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CyberU Named a Visionary in Gartner’s 2003 “Magic Quadrants”

SANTA MONICA, California, March 19, 2003 – CyberU, Inc., the leading innovator of human capital management solutions, today announced that it was named as a visionary in three of Gartner’s 2003 “Magic Quadrant” reports*: E-Learning Suites, Learning Management Systems (LMS), and E-Learning Content. Published last month, these reports evaluated the performance of more than twenty […]

Usability of Hypermedia Educational e-Books

To arrive at relevant and reliable conclusions concerning the usability of a hypermedia educational e-book, developers have to apply a well-defined evaluation procedure as well as a set of clear, concrete and measurable quality criteria. Evaluating an educational tool involves not only testing the user interface but also the didactic method, the instructional materials and […]

The Oregon State University Inks Agreement To Develop, Market Education Courses

Funding for the initiative was provided through a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education, administered through the California Community Colleges chancellor’s office. Read the Full Article

The Copyright Office to Hold Public Hearings in Rulemaking

In accordance with the Copyright Act, as amended by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Office is conducting its triennial rulemaking proceeding pursuant to 17 U.S.C. section 1201 to determine whether there are particular “classes of works” as to which users are, or are likely to be, adversely affected in their ability to make noninfringing […]

College Media Group Cautions That 2 Copyright Laws Could Collide

At issue are the Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Read the Full Article

DeVry University Standardizes Online Offerings on eCollege System(SM)

“One of DeVry’s advantages is we offer students the ability to seamlessly move across online and onsite delivery methods. The expanded relationship with eCollege facilitates this unique approach to education,” said Daniel Hamburger, executive vice president of DeVry, Inc. Hamburger continued, “After a thorough side-by-side comparison of the major eLearning providers, we concluded eCollege best […]

Collegis renews two higher education contracts for nearly $10 million

Maitland, Fla. – March 18, 2003 – Sul Ross State University (www.sulross.edu) in Alpine, Texas, and Mount St. Mary’s College (www.msmc.la.edu) in Los Angeles have decided to renew technology management agreements with Collegis, the leading provider of comprehensive technology services to higher education. SRSU, a public, regional university with locations in the Big Bend and […]

Weston school to teach with computers rather than books

…You may want to cross-reference your data by reverting to the Web links you cut and pasted from your e-book yesterday. Any questions?”Read the Full Article

Online education is key for developing nations

This was stressed by two visiting management gurus in Dubai taking part in a week-long congress on Total Quality Management organised by the E-TQM College, an online school envisioned as the nucleus for higher education in the Arab world.Read the Full Article

Ithaca College Switches to WebCT to Power Web-Based Learning

LYNNFIELD, MA — (INTERNET WIRE) — 03/17/2003 — Ithaca College, a private institution with an enrollment of 6,200 students in upstate New York, has selected the WebCT Campus Edition course management system as the foundation of its e-learning program going forward. Read the Full Article