Menu

Distance-Educator.com

Premier Portal for Professionals Since 1995, Covering Technology-Based Education

Posts Tagged ‘premium’

New York Consortium Agrees to Pay $1.4-Million in Federal Lawsuit Alleging Fraud

The whistle-blower lawsuit, which was brought under the federal False Claims Act, accused the New York State Education and Research Network, known as Nysernet, of secretly funneling money obtained through federal grants to a for-profit corporation it created. Read the Full Article

Colleges Expect to Increase Information-Technology Spending by 5 Percent

The figures come from an annual survey conducted by Market Data Retrieval. A report on the survey, which drew responses from 1,427 accredited two- and four-year colleges and universities, is titled “The College Technology Review, 2002-2003 Academic Year.” The survey dealt with budgeted expenditures, not actual expenditures. Read the Full Article

Getting Their Message Across To the FCC

The agency is putting the final touches on a series of regulations that will set the ground rules for competition in high-speed Internet access and local telephone service for the next several years.

New Sun licensing program offers hope for cash-strapped schools

“Sun is giving back to academic and research institutions by providi advertisement ng low-cost access to software that will better equip today’s students for tomorrow’s workplace—and by making sure that educational institutions are never more than a few months behind on technology refreshes and are never obsolete,” said Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president of software […]

Deutsche Post World Net Signs Global Agreement with SkillSoft for e-Learning; Company Launches First Phase Focused on IT and Project Management

NASHUA, N.H., March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading provider of e-learning courseware and referenceware for business and IT professionals, today announced that Deutsche Post World Net, a world leader in logistics services, has launched the first phase of a multi-phase e-learning initiative that will ultimately encompass the company’s 320,000 employees worldwide. […]

E-Business In E-Europe: Is Small E-Beautiful?

The lecture, E-business in e-Europe: Is small e-beautiful? Policy, research and practice, will draw together leading researchers in the e-commerce field and e-business practitioners to review the current position and explore the future for ordinary small firms and for the dotcom sector as a whole. The event, at the British Embassy on the evening of […]

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Partners with Colleges to Develop, Implement Electronic Portfolios

The Purdue School of Engineering & Technology at IUPUI began development of a software system called Epsilen Portfolios in December 2001 that will allow the user to develop a personal Web-based portfolio, complete with resume, bios, papers, presentations, a learning matrix, movies and other multi-media pieces. Starting next fall, incoming freshman enrolled at Bowling Green […]

Barriers to Distance Education

Access the Studies

Universities Exporting M.B.A. Programs via the Internet

Instead, he spends hectic lunch hours and long evenings in his office cubicle here, earning his M.B.A.Read the Full Article

The African Virtual University And Growth in Africa

Donors governments and private telecom operators have gone a long way to get many parts of Africa wired and connect the continent to the global intonation highway. But does the knowledge add value to the work and lives of ordinary Africans?Read the Full Article