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The task force was created in May by state Attorney General Jerry Kilgore to reduce barriers to attending college. On Tuesday, the panel focused on distance education, meeting first at Old Dominion University and then at Tidewater Community College. Read the Full Article
Jones International University(R) (JIU(TM)), the first fully online, accredited university, is now offering three new Master of Education degree programs developed for K-12 educators and administrators: — Master of Education in Elementary Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction; — Master of Education in Secondary Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction; and — Master of Education in Educational Leadership and […]
Adult education can mean anything from a one-night class in summer cooking to six weeks of algebra for a high school diploma, but in all its forms, adult education is proving to be much affected this summer by the sluggish economy.Read the Full Article
Under the agreement, Books24x7 will begin to immediately add the full line of Wrox titles to ITPro, its online library for technical professionals; all 36 titles should be live by the end of 2003. Books24x7 also plans to add new titles published under the Wrox imprint as they are released. Founded in 1992, Wrox Press […]
This Web site is one of the richest, most significant sources of Canadian content on the Internet. As a visitor to this award-winning site you can explore a vast array of multimedia resources celebrating Canada’s history and culture, its landscapes, technology, scientific discoveries, and Aboriginal communities.Read the Full Article
This article describes some of the steps along the way, focusing on the use of computer conferencing and the Web for course delivery and support of students. Read the Full Article
This paper was presented the PTC2001 Conference, Hawaii, January 2001 and is published here with permission of the author and the copyright holder, the Pacific Telecommunications Council.Read the Full Article (PDF File)
The GOP education leaders announced a set of principles that will guide efforts to complete reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) during the next several months as Congress responds to the cost crisis and seeks to bring new accountability to federal higher education programs. “The higher education system is in crisis, and federal higher […]
The bill H.R. 2801, The Minority-Serving Institution Digital & Wireless Network Technology Opportunity Act of 2003, would establish a new grant program within the Department of Commerce, providing up to $250 million to help Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges bridge the economic opportunity gap. This legislation is designed to […]
The obstacles students face appear to depend upon several things, including the stage or level of experience that the individual learner has developed regarding distance education. Therefore, research involving persons who are currently learning online and those who have never taken an online course is needed. (In fact, it has been especially difficult to gather […]