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Alexandria, VA, May 11, 2003 — PBS bested all other broadcast or cable networks in children’s shows wins, tallying eight nods at Saturday’s Creative Craft Daytime Emmy Awards, in simultaneous ceremonies held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City and the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles. Read the Full Article
Tuition Rates The Board today approved tuition rates for the Fall 2003-04 and 2004-05 academic years, which vary by institution. In developing tuition proposals, campuses had to evaluate their financial conditions considering many factors: impacts on students, current biennium General Fund reductions already taken by institutions, expected enrollment growth, the ability to support low-income students […]
Tuition for Indiana residents will be $2,266 per semester, a 4.9 percent increase of $106, and $6,475 per semester for out-of-state students, a 7 percent increase of $425. The fee levels are effective for the first summer session, which begins today.Read the Full Article
Abstract: Preparing courses for flexible delivery and distance education is normally a timeconsuming and expensive process. This paper describes the design and evaluation of a system that automatically captures and indexes audio and video streams of traditional university lectures without demanding any changes in the style or tools used by teachers. Using a `wizard-of-oz’ technique […]
This study identifies and explores a range of themes, issues and questions that commonly confront adults contemplating enrolment in university, and why they persist. The study focuses particularly on issues facing prospective adult distance education learners. From a range of interviews, six themes were identified including fears, motivation, support from home, academic preparedness, suitability of […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 7, 2003 — Initiating the next phase in one of the largest projects PBS has ever mounted in its 34-year history, beginning Mother’s Day weekend and continuing through Father’s Day, more than 100 local public television stations across the country will hold events celebrating a groundbreaking children’s literacy drive called PBS KIDS […]
Hundreds of students are expected to demonstrate against the hikes Wednesday when the California State University board meets in Long Beach. Read the Full Article
During hearings last month, industry opponents voiced major concerns over the effects such legislation would have on software development.Read the Full Article
Though IBM denies the allegations, the billion-dollar lawsuit threatens to derail the open-source movement just as it has begun to catch on in schools.Read the Full Article
The Norwegian government has now withdrawn all funding and is saying there is probably legal basis to demand the NGO repay tens of millions of rupees that have been diverted and remains unaccounted for. Read the Full Article