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Virtual school changes

Last year the virtual school got off the ground slowly as the district and Bauer cautiously made their way through an entirely new concept. Bauer said the support from the school board made the process easier. Read the Full Story

Internet access for 3,700 schools in jeopardy

The SLD, which oversees the $2.25 billion-a-year federal program, denied Florida’s request for more than $7.4 million in 2003 eRate discounts because the state’s three applications allegedly did not show that price was the primary factor in selecting a service provider.Read the Full Story

A Television Network With a PC at Its Heart

With some creative thinking and a piece of equipment originally intended for something very different, the college has found a way to deliver programming efficiently from its television department all over campus by way of the school’s computer network.Read the Full Story

3Com Uses RWD Technologies’ Sales Accelerator eLearning Solution to Train Worldwide Partners

BALTIMORE, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — RWD Technologies (Nasdaq: RWDT – News) today announced that 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS – News), a leading tier-one provider of networking products, has signed a contract to license RWD’s University360® Learning Management System (University360 LMS) and 360Sync(TM) Mobile Offline Player, as the backbone of their 3Com University eLearning and certification […]

Prospects bright for distance learning

He was speaking at the one-day international conference on “Distance Learning – The New Frontiers”, organised by Exhibitions India Pvt Ltd in New Delhi. Read the Full Story

Essential Principles of Quality: Guidelines for Web-based Courses for Middle Grades and High School Students

The Essential Principles are intended to assure states, school districts and schools that courses complying with the principles will be high-quality courses that effectively get students to meet academic goals. The principles also are intended to ensure that the characteristics of good teaching and learning are addressed during the development and use of electronically delivered […]

Earning A Degree Online

The online student population is expanding by 30 percent a year, with over 75 percent of traditional colleges and universities getting into the market, according to experts. With the Internet, distance degrees have become a viable and valuable option for the individual who may not be able to enroll full-time in a traditional brick-and-mortar institution. […]

MIT Everyware

Lam Vi Quoc negotiates his scooter through Ho Chi Minh City’s relentless stream of pedal traffic and hangs a right down a crowded alley. Read the Full Story

A Program for Africa’s Computer People

Jacob Aryetey has two personal computers on his desk, only one of which is connected to the Web. In his case, the Web-connected one is the anomaly. Aryetey is alone among the four computer science faculty at the University of Ghana to have Web access in his office. A native of Ghana, he is chairman […]

UVic-based project helps grandparents in Africa

Nyesigomwe and her Kampala-based organization had initially thought they would work with households headed by orphaned children. But instead they ended up helping grandparents, to whom responsibility for child care had fallen when AIDS killed many parents. Read the Full Story