In the line of fire - The Australian
The AustralianIn the line of fireThe Australian, Australia - 3 hours ago… in NSW, had lived aboard their 12m yacht Volare, cruising the east coast while teaching their daughters, Amy, 15, and Isabelle, 10, through distance education. …

Regional centre to assist Vietnam in distance education - VietNamNet Bridge
Regional centre to assist Vietnam in distance educationVietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - Sep 15, 2006… Organisation (SEAMOLEC) is willing to help Vietnam with professional knowledge, consultancy and personnel training to develop its distance education system. …

‘Virtual school’ policies sought 
CODY - Lawmakers asked the Wyoming Education Department to work with the Legislative Service Office to draft legislation that would govern online “virtual schools” at the K-12 level in Wyoming.

SU kicks off $54M building project 
SALISBURY — Wednesday marked one of SU’s highest accomplishments since Henson Science Hall opened in 2001 — the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Teacher Education and Technology Center.

Business calendar 
Coffee Talk Nashville , professional networking event, 7:30-9:30 a.m., Kijiji Coffee House, Deli and Jazz Cafe, 1207 Jefferson St. 944-6333 or 474-8329.

Africa: Researchers Urged to Publish Their Work 
Due to a lack of proper research, Africa is presently a net importer of knowledge, at high costs, from industrialized countries.

3-day workshop on distance education at KU - GreaterKashmir.com (press release)
3-day workshop on distance education at KUGreaterKashmir.com (press release), India - Sep 20, 2006Srinagar, Sep 20: A three-day national workshop organized by Center of Distance Education (CDU) on self-learning support in distance and online education …

French school boards go the distance to attract students (The Ottawa Sun)
Sat, September 23, 2006 French school boards go the distance to attract students By LAURA CZEKAJ Ottawa’s French school boards are vying for thousands of potential students who are legally entitled to attend their schools but who are either not aware of their right or are choosing not to act on it. The Conseil des ecoles catholiques de langue francaise du Centre-Est is aggressively marketing

Family’s mill project becomes tool for teaching of past ways (CentralOhio.com)
DRESDEN - Bringing back the education of yesterday is an ongoing project the Moore family began years ago. The vision of showing today’s generation a piece of the past started with the donation of part of Dresden’s history.

Regents approve University Studies degree - Bryan College Station Eagle
Regents approve University Studies degreeBryan College Station Eagle,  United States - 16 hours ago… Authorized the issuance of a Master's of Science in Statistics via distance education at the Texas A&M main campus. Students …

American Military University Professor: Social, Multimedia … - PrimeZone (press release)
American Military University Professor: Social, Multimedia …PrimeZone (press release), CA - Sep 22, 200622, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — World Conference on Distance Education — American Military University (AMU) professor Andrew Feldman shared his research — regarding …

Officials see turnaround in 2007-08
MLive.com, MI - Sep 19, 2006… There were a few bright spots, said John Beacon, vice provost for enrollment management. Enrollment in distance-education classes jumped 83 percent, to 1,168. …

RSVP course in web designing in Indian languages
Newindpress (subscription), India - Sep 15, 2006… Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, for the first time in the country, is offering a Post Graduate Diploma in web technology for Indian languages through distance education. …

IISJ to Have Nominated Advisory Committee
Arab News, Saudi Arabia - Sep 6, 2006… The delegation members include Registrar Farooq Ahmad and Professor KR Iqbal Ahmed, director, from the Directorate of Distance Education. …

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) - Division of Continuing Professional Education
Offering technology, management, health, safety, and environmental educational programs.

Distance Education Clearinghouse
Information from the University of Wisconsin-Extension on teleconferencing technologies, courses, and distance learning resources.

Distance Learning - Campuses
… or at over 30 distance learning sites throughout arizona- education, engineering, … at NAU will be the friendly staff at the Distance Learning Service Center. …

Distance-Educator.com
Provides news, research-based content, and links to various resources.

World Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education this year … - UNESCO (Communiqu s de presse)
World Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education this year …UNESCO (Communiqu s de presse), France - Aug 24, 2006UNESCO is one of the co-sponsors of the 22nd World Conference on Distance Education, that the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) and …

e.Republic’s Center for Digital Education Announces Top Portals and Applications in Education Technology (SYS-CON Media)
The nation’s top K-12 and higher education Webportals and applications have been evaluated and ranked by the Center forDigital Education (www.centerdigitaled.com), the leading source foranalysis, trends and data about technology’s use in Education.

Illinois must tap potential of virtual school concept
State Journal-Register - As of 2003, more than 328,000 public school students across the country were enrolled in distance education courses. That number can reasonably be expected to reach a half-million, very soon. Nationwide, there are nearly 200 unique virtual schools

Papua New Guinea: Women Human Rights Defenders In Action
Amnesty International USA - ESCOW operates as a base for the College of Distance Education through which year 11 and 12 students, mostly girls, are able to access on going education. ESCOW operates a micro-financing bank where women can both save their money and access small

KU to organise three day workshop
newindpress - BHADRAVATI: Directorate of Distance Education of Kuvempu University is holding a three-day workshop on preparation of self-instructional material from Sept 18 at S P Hiramath Hall in the University Campus, said a press release from Prof S A Bari

Playing Defense and Offense
Inside Higher Ed - loads (both number of courses and number of students in a section), requirements that papers be graded in certain time periods, new curricular requirements (imposed by administrators, not designed by professors) and the push toward distance education

Guest commentary: Video choice is common sense for seniors
Naples Daily News - For those wishing to pursue second careers or just looking to pick up a new skill or hobby, distance education will be a more meaningful pursuit than ever before. Internet grocery shopping saves us the trip and hassle of going to the store when our

Preach & Chong
Austin American-Statesman - Evans, UT Distance Education Center Editor and a former Oklahoman, who realized after stumbling upon Meyers’ book that she’d actually been to his congregation. “I started crying when I read your book,” she told the author. “I felt I could finally

Harry and the Potters rock, teens like cell phone stuff, baseball
School Library Journal - The program will be offered in Ontario through distance-education and summer courses. The program’s director, Ken Haycock, who has written about Canada’s school library crisis, will teach some courses along with San Jose State University Professor

Regional centre helps develop distance education in Viet Nam - Viet Nam News
Regional centre helps develop distance education in Viet NamViet Nam News, Vietnam - Sep 16, 2006… for Education is willing to provide professional expertise, consultancy and personnel training to the country for developing its distance education system. …

Regional centre to assist Vietnam in distance education - VietNamNet Bridge
Regional centre to assist Vietnam in distance educationVietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - Sep 15, 2006… Organisation (SEAMOLEC) is willing to help Vietnam with professional knowledge, consultancy and personnel training to develop its distance education system. …

BARD offers diploma course in Thirukkural - Newindpress (subscription)
BARD offers diploma course in ThirukkuralNewindpress (subscription), India - 25 minutes ago… generations the moral and human values so as to make them humane, Dr N Baskaran, director of the Centre for Distance Education, Bharathidasan University …

Oscail Distance Education Open Day - Dublin City University
Dublin City UniversityOscail Distance Education Open DayDublin City University, Ireland - Aug 22, 2006… All welcome - come and talk about your options. Course Presentations: 1.00-1.30pm & 3.00-3.30pm. Oscail is the National Distance Education Centre of Ireland. …

Compass Knowledge Group Helps University of Florida Reach …
PR Web (press release), WA - Sep 5, 2006… WPPD) Program. With the help of Compass, UF s WPPD distance learning program recently graduated its 1,000th student. Orlando, FL …

Law Schools Upgrade Online Classes
Law.com (subscription), CA - Sep 14, 2006… American Bar Association (ABA) has allowed students to take 12 of the 90 credit courses required for a juris doctor degree via “distance learning.” Before that …

Management Education: Managers Are Not Born
American Chronicle, CA - Sep 8, 2006Anna Dorbyk is a researcher/writer for several websites including Oxford Distance Learning College. For more information on distance …