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ULM project to help teachers teach through distance learning

That’s why the director of the Teaching and Learning Resource Center at the University of Louisiana at Monroe developed a year-long professional development project to train and help faculty with their electronically delivered courses. Read the Full Article

Week celebrates distance-learning education

To that end, Aug. 3 through 9 — and in subsequent years the first full week in August — is officially Distance Education Week in Shelbyville and Shelby County. Read the Full Article

Cal Poly Pomona Commencement Webcasts Reach Viewers In 22 Countries

By providing live webcasts and downloads of commencement ceremonies on the Internet, the university’s Instructional & Information Technology division has reached audiences across the world. Read the Full Article

N2H2 bought by Secure Computing

Industry experts say the merger could be the first of many in the K-12 filtering space, now that the market has reached near saturation. Read the Full Article

Embedding online information resources in Virtual Learning Environments: some implications for lecturers and librarians of the move towards delivering teaching in the online environment

Skills training emerged as a key issue for both teachers and learners, and some interesting observations were made on the working relationships of lecturing staff and librarians. The study concludes that the need for ‘new alliances’ frequently raised in current literature is indeed very apparent, but that to be most effective such co-operation may need […]

Schools protest ‘Net switcheroo

Kennedy-Western University, a school in which formal classroom attendance is not required, advertises on Google, a popular Web site, which is used more than 200 million times a day. Read the Full Article

Online studies grow by degrees

But next month, Morgan, 38, will get her master of science degree in nursing after completing most of her course work through TCU’s new online graduate nursing program. The only traffic she faced to get to classes such as nursing management or nursing theory was Internet traffic. Read the Full Article

MarketTimes Webcasts to Launch September 9, 2003

The monthly MarketTimes interactive webcasts, broadcast on the first Tuesday of each month, will be structured around guests who can provide informed, independent perspectives on the people, events, technologies, policy issues, money matters, and corporate alliances that shape the postsecondary education market. The monthly programs will feature interviews and panel discussions that include college presidents, […]

Centra Appoints Paul R. Gudonis as President and CEO

LEXINGTON, Mass. (July 30, 2003) – Centra Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRA), a leading provider of application software and services for real-time enterprise collaboration (RTEC), today announced that Paul R. Gudonis is joining the Company as president and chief executive officer and will be appointed to the board of directors. Leon Navickas, Centra’s founder and leader […]

Online university eyes Asian MBA market

Universitas 21 Global (U21G), an e-university based in Singapore, is set to commence classes for its first batch of MBA students this week. Students who have signed up for U21G’s courses will receive their entire MBA education online. Read the Full Article