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Schools Get Medical Advice on Internet

The screen fills with an image of a doctor’s office 85 miles away in Norfolk. In the bottom right corner, a smaller box shows Yount in her office at Westside Community Schools, a student at her side cooperating with a demonstration.Read the Full Article

Thomson Learning Moves into Coursepack Market

Having tested the concept in a pilot project with Thomson Custom Publishing, the new initiative will partner with Lulu.com, an online marketplace for digital content collaborative software and publishing.Read the Full Article

Correspondence school’s planned closing concerns School Board

The School Board said Tuesday it will send a letter to legislators expressing concern about the proposed closing of Alyeska Central School. Read the Full Article

Standard & Poor’s Chooses Click2learn’s Aspen to Build Standard & Poor’s University

BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 7, 2003–Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS), leader in enterprise productivity solutions, today announced that Standard & Poor’s, a leading provider of independent investment research, ratings and indices such as the S&P 500, has chosen the Aspen Learning Management System (LMS) to expand its Standard & Poor’s University into a company-wide learning initiative that will deliver […]

Quid Pro Quo: Companies cut software donations and instead make deals with colleges

As a college that turns out several hundred teachers every year, Pace has depended each fall on receiving free copies of Microsoft’s latest educational software, “so that the new teachers coming out would be familiar with the new titles,” says Sandra G. Flank, a professor of education.Read the Full Article

Using Computer Simulations to Supplement Teaching Laboratories in Chemistry for Distance Delivery

No difference in overall course performance was observed between students who did the simulations and those who did not. However, simulation students completed in-laboratory work in a shorter time frame and showed a slightly higher performance in the practical laboratory component. Read the Full Article

E-classrooms becoming the norm at Ball State University

The majority of classrooms on campus are now equipped with advanced electronic equipment, a project that was started seven years ago, said Ike Jones, coordinator of space utilization. Read the Full Article

U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms Tags GeoLearning for Agency-Wide LMS

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of ASP-delivered learning management systems and e-learning content, announced today that the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (ATF) has selected the GeoLearning hosted learning management system to power the bureau’s new learn.atf e-learning site. The deployment of learn.atf provides the bureau’s 5,000 employees with access to more than […]

SLD: eRate demand drops $1 billion in 2003

The group, which administers the program, attributes this decline to its increased vigilance and warnings concerning waste, fraud, and abuse. “Our enforcement actions are starting to pay off,” SLD spokesman Mel advertisement Blackwell said.Read the Full Article

PBS’ First Quarter Of 2003 Brings New Programming, Online Initiatives, Industry Awards And Growing Viewership

…including the presentation of acclaimed on-air and online programming related to the conflict in Iraq, more Emmy nominations for children’s series than any other broadcast or cable network, two Oscar nominations, two Parents’ Choice Awards for PBS Home Video, the launch of a new Web site designed to assist adult learners, a growing audience online […]