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Jones Knowledge Launches New Education Website for

The encyclopedia details the companies, technologies, and people responsible for shaping today’s world of media, information technology, telecommunications, and broadband. New articles are added several times a week and active links in the articles to supporting Internet resources are updated regularly. The Jones Media and Information Technology Encyclopedia serves as a valuable resource for general […]

Simulations not enough for IT based elearning. Polar Bear ops for Hands-On labs.

Polar Bear Corporate Education Solutions, a leading Canadian provider of technology training courses, will offer IT training utilizing the TrueLab™ system developed by Calgary-based Hatsize Learning Corporation, the leading provider of web-based lab environments for instructor-led learning. “Our TrueLab™ technology offers convenience and flexibility to both IT students and instructors, says Hatsize CEO Guy Hummel. […]

socialsecurity.gov: A New Name for a New

The website is easier to navigate, more attractive and more accessible to all visitors, including people with visual or other physical disabilities.Read the Full Article

UTC Extends Commitment to Ethics: Renews Contract with LRN for Global Online Education and Training in Ethics, Legal and Compliance Issues

UTC subscribed to the LRN Legal Compliance and Ethics Center in 1999 and since that time more than 18,000 employees have completed courses online. Read the Full Article

Old habits die hard as young lead demand for training

A survey by Cambridge Online Learning (COL) of 1,000 working adults reveals twice as many 16-24 year olds (33 per cent) were concerned about ‘levels of support’ on courses than more experienced respondents aged 45-54 (15 per cent) and those over 55 (15 per cent).Read the Full Article

Schools to Offer Online Education Degree

With Lincoln University in Jefferson City and Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau it will offer an online master’s of education in elementary teaching and learning. Read the Full Article

FCC proposal would let schools sell spectrum rights

The commission hopes its proposed rules changes will spawn competition, innovation, and investment in wireless broadband s advertisement ervices, as well as build out the educational services offered within the spectrum band in question. Read the Full Article

How Students Learn New Technologies

High school students have typically obtained numerous technology skills by the time they reach junior and senior status. This paper addresses how and from whom high school juniors and seniors acquired technology skills and how best to present new technologies to students in this age group. Students in a high school video production class were […]

War squeezes IT training programs

The Army is using more than 4,000 computers and 100 servers in southwest Asia to run numerous logistics systems with local and worldwide connections. Read the Full Article

Computers Used More in Standardized Tests

Instead, an estimated 60,000 test-takers — that’s almost one in three — will grab a computer mouse, gaze at a computer screen and click their way through the test. Read the Full Article