Cushing Anderson: IDC Analyst Profile
In this capacity, Mr. Anderson manages research focused on the growing education services marketplace. Read the Full Article
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Five Obstacles to Technology Integration at a Small Liberal Arts University
However, recent statistics show that this is not the case. “Out of every 10 teachers in this country, fewer than two seriously are users of computers and other information technologies in their classrooms (several times a week); three to four are occasional users (about once a month); and the rest – four to five teachers […]
Building It So They Will Come: Assessing Universities’ Distance Education Faculty Training and Development Programs
Given the above, a survey of training and development specialists representing 14 landgrant institutions was conducted in order to explore how universities with active agricultural distance education programs are conducting distance education training and development programs for their faculty. Read the Full Article
Athabasca University, CMA Canada strategic alliance develops tomorrow’s global business leaders
Under the terms of a new strategic alliance, Athabasca University’s (AU) Centre for Innovative Management and Certified Management Accountants of Canada (CMA Canada) will work together to provide CMAs with enhanced access to AU’s Executive MBA programs.Read the Full Article
Study: ‘Digital divide’ shrinks among U.S. kids
Internet use among minority and low-income children has surged over the past two years, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting reported, and children under 17 now spend nearly as much time in front of a computer as they do watching television. Read the Full Article
Study reveals shifts in digital divide for students
But in spite of this technological evolution, the digital divide lingers and—in some cases—is getting worse, experts warned. Read the Full Article
An Updated and Theoretical Rationale for Interaction
This debate is fueled by surface problems of definition and vested interests of professional educators but is more deeply marked by epistemological assumptions relative to the role of humans and human interaction in education and learning. Read the Full Article
Virtual High School links Ipswich with the world
David Dalton is the assistant principal at Ipswich High, but the students taking his course “Biotechnology: The Changing Face of Genetics” come from California, New York, South Korea and South America. Read the Full Article
Synovus Builds Foundation for E-Learning With Pathlore
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Mar. 18, 2003 – Pathlore Software Corporation announced today that Synovus (NYSE: SNV), the Columbus, Georgia-based diversified financial services company, will install the software maker’s learning-management system (LMS). Synovus will use the LMS to deliver, track, and report on corporate training for the Georgia corporation’s 11,400 employees. “Our growth makes it challenging […]
Internet Jobs Guru Predicts Knowledge Worker Shortage
CHICAGO, March 19 /PRNewswire/ — With all the job cuts at IT companies, why in the world would students consider a career in technology? That was a topic at a roundtable discussion with teenagers from a Chicago high school on Wednesday. Read the Full Article