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Farmers Financial Solutions Ranks Among Top 10 Users of Centra’s ASP Service

“Centra’s voice-over-IP technology has matured to the point where it is better than the phone in many cases,” said Jim Lepard, who directs eLearning for Farmers Financial Solutions.Prior to Centra, the company would routinely fly instructors across country to train its representatives, which made for significant travel and hotel costs. Bringing the training online with […]

UNC [University of North Carolina] Charlotte Uses SCT Luminis Technologies to

MALVERN, Pa. ? November 11, 2003 ? The University of North Carolina at Charlotte opted to use clicks instead of bricks to facilitate and enhance the administrative and academic services it provides to its students. To students, the new virtual “one-stop shop” enabled by SCT Luminis? technologies is just “awesome.”SCT (Nasdaq:SCTC) highlighted the University’s notable […]

AROUND CAMPUS: Eco-tourism course

The programme is designed to ensure sustainable development of the tourism industry. For further information, contact Cecile Vigneau or Napadol Wirakan, press division of the Embassy of France, at (02) 266 8250 ext140, 141. Or e-mail press@ambafrance-th.org. Read the Full Story

E-learning module raises AIDS awareness

E-learning is a cost-effective way of spreading information, especially across geographically-dispersed organisations. Many forward-thinking companies have installed kiosks in canteens and public areas, enabling employees to access learning modules at their own pace.Read the Full Story

Usability of E-journals and Preference for the Virtual Periodicals Room: a Survey of Mathematics Faculty and Graduate Students

The aims of this survey were two-fold: firstly, to collect information on the current level of support for electronic-only journals to aid in collection development, and secondly, to ascertain whether a Virtual Periodicals Room is a viable alternative to the physical Reading Room for the Mathematics faculty.Read the Full Story

Sloan Consortium, Southern Regional Education Board Join Forces to Improve Quality in Online Learning

The two groups are teaming up to improve online educational programs offered by their members.Read the Full Story

Lower Tuition for Distance Learning at Red Deer College

November 7, 2003 Red Deer College Announces Plans for Provincial Government Access Funding More students will be able to attend Red Deer College, and some will pay lower tuition as a result of grant funding from the provincial government that was announced earlier this year.Red Deer College will use funds obtained through the Access Fund […]

GIs need command approval for distance learning

Beginning with fiscal year 2004, soldiers need approval from commands, said Kelley Mustion, deputy director of the Army Continuing Education System for the South Korea region.Read the Full Story

Jones International University and ibooks Announce First Book Published in Virtual M.B.A. Series; No-Cost, Online M.B.A. Mini-Course Offered in Conjunction with Book Purchase

A first in mass-market paperback publishing, each book purchaser will have the opportunity to participate in a no-cost, seven-day, online, mini-M.B.A. course that corresponds with the first chapters of the 424-page book. Read the Full Story

ADEC Spotlight –webcast on Educational Program Delivery and Preparing Your Institution for the Next Wave.

Join us for an ADEC Spotlight webcast on Educational Program Delivery and Preparing Your Institution for the Next Wave.DATE: Wednesday, November 12, 2003TIME: 11:00 AM – 11:45AM Pacific Time1:00 PM – 1:45PM Central Time2:00 PM – 2:45PM Eastern TimeLOGIN IN to the Webcast:Link from the ADEC Website or Directly at: http://dhtv1.csudh.edu/ava_adec03/ava_player.phpDISCUSSION TOPICS: Status of the […]