Weekend Round Up: Education Headlines

• India unveils prototype of $48 tablet computer in education initiative
• Grandes écoles face a fresh revolution
• Long-distance Learner: The Benefits of Videoconference Lessons
• Freshman adjust to college life in the big city
• Grant to aid Heritage University online programs

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July 26, 2010 09:06 | E-mail | Comments (1) | Comment RSS
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Weekly Round Up: Education Headlines

• Many States Adopt National Standards for Their Schools
• New online degree focuses on both energy and sustainability
• University of Maryland Offers New Cybersecurity Degrees
• High School Uses Distance Learning to Expose Students to a Broad Worldview
• MSU signs health education, research pact with Kenyan hospital
• USDA Seeks Public Comment on Distance Learning and Telemedicine Programs
• Simplifying Post-9/11 GI Bill without creating inequalities
• Technology a factor in choosing schools, students say
• Cash-strapped school districts finding online summer school classes a viable alternative
• Schools to move to online testing
• Department of Education Hosts National Rural Education Technology Summit
• Online school wins five-year renewal of charter
• Once a Leader, U.S. Lags in College Degrees

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July 23, 2010 03:55 | E-mail | Comments (9) | Comment RSS
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Weekend Round Up: Education Headlines

• Blackboard to offer digital textbooks
• Obama official: Online Utah school key to national degree goals
• Proposed legislation would extend GI Bill of 2008
• Curriculum choices abound for parents who want to home-school
• Summer program teaching Berks students Chinese
• Aquaponics grows 'green' agriculture

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July 19, 2010 03:48 | E-mail | Comments (1) | Comment RSS
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Weekly Round Up: Education Headlines

• Maltese student puts the 'distance' in distance learning, studying at 30,000 feet
• Syracuse University helps disabled Americans start their own businesses with business boot camp
• Nixty Launches With Ambitions to Build Something Huge in eLearning
• Maine to get $13.3 million to improve schools
• Indiana teams up with WGU to educate adults online
• Preparing for College: Tech Essentials for Your First Year
• Ten Ways the Web Is Changing Education
• Zimbabwe has highest literacy rate in Africa: attributed to investment in education and distance learning
• Schools of the Future May Not Be Actual Buildings at All
• Dean Pushes for a Virtual UC Berkeley
• School District Changing Program For At-Risk Students to Computer-Based Model

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July 16, 2010 03:47 | E-mail | Comments (0) | Comment RSS
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Weekend Round Up: Education Headlines

• Transparency law for professors sets off academic freedom debate
  
• Purdue steps up efforts to halt illegal downloads
  
• Duncan: Congress needs to act now on school money
  
• Forest Lake blends online and classroom learning
  
• Online programs help teach small business savvy
  
• Victoria, Australia Receives $330,000 To Train Medical Students Online
  
• Appalachian Cooperative hopes to gear students toward college
  
• USM Introduces Mobile Learning Method
  

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July 12, 2010 05:50 | E-mail | Comments (0) | Comment RSS
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Weekly Round Up: Education Headlines

• Ashworth College Lends Support to Military Families Through“Operation Homefront” Fundraiser
• Teachers Spend $1.3 Billion Out of Pocket on Classroom Materials
  
• Event to Bring Higher Education Options to Base
  
• Online Courses Making the Grade for More Alberta Students
  
• Classrooms for Security: Harnessing Academia to Keep America Safe
  
• Mobile Subscriptions Hit 5 Billion Mark
  
• Learning Technologies Platforms Get a Boost
  
• Kelley School of Business Secures Title VI $1.5 Million Grant to Support International Programs
  
• Wilkes University to Offer 'Blended' Learning Program to Alle-Kiski Teachers

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July 9, 2010 02:44 | E-mail | Comments (0) | Comment RSS
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Weekend Round Up: Education Headlines

• Colleges Race to Take in Dana Students and Staff
  
• Vegas PBS Moves Final Gear to New Campus
  
• InnerPass Focuses on Higher Education
  
• 1 in 4 Kids Now Learning Online, Only 4 Percent of Teachers Meeting Them There
  
• Nine Chandler, Gilbert Students Win Horatio Alger Scholarships

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July 6, 2010 03:06 | E-mail | Comments (0) | Comment RSS
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Weekly Round Up: Education Headlines

• Demand for Online Learning in K-12 Schools Outpaces Supply: Survey
  
• At the New York Harbor School, Growing Oysters for Credit
  
• How Many Graduates Does It Take to Be No. 1?
  
• School District to Introduce Online Distance Education
  
• K12 Virtual Schools Graduate Over 1,000 Students
  
• More Worries About Finances for Today's Graduates
  
• THS Asst. Principal Leads Distance Learning Effort
  
• Obama to Announce Funding to Improve U.S. Broadband
  
• NEISD Announces Restructuring Plan
  
• FHSU Professor Wins Software Company's Video Contest
  
• Technology Trends Transforming Higher Education

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July 2, 2010 02:43 | E-mail | Comments (0) | Comment RSS
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Weekend Round Up: Education Headlines

• U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Honors Community Colleges and Their Graduates
  
• Faculty Member Lauded for Online Course Approach
  
• Education: What Works best For Your Child?
  
• Creating Cyber-Communities
  
• Adding Out-of-State Students Seen as Good Way to Increase UI Campus Revenues
  
• Distance Learning Programs Gain Popularity in Oklahoma
  
• Apex Learning Launches Additional Disaster Recovery Site Using Internap's Connectivity Services

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June 28, 2010 02:56 | E-mail | Comments (3) | Comment RSS
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Weekly Round Up: Education Headlines

• 7 Tips for Distance Learning
  
• Arizona College Creates Innovative Scheme to Cut Textbook Costs
  
• Drexel University Launches Graduate Certificate in Learning in Game-Based Environments
  
• Bethel University Grants First Ever Athletic Scholarship for Competitive Bass Fishing
  
• Marist College to Give Discounts on Tuition for Being a “Big Brother” or “Big Sister”
  
• Florida Tech Becomes First Nationally Ranked University to Offer an MBA With a Specialization in Internet Marketing 100% Online
  
• College Library Will be High-Tech and Green
  
• Pearson to Sponsor Free Access for Educators on Ning Social Network
  
• Online Education Offers Ray of Hope for the School Dropouts
  
• Georgia Expands State-Chartered Virtual Schools
  
• 32% Rise in UC Tuition and Other 'Options' on the Table
  
• MUW Kicks Off Online College

June 25, 2010 03:36 | E-mail | Comments (0) | Comment RSS
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