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“Virtual reality room” shows potential to aid construction scheduling, reduce costs

The new Penn State virtual mockup offers first person presence, or the feeling that you’re actually in the room when you’re just standing in a space bounded by five large screens that surround you with a projected image. While the experience isn’t up to the level of the holodeck on Star Trek’s Starship Enterprise, the […]

What will your library look like “tomorrow”?

Please join other state and regional colleagues in considering these important questions at the 3rd Annual “Brick and Click Libraries” symposium. Visit the Conference Site

Md. Regents May Raise College Tuition Again

If adopted, it would be the system’s largest one-year tuition increase in recent memory, although the effect on students would vary from campus to campus, sources said. By one early estimate, such an increase would result in full-time in-state undergraduates at the University of Maryland paying about $1,000 more in the next academic year than […]

High School Confidential, Online

Today, the Web is the medium for the prolific and sometimes outright nasty rumors of the middle school and high school years. Students are flocking to Web-based bulletin boards where they can read comments about peers or teachers, then add or respond anonymously to what they see.Read the Full Article

Faculty Guidelines for the Video Development Process

Abstract: Original video materials have been employed in undergraduate and graduate teacher education courses at Cleveland State University (CSU) for the past thirteen years. These videos include K-12 teacher and student use of technological tools as well as traditional methods of instruction. This paper provides a brief rationale for implementing video materials in pre-service and […]

Apogee Interactive Introduces Web-Based Spanish Course For Energy Utilities

Developed jointly by Apogee and leading utilities such as Southern Company (NYSE: SO), Exelon (NYSE: EXC), FPL (NYSE: FPL) and the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, the course teaches essential words and phrases necessary to communicate with Hispanic customers and contract crews in utility company settings. “It’s effective for utilities in all regions since it […]

Senior citizens are learning to use computers and other technology

As a matter of fact, he lives in an apartment at Green Hills in Ames, and his herd is in southwest Kansas. Read the Full Article

Budget ax falls on school tech programs

California, Indiana, Oregon, Texas, and West Virginia are some of the many states where lawmakers and school officials have been forced to cut back or eliminate programs that supply new advertisement computers, internet access, and instructional resources to K-12 students. Read the Full Article

Strategic Alliance Between Praxis Life Sciences and OmniComm Systems Announced

The agreement calls for the companies to work together to position each other’s products and services. They will also develop a set of custom design and implementation workshops that accelerate the shift to electronic case report forms. Some of the anticipated workshops will address the data review and query management process, integration of TrialMaster with […]

Derivatives Institute switches to Olé Online Learning Environment for E-learning

MONTREAL, May 6 /CNW/ – The Derivatives Institute, an initiative of the Montreal Exchange, has selected VTN Technologies Inc.’s Olé – Online Learning Environment as the foundation of its eLearning program going forward. Citing VTN Technologies’ superior flexibility, service and professionalism, the Derivatives Institute chose Olé to replace their current system after a thorough examination […]