Nov 5, 2007
From an instructor/user perspective I wouldn’t bet on eCollege—after seeing the system again after several years not much has changed. It looks like it did when it started. My experience comes from using the system in the beginning with a previous client then again...
May 10, 2007
Active Collab: http://www.activecollab.com/ activeCollab is a web based, open source collaboration and project management tool. Something worth checking out if you need a place for a team to collaborate on active projects. Best of all it is a 100% free!...
Dec 30, 2006
E-Myth Founder Michael Gerber to Be Chairman In its latest step toward a higher profile in higher education, little-known Grand Canyon University (GCU) announced that this January it will open the first College of Entrepreneurship of its kind in the U.S. The new...
Nov 30, 2006
If you haven’t visited this site then you should because it provides you with a wealth of information. They’ve recently published four reports ranging from online activities to online health search trends. In addition the site provides you with an interesting...
Sep 30, 2006
In a recent national poll released today, the American public said public education is the number one issue local leaders should address, edging out health care, the economy and fears of terrorism at the local level. I don’t think this is surprise to most of us! The...
Sep 18, 2006
Is anyone else having deja’vu with all the recent companies getting money for ideas that have been done before and failed. Additionally when I look at the companies raising 7.5 million dollars for simple/done ideas with no business model. Here’s one recent...
Sep 18, 2006
Sun Spotlights More Accessible Education Resources with Open Source Solaris™ Operating System, Discussion Focuses on Collaboration and Community Sun Microsystems, Inc. challenged leaders to rethink traditional education models. On the Massachusetts Institute of...
Sep 13, 2006
Its not a new idea but it is coming of age. Recently I read an article about a company who will be tutoring you kids—and this takes the idea of outsourcing to an entirely different level. A company called TutorVista has gained business with US schools to tutor rural...
Sep 8, 2006
Degrees of Opportunity, a new national study of the attitudes of adult Americans toward continuing their education, indicates that more than half of American adults age 25 to 60 would like to pursue additional education—the equivalent of more than 70 million adult...
Aug 16, 2006
USA Funds® awards an $80,000 grant to develop a Web site to help Mississippi middle- and high-school students and their parents prepare for, apply to and pay for postsecondary-education programs. The Web site will serve as a comprehensive clearinghouse of information...