Sars brings online learning deal
The service is being provided by the Interactive University (IU) which is based at Edinburgh’s Heriot Watt University.Read the Full Article
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David vs. Goliath
There’s no doubt e-learning is fast becoming a priority among top corporations—reaching a predicted global market of $35 billion by 2005, according to research conducted by Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Group. But as organizations begin to leverage initial success, learning management is quickly becoming an important piece of a much larger enterprisewide computing pie.Read the Full […]
“Piers Plowman Electronic Archive”
The poem was reproduced by scribes & early editors, & the surviving 54 manuscripts are full of errors — some the result of incompetence, others the product of sophisticated re-writing. This electronic edition differs from most printed editions in that it does not suppress editorial disagreement among the manuscripts. It embraces the provisional nature of […]
New Jersey Institute of Technology Prohibits File Sharing on Its Campus
The institute’s Student Senate had approved the policy, first proposed by administrators, in a close vote.Read the Full Article
Globetrotting on a copper thread
On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sat at his incomprehensibly modern device in Washington, D.C., and sent the first official telegraph message: “What hath God wrought!” Read the Book Review
Probing for Plagiarism in the Virtual Classroom
Colleges venturing into online education face a great deal of scrutiny among educators over the question of academic integrity. They often assume that Internet technology and online classrooms provide students with new and easier ways to cheat.Read the Full Article
Centra Expands Board of Directors with Three Software Industry Veterans
This expands the board to five members and provides new depth of experience that will guide the company’s next stage of growth. Joining the Centra board will be Ronald Benanto, formerly CFO of NewsEdge Corporation, Douglas Ferguson, a partner with The Monitor Group, and Leonard Kawell, Jr., CEO of Pepper Computer. Each of these individuals […]
USDLA Presented 2003 Distance Learning Awards, Eagle Award and Inducted Three into prestigious USDLA Hall of Fame on April 30, 2003 at Learning and Training Week Conference, Washington, D.C.
Awards for Excellence in Distance Learning Teaching were presented to James Theroux, Ph.D. of UMass Online and The University of Massachusetts Amherst for Higher Education; William L. Atkinson, M.D. Medical Epidemiologist for the National Immunization Program Center for Disease Control for Government; Mary Mitchell, Florida Virtual School for PreK-12 Education; and Denise B. Freeman, D.P.M, […]
“What Is Jazz?”
Taylor –a noted jazz pianist, historian, & educator — discusses jazz from its roots in the African-American slavery experience, through the early days of ragtime, & onward through swing, bop, & progressive jazz. Excerpts can be sorted by artist or jazz style. They’re organized around questions, such as: Where was jazz born? How did swing […]
Alaska Online Partners with Blackboard Inc. to Create New Education Opportunities
Alaska Online joins a rapidly growing number of state and district-level virtual schools now using Blackboard solutions to deliver and support their distance learning programs and to meet the many challenges of the No Child Left Behind Act. The mission of Alaska Online is to provide access to high-quality courses both to improve skills and […]