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WASHINGTON, D.C. – 21st Century Competitiveness Subcommittee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) today introduced bipartisan legislation, identical to a bill introduced last year with strong bipartisan support, to improve access to higher education for disadvantaged students by reducing red tape in federal student aid programs. The bipartisan measure, dubbed “FED UP,” would make technical […]
West Point officials believe the wireless network they now have is secure, which makes it unlike most wireless networks on college campuses. But to secure the network, West Point had to pay about $625,000, about five times what the network itself cost. Read the Full Article
E-learning provider’s expansion reflects market demand and growing security needs of corporate and government clients. WEST DES MOINES, IA, January 6, 2003 — GeoLearning, Inc., the leading developer of ASP-delivered e-learning systems and Web-based training solutions, announced today that it has opened a new Internet Data Center facility in Toronto to meet market demand and […]
BELLEVUE, Wash.–Jan. 8, 2003–Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS) today announced that Gary Millrood has joined the company as its new senior vice president of North American sales. Millrood, who brings 20 years of sales, business development, marketing and product development experience to Click2learn, will be responsible for managing the company’s sales force in the US and Canada and […]
More study from home to beat costs Whether or not the Government adopts top-up fees in its White Paper on higher education this month, there is no doubt it is getting increasingly more expensive to be a student these days. Read the Full Article Commission adopts proposal for new e-learning programme The Commission has adopted […]
“The kind of applications that seemed to be more challenging or oriented to higher-learning objectives didn’t fare as well as simple tutorials,” said James A. Kulik, a research scientist from Michigan University who wrote the review, titled “Effects of Using Instructional Technology in Elementary and Secondary Schools: What Controlled Evaluation Studies Say.” Read the Full […]
FENTON, Mo., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Over the past three years, Minolta Corporation’s Business Products Group has worked closely with Maritz Learning, a leading provider of custom training, e-learning and performance management solutions, to improve the way it trains its service technicians.
The day after his inauguration, Gov. Jim Doyle held a live, interactive discussion with fourth-graders from across the state using video conferencing technology, distance learning labs and the Internet. Read the Full Article
But the 19-year-old freshman at the University of North Texas preferred rolling out of bed and attending class in pajamas at her dorm-room desk. Sometimes she would wait until Saturday afternoon. Read the Full Article
The committee was charged with determining how MIT should approach e-learning from a revenue standpoint. Read the Full Article