E-learning is a win-win technology
Three years ago, 20 percent of the 1,600 engineers at Honeywell’s ACS Global Training Services were distance learners. Today, nearly 90 percent are training online. Read the Full Article
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For the Second Year, Tech Researchers List Pathlore Software Corporation as an E-Learning Leader
Gartner defines LMS as the infrastructure on which e-learning can be built and delivered. Gartner’s qualitative evaluation of Pathlore and the other LMS providers appears in a February 13, 2003, report by Gartner Analyst James Lundy titled, “2003 LMS Magic Quadrant: Enter the Powerhouse Vendors.” Pathlore was also listed in the leader quadrant in the […]
Online school planned for truants
The new system, to be called My School Net, is expected to help such students keep up with their academic studies via a form of distance-learning, in which students learn using materials on a computer and receive e-mail instructions from school staff members. Read the Full Article
Ruling allows online degrees at SCC
Thanks to a recent ruling, the Iowa Community College Online Consortium is now able to award associate of arts degrees to students who take all of their classes via the Internet. Read the Full Article
Class proposal seen as stretch for area schools
The Arkansas Department of Education on Monday tentatively approved increasing the required minimum number of courses offered annually at all high schools from 38 to 60.5 units. The proposal is open to public comment and could be approved by the board as early as April. Read the Full Article
U of Washington offers new certificate in India
A new University of Washington English language program that relies on computer software and facilitators to teach business communication skills has already attracted 1200 enrollments in India. The Certificate in Professional Communication is a three-course, English-language program that teaches students communication skills, the English fundamentals of computer software, and personal effectiveness skills for the workplace. […]
Students turn tables on instructors with faculty rating web sites
Before he registers, Jank, a sophomore computer science major at Idaho, taps into RateMyProfessors.com to “see how teachers are rated, see how hard their classes are, see what kind of teacher they are and how they fit into my paradigm.” Read the Full Article
Ford Motor Company, Northwood To Launch Degree Program For Dealerships
Under the customized Automotive Marketing Degree Program, dealership employees can earn online a Bachelor of Business Administration in Automotive Marketing and Management. Read the Full Article
Chandrika inaugurates online distance-learning project
The project, undertaken by the South Asia Foundation (SAF), headed by former diplomat and UNESCO’s goodwill ambassador, Madanjeet Singh, will connect the open universities in the SAARC region through the Internet and offer distance-learning across the region Read the Full Article
Hoax e-mail could draw legal action
Prohaska was one of the thousands of Yale College recipients of a hoax e-mail sent at approximately 7:15 a.m. — allegedly from Yale Provost Susan Hockfield — informing them that classes had been cancelled. Read the Full Article