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The Insight country reports on ICT policy in education give an authoritative and structured overview of the latest national developments – 18 updated reports are online now.Read the Full Story
Grantham University, which says it has 5,000 students enrolled in Internet-based classes, will withdraw its application because it cannot afford to fight the Virginia-based Internet service provider, said its chief executive, Tom Macon.Read the Full Story
DETROIT, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Digital Detroit and the Detroit Regional Chamber today announced the speakers for the “Driving Business Results – eLearning’s Best Practices” breakout session, at the upcoming 2003 Digital Drive Conference. This breakout session will take place on the conference’s opening day, October 8th, at Ford Conference and Event Center, Dearborn, Mich.Read […]
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27, 2003 – WebCT, provider of the world’s most flexible and widely used higher education e-learning solutions, today announced that WebCT Vista(tm) has become the first major higher-ed e-learning technology to earn SCORM 1.2 certification, the highest level of conformance with the Shareable Content Object Reference Model learning standard. This certification ensures the […]
Sierra Military Health chose Aspen based on the strength of its single, integrated platform, as well as its flexibility and ease-of-use. The company will use a hosted deployment of the Aspen Learning Management System (LMS) to deliver, manage, track and report on required training – both online and instructor-led. The company already uses Click2learn’s ToolBook […]
The aim of the paper is to put forward a possible research model for the evaluation of distance education.Read the Full Story
The Interagency Working Group on Advanced Technologies for Education and Training will convene under the aegis of the President’s National Science and Technology Council, and will report to both the Council’s Committee on Technology and Committee on Science. Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology Phillip J. Bond and the Department of Education’s Director of Educational […]
It is a tiny, developing business. But some education experts say demand will grow for this style of teaching as more parents decide that it has many of the benefits of home schooling, but not the complications. All home schooling, of course, must satisfy state regulations, which can vary widely.Read the Full Story
But this isn’t news to you. It seems as though everyone is talking about building the right blend. Unfortunately, achieving the right blend requires work—not words. Applying instructional design at the front end and dedicating enough time to facilitate the blend at the backend is critical to success.Read the Full Story