a project to get schools, community organizations and individuals around the world to build their own sundials and display them on the Internet using 24-hour webcams.Read the Full Story
Pleasanton, Calif. – Nov. 21, 2003 – Polycom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM), the world’s leader in video and voice conferencing, conference bridges, and integrated web collaboration solutions, today announced the execution of an agreement to acquire privately-held Voyant Technologies, Inc. of Westminster, Colorado. Voyant is the leading provider of voice conferencing and collaboration network solutions . […]
The WGT624 router and WG511T PC Card, both based on the 54-mbps 802.11g standard, boost performance by using compression and by simultaneously broadcasting over 2 of the 11 channels in the 2.4-GHz band that 802.11b and 802.11g products use.Read the Full Story