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University of Alberta: eLearning: From Grass Roots to Mission-Critical

Students responded positively—even seeking out particular instructors or courses that featured online components. Read the Full Article

IDC Sees Key Opportunities for Renewed Growth in Corporate Training Markets

Over the same period, the U.S. corporate business skills training market will grow at a CAGR of 10.5%. eLearning will continue to shine in both markets, although not as brightly as in the recent past Shifts in spending priorities and buyers’ requirements influenced the corporate IT training and business skills training markets in 2002. “Spending […]

Proposal expands online classes

State rules now keep a tight lid on virtual classrooms. Fewer than 20 districts offer such courses, with fewer than 1,000 students participating.Read the Full Article

GeneEd Partners with SkillSoft to Address Training Needs of the Pharmaceutical Industry

GeneEd Corporation, a leading provider of custom and catalog scientific e-learning courseware for the life science industry, today announced a marketing and development partnership with SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq:SKIL), a leading provider of e-learning courseware and referenceware for business and IT professionals.Read the Full Article

E-Learning Experts to Meet in New York and San Francisco

The Conference Board’s 2003 E-Learning Conferences — Strategic Implementation, Bottom Line Impact — will be held April 8-9 at the Marriott Financial Center in New York and May 1-2 at the Mark Hopkins Inter-Continental in San Francisco. The meetings are sponsored by Intellinex and are being presented with assistance from IBM and PeopleSoft. The opening […]

European IST project brings e-learning community closer together

The ‘context eLearning with broadband technologies’ (CELEBRATE) user group was created by a project of the same name, funded… Read the Full Article

Creating a Unified Digital Campus to Satisfy the Needs of 21st Century Learners

In response, many institutions are eager to add new technology applications and systems that will expand the reach of applications to more users, enhance services, and increase efficiency. Read the Full Article

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to E-learning

Understanding your users is the most important step in the e-learning development process…Read the Full Article

U.VA. Center For Biomedical Ethics Launches Website on Bioterrorism

The free website, found at www.bioethics.net/hottopics/bioter/is a collaboration with the American Journal of Bioethics. It is a one-stop source for writers, journalists, academics and the general public searching for opinion and information on the ethical questions surrounding bioterrorism. “The ethical issues concerning our preparation and response to biological and chemical weapons and potential terrorist attacks […]

Institute of Museum and Library Services Awards Over $150 Million to State Libraries

Washington, DC-Dr. Robert S. Martin, Director of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, announced grants totaling $150,435,000 to state library agencies in the fifty States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories. Read the Full Article