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ISTE and PBS TeacherLine Develop Joint Certificate Program to Recognize Teachers Who Meet ISTE NETS.T

Teachers will be able to earn the PBS TeacherLine ISTE NETS•T Certificate of Proficiency by completing a series of performance tasks. The online certificate program allows teachers to demonstrate their use of technology for assessment and evaluation, curriculum and instruction, planning learning environments and professional development.Read the Full Article

Industry, Webcasters Reach Royalty Deal

The recording industry and operators of educational and noncommercial Web sites have settled on royalty rates for broadcasting music over the Internet, circumventing a looming arbitration battle, the recording industry said Tuesday.Read the Full Article

Internet2 Applications Overview Presentations

Documents with some basic information about Internet2Access the Documents

Spotlight Shines On Business School Innovations

Champions withdraw. Yet some survive and prosper – as a new title shows. Prof Roland Kaye, Dean of the Open University Business School, and Prof David Hawkridge, former Director of the Open University’s Institute of Educational Technology, have put together Learning and Teaching for Business: Case Studies of Successful Innovation, published by Kogan Page. The […]

Online Education Attracts Students and Profits

But when he decided to get a law degree some 20 years later, sitting in a classroom just wasn’t an option. Read the Full Article

Satellite Contracts Connect Tengtu’s Distance Learning Network to an Additional 3 Million Students in China

These contracts provide for the connection of an additional 6,000 schools and 3 million students to Tengtu’s distance learning network. The two new contracts, valued at US$1.1 million (9.18 million RMB), are to be completed by January 31, 2004.Read the Full Article

Follow up: Novell challenges SCO in Linux fight

SCO claims Big Blue unlawfully allowed proprietary Unix computer code to be copied into the open-source operating system Linux. The controversy is important to ed tech because the outcome could affect the future of Linux, which has been growing in popularity for servers in schools, colleges, and government agencies. Read the Full Article

Maine lawmakers seek waiver from NCLB

The law imposes substantial student-data demands and other technology-oriented requirements on state and local school systems. Read the Full Article

New master’s program begins

As the Internet faces threats of increasing sophistication and frequency, such as threats from hackers, information technology organizations often struggle to find skilled security personnel capable of handling these problems. Read the Full Article

Fisher College of Business Offers ‘Six Sigma’ Educational Product Line

The college offers two Six Sigma training options through its executive education program, as well as a Six Sigma Black Belt module that is available to students in its MBA program. Read the Full Article