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Distance-Educator.com: What are some of the special features of the program this year? Bill Winfield: This year’s program contains keynotes and forums that will address the wide spectrum of professional issues facing distance educators. Jack Wilson form UMASS ONLine will reflect on the ups and downs eLearning over the last few years, Park Prensky will […]
When Ivy Tech’s distance learning program — which provides video conferencing, correspondence classes and closed circuit TV courses — began offering Internet courses in 1997-1998 the number of classes available was 94 with 150 enrollments. Read the Full Article
The youth development program and others run by University of California Cooperative Extension could be among those hit by the spending plan that Gov. Gray Davis signed Saturday. Read the Full Article
Many computer owners already use online banking, shopping and college courses. But Missouri drivers have a new way to keep negative points off their driving records without leaving home, thanks to Internet traffic schools. Read the Full Article
NASA recently received more than 1,600 applications from educators who wanted to fill a handful of educator-astronaut positions. The agency said it plans to hire three to six teachers who will join NASA’s Astronaut Corps on a permanent basis.Read the Full Article
San Francisco, CA)— In October 1997, the Independent Television Service (ITVS), first presented Executive Producer Carlos Avila’s FOTO-NOVELAS, four original dramas inspired by the fantastic elements of the Mexican and Latin American pulp novel tradition, where everyday reality is woven with otherworld surrealism. This innovative and entertaining quartet of half-hour dramas produced, directed, written and […]
“Virtual High School is of special interest to us because it gives our Deaf students the opportunity to participate in classes with hearing students and teachers on a fairly equal basis without the need for interpreters. Students agreed that using the computer communication in VHS allowed them to feel comfortable interacting with the hearing students […]
Public school parents who have entertained notions of homeschooling will have a publicly funded opportunity beginning Sept. 2.Read the Full Article
She found a solution by becoming a student in the Illinois Virtual High School and taking a history course online rather than in a classroom. Read the Full Article
Apex Learning announced today that Iowa, Wisconsin and South Dakota have renewed their agreements to offer students and teachers access to the company’s line of online Advanced Placement(a) (AP)(a) products. Read the Full Article