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Virtual classes grow in Wayne

WAYNE — Jim Hale, administrative assistant for Wayne County Schools, dreams of a day when Wayne County schoolchildren can talk face to face with Spanish-speaking students in Arizona without having to leave their classrooms. Read the Full Article

6 Institutions Will Help Fine-Tune a Popular New Archiving Program

The six institutions are Columbia University, Cornell University, Ohio State University, the University of Rochester, the University of Toronto, and the University of Washington at Seattle. Read the Full Article

The Review of Education at Distance (RED)

This is Volume 1 / Number 2 of RED See the left column for more information about RED and the contents of Vol.1/No.2. Click in the right column to access the main departments and articles of Vol.1/No.2. Access the Journal

World Campus Expanding Participation In eArmyU

The World Campus was approved to expand its offerings in the program, operated by IBM Business Consulting Services. The new degree offerings include a baccalaureate degree-completion program in Letters, Arts & Sciences and associate degrees in Letters, Arts & Sciences; Dietetic Food Systems Management; and Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management. The World Campus will join […]

European Distance Education Network 2003 Annual Conference

One of the leading concepts in modern society, economy and education nowadays is the “Quality issue”. Different approaches of providers, customers, partners and citizens result in the emergence of different “quality cultures”. The range of open, flexible, distance and eLearning settings in the meantime is becoming broader and it is essential to bring about dialogue […]

Centra Reports 2002 Fourth-Quarter and Year-End Results

LEXINGTON, Mass. (January 30, 2003) – Centra Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRA), a leading provider of application software and services for real-time enterprise collaboration (RTEC), today announced results for the fourth quarter and for the year ended December 31, 2002. Highlights for the quarter included: * Revenues increased 14 percent over third quarter revenues of $9.3 […]

NASA Educator Astronaut Program Soaring

The Educator Astronaut web site is also receiving a high volume of traffic. More than 4.8 million visits have been recorded during the first 10 days of the program. “After only a week, we are seeing tremendous interest in the program. The number of nominations coming in are a wonderful testament to the teaching profession,” […]

IT in a Time of Budget Cuts How School Funding Will Affect the Quality of Education

With state finances in unprecedented trouble, school districts are bracing for intensified budget cuts. Just as in the private sector, most of these cuts will occur in capital budgets — and that means in information technology. Read the Full Article

A New Kind of Education for a New Century

An inaugural class of 20 cohorts was admitted and began their degree program on August 8, 2000 with a face-to-face seminar on the campus of Texas Tech University. These participants will study as a cohort through the four-year, 64-semester hour degree program. Visit the Program Site

Museums Spend Over A Billion, Commit Over 18 Million Hours To K-12 Education Programs Study Finds

The study also calculates that America’s museums commit more than 18 million instructional hours every year on programs for K-12 schoolchildren. IMLS, an independent federal agency, is a primary source of federal grants for the nation’s museums and libraries. No matter a museum’s size or discipline, whether rural, urban, or suburban, chances are, it offers […]