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Butternut administrator unveils new distance learning program

BUTTERNUT — Butternut School has gone almost overnight from one with limited course offerings for students to one where students have access to just about any known course, and where they can look forward to a growing variety of course offerings in the future. Read the Full Story

Manatee Community College selects Collegis to lead technology management and services at three Florida sites

(Maitland, Fla. — September 17, 2003) — The Manatee Community College district board of trustees has selected Collegis to manage administrative computing services and provide academic technology support at MCC’s three locations, including two full-service campuses in Bradenton and Venice and the Center for Innovation and Technology at Lakewood Ranch.MCC and Collegis agreed to a […]

Online Learning Community Bring Oregon Students Together

PORTLAND, OR – September 16, 2003. Beginning last week, a cutting-edge online learning community has sprung into existence in Oregon. Students in Eugene and the Portland suburb of Beaverton are together learning high school math and science in the PersonalProfessors.com online learning community. The focus of this unique model is on teaching and interaction instead […]

SCT Acquires Newfront Software Assets, Expands SEVIS and Foreign Student/Scholar Support for Higher Education

MALVERN, Pa. – September 17, 2003 – SCT (Nasdaq:SCTC) today announced it has acquired the assets of privately held Newfront Software, Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., a leading provider of software for international student/scholar data management. The Newfront fsaATLAS product helps U.S. higher education institutions manage the enrollment and federal reporting needs of international students, professors, […]

The Commerce Department and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) New Agreement

The new agreement includes key amendments designed to ensure that ICANN develops into an independent, stable, and sustainable organization that is capable of meeting its responsibilities for the technical management of the DNS. More information on the MOU is contained in a separate statement from the Commerce Department.

e-Learning: It’s More Than Automation

Bankers viewed this technological innovation as an automated teller. Real innovation did not occur until ATMs were placed outside banks and in malls, grocery stores, and airports, available twenty-four hours a day. (Twigg, 2002, Preface, p. 2 [print], ¶ 4 [online])Read the Full Story

The Open University Ranked In Top Five For Teaching Quality

The university, whose headquarters are at Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, has fifth spot – ahead of Oxford and University College London – in the Sunday Times University Guide 2003’s table of universities with the best marks for teaching. The ranking, which is the university’s highest in any national media table, is based on official judgements […]

U. live video school teaches Ph.D. nursing nationwide

A professor faces the camera and begins to lecture. The TV screen — split into nine squares like a tic-tac-toe game — shows the faces of students from nine states, crossing four time zones. Read the Full Story

Taking Learning to the Next Level: Balancing strategy with flexibility helps the Navy adopt new e-learning tools and technologies

However, these advances are complicating the e-learning puzzle by adding new pieces that need to be integrated into training programs.Read the Full Story

[New York Institute of Technology] NYIT and UNext Launch Online College for Working Adults

Ellis College of NYIT is specifically designed to meet educational needs of adult students according to NYIT President Edward Guiliano, Ph.D. The College’s name was inspired by Ellis Island, which has enabled opportunity for millions of people from around the world. Ellis College will empower adults who return to school by giving them the opportunity […]