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IntraLearn Enables Verizon Literacy University to Offer Free Literacy Programs

Northboro, MA – IntraLearn Software Corporation, the leading supplier of configurable e-Learning software applications to the mid-market, announced that IntraLearn is the e-Learning infrastructure supporting the award-winning Verizon Literacy University, an online university created by Proliteracy Worldwide and the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) to support literacy programs and to recruit and train literacy […]

Free TX Test Prep Program Chooses SMARTHINKING for Assessment and Tutoring

The University of Texas TeleCampus has selected SMARTHINKING to deliver an online test readiness program to prepare Texas high school students for the TAKS. TAKS Readiness and Core Knowledge (TRACK) is a free program offering four diagnostic tests and supplemental learning materials to help 10th and 11th grade students prepare for the state’s high school […]

Kenyatta University Gets Funds for E-Courses

Only certificate and diploma courses have been on offer since the African Virtual University (AVU) centre was established in 1997 at KU as a pilot project then supported by the World Bank, Cida, DFID, and USAid.Read the Full Story

UCC [University of Cape Coast] evolves strategies to enhance distance education

The programme would later be run fully as a medium to deliver lectures, the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the UCC, Professor Kobina Yankson said this at the UCC’s celebration of the ‘African University Day’.Read the Full Story

$15 Million in Grants Awarded to Help States Study Technology’s Impact on Student Achievement

FOR RELEASE:November 10, 2003Contact: Susan Aspey(202) 401-1576 U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige today announced that nine states will share $15 million in grants to conduct rigorous, scientific evaluations of how technology impacts student achievement in elementary and secondary education, which will in turn assist other states and school districts with evaluating their own education […]

Higher Education Conference Attracts Powerhouse Line-Up Of Participants

“It’s no secret that the challenges of higher education are increasing. The question is, ‘Are we as educators poised to handle them?,’” says Dr. Laura Palmer Noone, president of University of Phoenix and keynote speaker during the event. “With the onset of diverse higher education options, now is the time for the industry to pause […]

Nevada gov co-chairman of online university

Guinn said Tuesday that the online school “is an important resource to meet the growing demand for qualified teachers in Nevada.” He added that school aides who want to become certified teachers can access WGU’s online programs wherever they live and earn a degree.Read the Full Story

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