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LOMA and NAILBA Partner to Offer Online Learning for CE Credit to Producers

Through an exclusive agreement between the two trade associations, NAILBA members can now complete their continuing education (CE) requirements with exclusively priced LOMALearn Online courses.Read the Full Story

Elluminate’s vClass Delivers Critical Voice Communications for Illinois Virtual High School Online Courses

Through IVHS, students at participating public or private high schools, as well as home-schooled students, have access to more than 100 online courses that may not be readily available to them in a typical school setting. Read the Full Story

Tech-Job Meltdown in Final Stages

After wiping out 540,000 jobs in 2002, high-tech employers are on pace to lay off another 234,000 workers this year, based on figures compiled by the AeA, a trade group formerly known as the American Electronics Association.Read the Full Story

VBRICK Systems Introduces Ethernetv, The First Digital Video Distribution

WALLINGFORD, CT.– November 11, 2003– Answering the call of education, government and enterprise customers, VBrick Systems, Inc. (http://www.vbrick.com/) today introduced the VBrick EtherneTV Media Distribution System, the world’s first complete system for the delivery of live and stored television to both desktops and TV’s.Read the Full Story

National Science Board, Citing Census Stats on Foreign-Born Scientists and Engineers, Releases Workforce Report with New Sense of Urgency

NSB members briefing media at the National Press Club said that a sampling from 2000 census figures indicates a larger than previously known percentage of degree-holding, foreign-born professionals working in the United States in science and engineering occupations. The NSB presenters also revealed a downturn in the number of H1-B visas issued to foreign-born workers […]

Needs, Concerns and Practices of Online Instructors

Limited research has shown that a number of circumstances influence whether or not faculty choose to teach via on-line. Since faculty are pivotal to the success of online instruction, this study explored their backgrounds, concerns, and their on-line teaching practices. The information that is provided will update decision-makers of the current needs and concerns of […]

District may expand online program for failing seniors

The money, which is scheduled to be voted on at tonight’s school board meeting, would pay for 600 students to attend Internet-based classes through the private, for-profit company Educational Options Inc.Read the Full Story

eCollege(SM) Promotes Doug Kelsall to President and Chief Operating Officer

As president and COO, Mr. Kelsall will continue to oversee eCollege’s product engineering and technology (PET) function, as well as both operating divisions of eCollege, including the eLearning Division, and the Enrollment Services Division formed with the recent acquisition of Datamark, Inc.Read the Full Story

Look Students … No Wires … As University of Memphis Uses Avaya’s Wireless Solution to Improve Communications Mobility

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Avaya Inc. (NYSE: AV – News), a leading global provider of communications networks and services for businesses, today said the University of Memphis, which is seeking to become one of the nation’s leading research and technology transfer facilities, has upgraded its communications network to use the latest in […]

CompassLearning Deploys Centra to Provide Real-Time Online Professional Development to Schools Nationwide and Facilitate Corporate Communications

LEXINGTON, Mass. (November 18, 2003) – Centra Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRA) announced today that CompassLearning, Inc. has deployed Centra’s Web collaboration software to deliver real-time online professional development services to school systems nationwide for the successful implementation and effective use of its Web-based educational technology, CompassLearning Odyssey(tm).Centra’s virtual classroom application is enabling CompassLearning’s field-based consultants […]