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Distance Ed: For The Fun Of It

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Pathlore Software Hires Art Chwalek to Lead Services Team

About Pathlore Founded in 1995, Columbus, Ohio-headquartered Pathlore develops software that manages, tracks, and reports on corporate training. Customers use Pathlore’s products to increase sales, comply with government regulations, and adhere to quality initiatives. The privately held company’s client roster includes Delta Air Lines, NEC America Inc., Novartis, Southwest Airlines, more than 100 hospitals and […]

eCollege(SM) Added to Russell 3000 Index

Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers for index funds and as benchmarks for both passive and active strategies. About $220 billion is invested in index funds based on Russell ‘ s indexes and an additional $850 billion is benchmarked to them. Investment managers who oversee these funds purchase shares of member stocks according […]

Increasing Computer Use in Early Childhood Teacher Education: The Case of a “Computer Muddler”

Reform efforts have often succeeded in getting many teachers to experiment in modest ways with some aspects of those reforms, although often only temporarily, and have also provided some stellar and enduring examples of transformed teaching (e.g., Dunn, 2000). However, in a century of American educational reforms, “we can produce few, if any, examples of […]

VCampus Announces Contract Renewals Totaling Over $2.5 Million

RESTON, VA, July 14, 2003 – VCampus Corporation (Nasdaq: VCMP), a leading provider of web-based, end-to-end e-Learning solutions, today announced that it has won contract renewals from four of its largest customers. These contract wins span the corporate, government and healthcare markets. “We are pleased to announce that two of our largest government clients, the […]

West Virginia School of Nursing Selects Sonic Foundry to Enable New Web-based Distance Education Program

MADISON, WI – July 15, 2003 –Sonic Foundry® Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), a leading rich media solutions company, today announced West Virginia University School of Nursing has purchased two of its Mediasite Live™ real time rich media Web presentation systems for its distance education program. After a successful trial using Mediasite Live for select classes during […]

Plateau Systems Chief Technology Officer Edward Cohen Named to AICC Leadership Post

ARLINGTON, VA – July 14, 2003 – Plateau Systems, the leading provider of enterprise learning management systems (LMS), announced today that Edward Cohen, Plateau’s Chief Technology Officer, has been elected to a leadership position in the Aviation Industry CBT Committee (AICC), one of the main standards-setting and certification organizations for the e-Learning industry. Cohen will […]

Stevens Offer 3 New High-Tech Master’s Online This Fall

“WebCampus has accelerated remarkably in just three years,” said Stevens Vice President Maureen Weatherall. “It now offers more than 160 online courses to over 2,500 students since it was first introduced.” Stevens’ online degree in cybersecurity offers advanced study in one of the most critical concerns today. The 10-course, online, instructor-led degree helps engineers and […]

College tuition likely to jump

Higher education leaders this week are set to adopt some of the priciest tuition rate hikes in a decade for California’s two public university systems. Read the Full Article

Tech jobs leave U.S. for India, Russia

SAN JOSE, California (AP) — Peter Kerrigan encouraged friends to move to Silicon Valley throughout the 1980s and ’90s, wooing them with tales of lucrative jobs in a burgeoning industry. Read the Full Article