online - distance education
ISPs join file sharing crackdown
News ISPs are obliged to work with the music industry and rights' holders to bring about a "significant reduction" in illegal file sharing through education and by developing legal online services. UK internet service providers have joined forces with... [24 Jul 2008]
Greek island gets wireless mesh network
News As well as enabling tourists to catch two types of surf on the beach, the network will enable high school teachers and students on Patmos and its surrounding islands to access online education resources, the companies said. [24 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News E is for Education The survey also found nearly a third (30 per cent) of consumers now watch TV or video online.uSwitch added that international broadband rankings put the UK's 4Mbps average to shame, with Japan boasting an average connection speed... [14 Jul 2008]
EU law to end file-sharers time online?
News Edwards wrote: "Pangloss… hopes there is an opportunity in the remaining legislative process to tighten these provisions up in a way that retains their public interest intent (e.g.public education about child pornography) but could not be... [09 Jul 2008]
University Changes the Education Model With Help From Cisco Data Center Application Delivery Solution
White Paper Located in Waltham, Brandeis University wanted to provide virtual online learning environment to its students and needed to separate production, test and training environments. The University also wanted an application delivery solution to provide... [08 Jul 2008]
Skype touts biz credentials
News E is for Education Karen Hollands, founder of online language school Toniks, has built her business around Skype to link pupils to language tutors based across the world. According to Skype research, 30 per cent of its 309 million users use it for... [02 Jul 2008]
Secure Online Examination Architecture Based on Distributed Firewall
White Paper Online (Web-based) examination is an effective solution for mass education evaluation. Therefore, keeping the security of an online examination has become an important issue. This paper focuses on how to implement a secure environment for online... [30 Jun 2008]
Facebook is "educational", says US uni
News Christine Greenhow, a learning technologies researcher from the University's College of Education and Human Development, said in a statement: "What we found was that students using social networking sites are actually practicing the kinds of 21st... [23 Jun 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News E is for Education The government has renewed its threat to introduce laws to force ISPs to control online music and film piracy and file-sharing. A music industry survey this week found that the average teenager's MP3 player contains more than 800... [18 Jun 2008]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study E is for Education It's not necessarily that families cannot afford the hardware to get online - although that certainly can be a factor; but there are many technical barriers to entry, such as selecting an ISP and setting up and maintaining a... [17 Jun 2008]
A Kentucky School District Adopts Powerful Dell Servers and Dell/EMC Storage to Bring Low Administrative Costs and High Resiliency
White Paper In addition, data backups became a challenge after the Kentucky Department of Education mandated a district-wide operating system upgrade to Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Active Directory which created compatibility problems between the backup... [31 May 2008]
Don't paper over cracks in the digital nation
Comment E is for Education Ofcom's take on the digital divide being a 'town vs country' affair glosses over the real cracks in the digital nation - which are based on factors such as income, ethnicity and education. [23 May 2008]
Vista security under scrutiny, again
News Don't put Vista in schools, says education agency Simon Clausen, chief executive of PC Tools, said: "Online threats, such as Trojans, worms and spyware, have the potential to seriously impact consumer privacy and security online. [21 May 2008]
WA Department of Education and Training Rolls Out Statewide Digital Learning to 800 Schools
White Paper WA DET turned to an online teaching and learning model supported by Oracle collaboration and portal technologies to bring K12 education into the 21st century. The Western Australian Department of Education and Training (WA DET) delivers education... [21 May 2008]
Microsoft users surf the skies from the web
News Bill Gates, Microsoft's chairman, said in a statement: "The WorldWide Telescope is a powerful tool for science and education that makes it possible for everyone to explore the universe. Microsoft has launched its WorldWide Telescope, a free web... [14 May 2008]
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