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Carnegie Mellon Leads Team Receiving $7.5 Million from NSF to Develop High Speed Telecommunications Network Reaching Every Home in America

The five-year grant for the “100 Megabits to 100 Million Homes” project” was made under NSF’s Information Technology Research (ITR) Program and is one of eight large grants made from that program this year. Read the Full Story

Making Beautiful Music Together: NSF Award to Help New World Symphony Create Global Music Education Network

In what may be the first-ever award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to a musical ensemble, the Miami Beach-based New World Symphony (NWS) has received a grant to enhance its connectivity to the Internet2 network and help form a global music education network that can train musicians regardless of geographic location.Read the Full Story

Self-discipline a key success factor in distance learning programs

Despite the growing range and increasing flexibility of MBA programs, many executives required to spend large chunks of time traveling for business continue to struggle to find on-campus programs that they can fit into their work commitments.Read the Full Story

Study: Families overestimate college costs

A study released Wednesday by the National Center for Education Statistics, which analyzes educational data for the federal government, found that families often overestimated the cost of college tuition at four-year public institutions.Read the Full Story

Distance learning reaches Rush County

Although the Rushville Community Center has been on hold awaiting the availability of Build Indiana Funds, one of the needs identified in a community survey is being met. Questionnaires completed by Rush County residents revealed that one of the biggest needs here is adult education opportunities.Read the Full Story

Opening made possible by single largest donation in 37-year history of TRCC

A modern building both in appearance and function, the center houses telecommunication tools that enable teachers and students from across the world to connect, teach and learn. In the view of college president Dr. John Cooper, the E. K. Porter Distance Learning Center will further enable the college to reach out to outlying communities in […]

Time Warner Telecom Delivers Local Internet And Voice Services To Concordia University

AUSTIN, Texas –October 1, 2003 — Time Warner Telecom (Nasdaq: TWTC), a leading provider of local and regional optical broadband networks and services to businesses in Texas and 21 other states and 44 U.S. markets, today announced the competitive award and installation of a 3-year contract to deliver voice and Internet services to Concordia University […]

New eLearning Project Management Tool to be Released

Designed to simplify project tracking and collaboration among development staff, CleanCourse has been under development for the last 12 months and has been used in production at Rapid Intake facilities since April of this year.Read the Full Story

Virtual Museums from Four Directions: An Emerging Model for School-Museum Collaboration

A Four Directions Model for school-museum partnerships has emerged from these experiences. Two example projects are described and the benefits of virtual museum projects is discussed.Read the Full Story

More Students, Professors Use Three-year Old Courseworks

But not all are comfortable with switching to the system, and the students and teachers who use it everyday continue to weigh its pros and cons. Read the Full Story