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- a course of study that involves minimal or no attendance at an academic institution, but relies instead on personal study, using books, audiovisual materials, and...
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- In honour of National Work from Home Day, the silicon.com team stayed out of the office to find out just how easy it is to do your job remotely. Below, they share their views on what worked and what didn't. Julian Goldsmith It's been...
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Why One distance learning Company Has Fully Embraced its Web Conferencing Platform
- Download this case study to find out why distance learning pioneer ULiveandLearn selected Macromedia® Breeze™ Live for its Web conferencing platform. The paper details how the virtual education company used Breeze to produce an extremely complex, eight-hour Web seminar for WHYY-TV in Philadelphia and the Hospice Foundation of America. Find...
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- Time Management Skills For distance learning
- As a busy professional, it is vitally important to manage your time. There are some broad principles, approaches, that you need to learn and apply. The first is to take the view that your time is precious, and should not be wasted. By the way, relaxation time, leisure time, relationship...
- White papers 2007-07-03
- Quantifying Terrorism risk
- All e-Learning solutions can reduce the time and cost of training. As a result, advanced e-Learning programs can marry the training/communications capabilities of traditional onsite programs with the time and cost advantages of other distance learning solutions.
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Business Process Reengineering for the Use of distance learning at Bell Canada
- The Bell Online Institute BOLI represents a radical change to the way Bell Canada provides internal training to its 27,000 employees. BOLI specializes in Web-based training, one type of technology enabled distance learning. This paper examines the use of Web-based training at Bell Canada in the context of business process...
- White papers 2001-04-05
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- Next-Gen Educator Earns USDLA Award for Innovative Mediasite Course
- York University Professor Diane Zorn honored with prestigious Excellence in Teaching for Online Distance Learning award for Philosophy course with Mediasite MADISON, Wis., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A professor and her Mediasite coursecast won the highest accolades at the United States Distance Learning Association USDLA National Conference...
- Articles 2008-05-05
- THE LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY May 4, 2008
- CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Lance Bass, 29; Jay Aston, 47; Randy Travis, 49; Pia Zadora, 54 Happy Birthday: If you lose sight of what it is you want to accomplish this year, you will be angry and will likely make mistakes. Instead, use your energy to focus...
- Articles 2008-05-04
- Fundacion Cisneros and Barrick Gold Corporation Create Alliance to Expand Key Education Program
- NEW YORK, May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fundacion Cisneros and Barrick Gold Corporation have announced a collaborative agreement to help improve education in Latin America, addressing one of the continent's most urgent needs. Working together, the two organizations will expand the reach of AME -- Actualizacion de Maestros en...
- Articles 2008-05-02
- WGU gets 2 awards for distance learning
- Western Governors University has received two major distance learning awards. The U.S. Distance Learning Association presented WGU with the 21st Century Award for Best Practices in Distance Learning, in recognition for WGU's achievements as the nation's first competency- based online university. Janet Schnitz, executive director of the...
- Articles 2008-05-01
- WGU earns 2 major awards
- Western Governors University has received two major distance learning awards. The U.S. Distance Learning Association presented WGU with the 21st Century Award for Best Practices in Distance Learning, in recognition for WGU's achievements as the nation's first competency- based online university. Janet Schnitz, executive director of the...
- Articles 2008-05-01
- PGA/LPGA Professionals Offer Free 10-Minute Lessons During PGA Free Lesson Month in May
- PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- A one-on-one session with a PGA/LPGA Professional could smooth out a backswing or cut down on three putts. And throughout May, the price is right for those sessions. PGA/LPGA Professionals nationwide are offering free 10-minute sessions to help golfers of every...
- Articles 2008-04-30
- Broadband Learning Corporation Reports 2007 Results
- Broadband Learning Corporation ("Broadband Learning") (TSX VENTURE: BLC), a participant in the rapidly expanding distance learning market, today reported its audited financial results for the 12 months ended December 31, 2007 and its unaudited financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2007. Twelve months ended December 31: ...
- Articles 2008-04-29
- Vital Training Tools Elevate New Pharmaceutical Sales Reps into Top Performers During Critical First Year
- CHAPEL HILL, N.C., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- In hopes of gaining a better grasp on the marketplace, sales executives at leading pharmaceutical companies are focusing more on sales training tools and techniques to provide their sales representatives a competitive edge. For new sales reps, the first year of training...
- Articles 2008-04-29
- E. Palo Alto gives parolees fresh start
- The crisp view of Mount Shasta on the horizon reminded James Blue that he's turning his life around. Blue, who had spent about 18 years in prison, was returning from Portland in an 18-wheeler on Interstate 5 a week after he graduated from a trucking academy...
- Articles 2008-04-28
- E. Palo Alto gives parolees fresh start
- The crisp view of Mount Shasta on the horizon reminded James Blue that he's turning his life around. Blue, who had spent about 18 years in prison, was returning from Portland in an 18-wheeler on Interstate 5 a week after he graduated...
- Articles 2008-04-28
- East Palo Alto program helps ex-cons start new life
- The crisp view of Mount Shasta on the horizon reminded James Blue that he's turning his life around. Blue, who had spent about 18 years in prison, was returning from Portland in an 18-wheeler on Interstate 5 a week after he graduated from a trucking academy...
- Articles 2008-04-28
- iLinc Web Conferencing Software Helps Creighton University's Doctor of Pharmacy Program Graduate More Students
- Better Enabled Distance Learning, White-Boarding, Application Sharing, Virtual Office Hours Key to Degree Program Success PHOENIX -- When Creighton University launched the nation's first Web-based entry-level doctor of pharmacy program in 2001 it didn't have the powerful Web collaboration tools it needed to satisfy the distance-learning students' needs....
- Articles 2008-04-24
- USDLA Awards Bloomsburg University's Use of Wimba for Excellence in distance learning in 2008
- Wimba®, the education technology companythat helps people teach people, today announced that the United StatesDistance Learning Association USDLA has awarded Bloomsburg University ofPennsylvania professors Dr. Samuel Slike and Pamela Berman with its 2008International Distance Learning Award for their use of Wimba to offercourses specifically designed for the deaf and hard...
- Articles 2008-04-23
- Elluminate and Unicon Contribute Sakai/Elluminate Tool to the Sakai Community
- PHOENIX -- Unicon, Inc., the leading provider of open source enterprise portals, applications, and top end technology consulting for higher education, today announced the immediate availability of a software tool to integrate Elluminate Live! with the Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment. The integration tool, co-developed by Unicon, Inc. and Elluminate,...
- Articles 2008-04-23
- USDLA Recognizes Western Governors University With Two Major distance learning Awards
- The United States Distance LearningAssociation USDLA has presented 2008 International Distance LearningAwards in two categories to Western Governors University ( www.wgu.edu ) andits executive director of the WGU Teachers College, Dr. Janet Schnitz. Theawards were presented April 22nd in conjunction with the 2008 NationalConference in St. Louis, Missouri. Since 1987,...
- Articles 2008-04-23
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