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- IP Videophone for Distance Learning
- In March 2003 ProVu were contacted by a disabled student based in South West England who is undertaking a Ph.D. in Biotechnology. As part of the University's regulations it is a requirement for all students to have regular face-to-face contact with their supervisor. ProVu's IP Videophone Solution provides the perfect...
- Tags: Distance Learning, Student, Regulation, IP, Videophone, ProVu Communications, Network Technology, Cellular Phones, Networking, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Case studies
- 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...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Distance Learning, Web, Philadelphia, Macromedia Breeze Live, Web Conferencing, E-learning, Channel Management, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
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- JNT Association Case Study: The Royal National College for the Blind, Hereford
- The Royal National College for the Blind was invited to join the pilot project to connect specialist colleges to JANET, the UK's education and research network. The JANET link now caters for 212 learners across a wide range of ages, including 12 distance learning students. The RNC's mission is to...
- Tags: Distance Learning, College, RNC, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Industry-Leading Commercial Builder Cuts Annual Costs by U.S.$1.5 Million
- Gilbane Building Company uses communication and collaboration technologies to complete massive construction projects on time, reduce costs, and boost customer loyalty. A Microsoft-based portal cuts the time it takes to complete bids by 75 percent. The company has slashed the total time it takes to complete projects by 10 to...
- Tags: Distance Learning, Collaboration, Industry, Gilbane, Microsoft Corp., Portals, E-learning, Web Technology, Groupware, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Delivering Continuing Professional Development Using Online Distance Learning
- This case study reflects on the use of a virtual learning environment VLE over a four year period to deliver an online, distance learning, Postgraduate Diploma in Law Common Professional Examination programme to both full time and part time students at the University of Huddersfield. Students attend for a 5-6...
- Tags: Distance Learning, Professional Development, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Southwest Telecommunications Cooperative Boosts Productivity With WebInteractive and WebDemo
- Southwest Telecommunications Cooperative's staff is required to provide payroll, finance, network and technical support, maintenance of ITV connections, studios and switching centers to its cooperative members, which covers 21 counties and over 14,000 square miles. The significant amount of time spent on travel and administrative projects, made it next to...
- Tags: Distance Learning, Server Software, Inter-Tel Inc., Telecommunications, E-learning, Telephony, Productivity, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking, Hardware
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- Distance Learning in Spring Independent School District
- Spring ISD is centered 20 miles north of Houston, Texas. To provide needed distance-learning services, the Spring Independent School District ISD would have to transmit video across its 22-campus network. However, the District lacked both the necessary infrastructure and the funds required to build it. Nortel Networks conducted an ROI...
- Tags: Distance Learning, Network, Nortel Networks Corp., Spring ISD, Corporate Communications, Roi/Tco, E-learning, Networking, Marketing, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Industry-Leading Commercial Builder Cuts Annual Costs by U.S. $1.5 Million
- Gilbane Building Company uses communication and collaboration technologies to complete massive construction projects on time, reduce costs, and boost customer loyalty. A Microsoft-based portal cuts the time it takes to complete bids by 75 percent. The company has slashed the total time it takes to complete projects by 10 to...
- Tags: Distance Learning, Collaboration, Industry, Gilbane, Microsoft Corp., Portals, E-learning, Web Technology, Groupware, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Six Factors to Consider When Planning Online Distance Learning Programs in Higher Education
- The Internet and the World Wide Web WWW have made the process of obtaining an education without regard to time or location easier for the student. At the same time, they have provided more challenges for the colleges providing this education. In online distance learning, not only does the instruction...
- Tags: Education, Distance Learning, University Of West Georgia, E-learning, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers
- Distance Learning: Promises, Problems, and Possibilities
- Distance learning and its relationship to emerging computer technologies have together offered many promises to the field of education. In practice however, the combination often falls short of what it attempts to accomplish. Some of the shortcomings are due to problems with the technology; others have more to do with...
- Tags: Distance Learning, University Of West Georgia, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Innovations in Distance Learning Program Development and Delivery
- Delivering high-quality instruction requires innovation in program development and delivery. This paper examines the use of merging technologies in the delivery of learner-based instruction, the development of collaborative teaching environments that maximize the efforts of faculty content experts, and the implementation of databases to manage electronic course materials at two...
- Tags: Innovation, Distance Learning, Delivery, University Of West Georgia, Leadership, E-learning, Strategy, Management, Enterprise Software, Software
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- A Framework for Design and Evaluation of Internet-Based Distance Learning Courses Phase One - Framework Justification, Design and Evaluation
- The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for the development and evaluation of online distance learning courses, based on integrating an adaptation of Tyler's principles within the levels of cognitive learning in Bloom's Taxonomy. The methodologies for delivery of course materials and evaluation of outcomes specific to...
- Tags: Distance Learning, Internet, Evaluation, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Thirty-Two Trends Affecting Distance Education: An Informed Foundation for Strategic Planning
- Recent issues in this journal and other prominent distance-learning journals have established the need for administrators to be informed and prepared with strategic plans equal to foreseeable challenges. This paper provides decision makers with 32 trends that affect distance learning and thus enable them to plan accordingly. The trends are...
- Tags: Trend, Distance Education, Distance Learning, Strategic Planning, University Of West Georgia, E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Perceptions of Faculty on the Effect of Distance Learning Technology on Faculty Preparation Time
- Over the course of three consecutive semesters, faculty members involved in both video-conference-based and online-based distance learning environments were surveyed in order to determine their perception regarding the technical support services, equipment, training and additional preparation time it takes to teach in a distance environment. The results showed that the...
- Tags: Preparation, Distance Learning, Environment, University Of West Georgia, E-learning, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
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- School District Offers Distance Learning and Improves Efficiency
- The sixth largest school district in the United States, the Broward County School District's primary goal was to enhance educational learning opportunities by supplementing voice conferencing with Web collaboration. Another goal was to extend the use of voice conferencing to parent-teacher conferences and staff meetings, including in-service training. The Broward...
- Tags: Distance Learning, Web-based Collaboration, School District, Voice, Cisco Systems Inc., Telecommunications
- Case studies 2006-05-01
- Distance learning for M.C.A from Sikkim Manipal is Good or Not
- I want to doing M.C.A distance learning. I want to know Sikkim Manipal is good for it or not . i also have same question for I.G.N.Oor Both or all distance learning has same value.Job Point of View.
- Tags: E-learning, shailender.y@..., distance learning
- Discussion threads 2007-09-28
- EURIDICE (widget)
- EURIDICE European Recommended Materials for Distance Learning Courses for Educators is a search engine in the cultural picture archives network coordinated by the Polish National Archives and technically lead by the Italian F.lli Alinari IDEA Photographic Archives. This engine provides its multilingual contents (IT, EN, DE, FR, SP, PL) to...
- Tags: Distance Learning, E-learning, Search, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2007-04-23
- Distance Learning Brings the Zoo to You: Students Receive Live Interactive Zoo Experience
- Students learn about animals in a very personal way from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo distance learning program, using wireless technology, provided by Cisco partner Total Systems Integration, Inc.
- Tags: Distance Learning, Cisco Systems Inc., E-learning, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2007-04-04
- Virtual Laboratory Intrusion Detection Experience for Information Systems Professionals
- This paper describes how to design and implement an intrusion detection module that may be implemented in various courses taught in an information system curriculum and covers the industry-standard Snort Open Source Intrusion Detection System IDS. This paper proposes that virtualization offers three significant instructional advantages in delivering a rich...
- Tags: Distance Learning, Information System, Intrusion Detection System, Server, Intrusion Detection, Network Security, E-learning, Security, Strategy, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- White papers 2006-11-06
- Pursuing MCA through distance learning
- Hi,I am based in Delhi and want to pursue MCA through Distance Learning programmer. Anyone can provide me the list of colleges/universities and their contact no. which have these kind of programmesThanks & regards,DHRUV
- Tags: MCA, ankur.mittal@..., distance learning, career
- Discussion threads 2007-03-07
