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- Distance Learning
- Obtaining education and training from a remote teaching site via TV, the Internet or private education network. Distance learning actually dates back hundreds of years, but not by electronic...
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- With Web conferencing, homebound students are keeping up
- Somewhere between video-conferencing and online schooling lies an emerging technology that is helping house-bound students interact with teachers, reports the Baltimore Sun. Web conferencing is allowing teachers to give students who cannot leave their homes an educational experience similar to what they might have in a classroom. Web-conferencing uses...
- Tags: Education Technology, Distance Learning, K-12, Web conferencing
- Blog posts 2007-01-22
- Online schools helps women get degrees
- As online education makes its way into more households, moms who previously would have had to postpone their educational objectives are now studying at home, reports ARA Content. With women joining the workforce at a higher rate than men over the next 10 years, according to the Labor Departments...
- Tags: Regina Wheeler-Fairly, women
- Blog posts 2007-01-01
- Students do eco-study in Costa Rica - remotely
- Thanks to some innovative educators and podcasting, some students in New Jersey will get a chance to study the ecology of Costa Rica, reports theHome News Tribune Online Rich in biodiversity, Costa Rica is a perfect place to study ecological issues, such as global warming. Through an two-year partnership...
- Tags: McGinnis, Education Technology, Distance Learning
- Blog posts 2006-12-27
- Online schools worry CO engaged in witchhunt
- One failing online school in Colorado has brought scrutiny to all the online cyberschools in the state, reports The Denver Post. This has raised the ire of of online-school administrators who fear the negative publicity a recent audit will bring to the online programs. "We really think the audit...
- Tags: audit, Distance Learning, Funding, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2006-12-13
- Support network for virtual educators
- There has been increased interest in virtual schools in recent years and as enrollment increases, so does the demand for instructional information for teachers.The Florida Virtual School FLVS, one of the nations largest virtual institutions, has recently launched a Web-based forum answering the needs of online instructors, reports eSchool News...
- Tags: Education Technology, Distance Learning, educator
- Blog posts 2006-12-01
- Music ed goes Web 2.0
- Although many public schools are gutting their music programs, music teachers and homeschoolers can take advantage of new software that utilizes Web 2.0 to assist with music lessons and collaboration online, reports eSchool News. Software companies are developing programs such as eJamming, WorkshopLive, and In the Chair that...
- Tags: Distance Learning, Education Technology, WorkshopLive, eJamming, music
- Blog posts 2006-11-27
- Second Life reaches out to schools with teen version
- In the amazingly popular virtual world of Second Life, anything is possible. Users create an avatar while participating in an simulated environment and populate it with any kind of being. Its easy to see how educators could take advantage of this popular Web activity and incorporate it into the...
- Tags: Education Technology, Distance Learning
- Blog posts 2006-11-13
- Rumors of online education's plateau greatly exaggerated
- Contrary to recent projections that online course enrollment at colleges has leveled off, a new report states online enrollment that there was a large increase in online enrollment, reports The Washington Post. The Sloan Consortium, a group of colleges pursuing online programs, published a report that estimates 850,000...
- Tags: Education Technology, Distance Learning, Higher Ed, enrollment
- Blog posts 2006-11-09
- Entrepreneurs see profits in UT virtual diploma
- In what could be a potential untapped revenue stream for Utah high schools, two U.S. businessmen have made an offer to buy access to the states Electronic High School and market it internationally, reports the Salt Lake Tribune Anthony E. Meyer, chairman of Meyer and Co., a New York...
- Tags: Education, Board
- Blog posts 2006-11-08
- Virtual classrooms growing up fast
- A new report states that there is a surge in enrollment in virtual classrooms this past year, indicating that new policies and opportunities need to be implemented to prepare for the future, reports eSchool News. At the annual Virtual School Symposium in Plano, Texas, attendees discussed the new...
- Tags: Education Technology, Distance Learning
- Blog posts 2006-11-07
- Physics lectures gain audience in Tibet, Mali, and even Berkeley
- In September, we related that UC Berkeley and Google had teamed up for some "coursecasting," and that Berkeley would be streaming hundreds of hours of course material on Google Video. The project is now in full swing and, The San Francisco Chronicle reports, the verdict is in. The most...
- Tags: Education Technology, Distance Learning
- Blog posts 2006-11-06
Additional Resources
- Seesmic snags Washington Post
- Just after tonight's McCain/Obama debate ended I received a Tweet message from Cathy Brooks, head of business development at Seesmic telling me the company has snagged the Washington Post as a customer. Seesmic has developed a 'white label' version of its service for the Washington Post's political...
- Tags: Washington Post Co., Seesmic, Corporate Communications, Strategic Planning, Marketing, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Forget the damn Linux netbooks. Can Windows replace Windows?
- My esteemed ZDNet colleague Ed Bott, God bless him, wrote a very insightful piece in which he discusses Taiwanese PC mainboard and component manufacturer MSI's challenges of selling Linux-based versions of their netbook, the Wind U90. Apparently, according to MSI, Linux-based versions of their netbook are...
- Tags: MSI, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Magink aims to outshine LED technology, but not outpower
- A six-year-old developer of reflective display technologies has snagged an indoor albeit heavily sunlit installation with the New England Patriots. Take a look. What makes Magink's technology interesting is not just the brightness of the picture OR the...
- Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Magink, Engineering, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Google is NOT your friend
- ZDNet Education blogger, Christopher Dawson, wrote a post titled, "Google is your friend." Dude, I can assure you that Google is NOT my friend. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Google Inc., Times, Web 2.0, Productivity, Financial Services, Internet, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Capital, Capital. Wherefore art thou scarce capital?
- My Kingdom for Capital Expenditure Funding The current meltdown on Wall Street is definitely having an impact on the technology sector. This week's recent earnings forecast from SAP rather convincingly showed us that the capital markets will adversely impact technology sales. Capital for...
- Tags: Wall Street, Firm, Borrower, Pricing Strategy, Banking Relationship, Sales Strategy, Banking, Pricing, Sales Force Management, Roi/Tco, Sales, Financial Services, Marketing, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Restraining order against RealDVD stands
- As I suspected, Judge Marilyn Hall Patel today granted a temporary restraining order against Real's selling its RealDVD software. Real's next hope: a full-blown hearing into a permanent injunction. The judge said she needed more time to fully investigate whether the software in fact violates the Digital...
- Tags: Copy Protection, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Obama, McCain support making debates public
- Both Obama and McCain have come out in favor of the Open Debate Coalition's call to open the presidential debates for fair use on the Internet, Wired reports. Obama sent a letter to Coalition leader Larry Lessig. He quoted his own letter to Democratic Party chairman last...
- Tags: Debate, Internet, Sales Force Management, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- The HP-MySpace deal: Who needs this most? Not MySpace users.
- HP and MySpace are partnering to "unlock the content of MySpace" by giving users the tools to print their pictures. You know, like to a printer. Hopefully, wink wink an HP printer. On the surface, this sounds like a good plan. There are billions of images that...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Photograph, Image, MySpace, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- DVDO unleashes Edge high-definition video processor/input hub
- Home theater fans who aren't satisfied with their HDTVs' built-in video processing and/or just can't get enough HDMI ports into their setups may want to take a gander at DVDO's new Edge, which combines technology from Anchor Bay to improve video quality while also doubling as...
- Tags: HDMI, Video, DVDO, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
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