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Advances in training help revolutionire the military

His book “Flying Black Ponies: The Navy’s Close Air Support Squadron in Vietnam” was published by Naval Institute Press. He is executive vice president of Strategic Operations Inc. and can be reached at kit@e-stops.com. Read the Full Article

Circuit City takes e-learning up the ladder

…to corporate staffers, installation technicians and logistics employees, the Richmond, VA-based retailer tells Internet Retailer.Read the Full Article

How Interactive are YOUR Distance Courses? A Rubric for Assessing Interaction in Distance Learning

This paper was one of three selected as a “Best Paper” among Distance Learning ADministraiton (DLA) 2000 proceedings, Callaway, Georgia, June 7-9, 2000. Read the Full Article

Stanford-Singapore: Distance Education Addresses Global Challenges

“The program gives Stanford an entrée into critical and interesting environmental problems in Southeast Asia, such as challenges to provide clean water and deal with contaminants from industrialization,“ said James Leckie, the C. L. Peck, Class of 1906 Professor in the School of Engineering, in an interview prior to the signing ceremony. The ceremony took […]

SkillSoft Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter Results; Revenue Expected to Meet or Exceed Previous Guidance of $39.5 to $40.0 Million

NASHUA, N.H., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading provider of e-Learning courseware and Referenceware(R) for business and IT professionals, today announced preliminary financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter ended January 31, 2003. Read the Full Article

Penn State Part of Research Team to Broaden Mission of American Faculty

Now, Penn State will be collaborating with other universities on a five-year $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) on developing a working laboratory to help graduate students and faculty develop teaching skills that match their skills in the lab. Read the Full Article

The Center for Digital Storytelling

Their focus is on developing large-scale projects for community, educational and business institutions using the methods and principles built around their Digital Storytelling Workshop. They also offer workshops for organizations and individuals, and provide a clearinghouse of information about resources on storytelling and new media.Read the Full Article

Western Governors U. Opens a New Online College for Teachers

The U.S. secretary of education, Roderick R. Paige, joined officials of Western Governors for the announcement, which was made here at the Education Department. Mr. Paige said the new Teachers College would help school districts meet a requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act, which mandates that elementary and secondary schools have instructors with […]

Simulating Surgery

Vascular surgeons plan most arterial bypass grafts on the basis of experience and intuition: only after surgery is there a way to tell whether an artery has been grafted to the place best suited to restore blood flow with minimal complications. Read the Full Article

WGU Launches Nation’s Only Online Competency-Based Teachers College

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and Gov. Michael O. Leavitt (Utah) announced today the formal launch of the WGU Teachers College, which provides online, competency-based bachelor’s and master’s degrees and licensure for current and prospective teachers. The College (www.wgu.edu/tc) was created by Western Governors University through a $10 million Star Schools […]