A recent article from PopSci.com featured links to some of the best online technology classes and programs. Here's a blurb:"With the vast array of college courses and podcasts available...
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Stop by American Intercontinental University today to check out their offerings, including an Information Technology degree. Information Technology is one of the fastest-growing career fields in the...
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From Educational Testing Service (ETS), comes a new test - the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Literacy Assessment. ETS is the non-profit organization that puts out the SAT, GRE, GMAT...
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From the Chronicle of Higher Education ... Princeton University has launched the University Channel, an online repository of video footage of academic lectures. The service serves as a central...
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From CNET ... A survey conducted by staffing firm Robert Half Technology paints a rosier picture for IT professionals than has been offered by the company for three years. Results of the survey, which...
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Via Distance Educator and the Education Resources Information Center, this story on enhancing face to face courses with streaming media. Since 1999, and as part of an Ameritech grant, the author has...
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From TechLearning, new techniques in tutoring and teaching. So, you thought the rigidity of methods and limited alternatives of tutoring were fixed by the ancient techniques of the 20th century? Well,...
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Educating hackers in Spain. At the BBC. The University of La Salle in Barcelona has begun a program to raise awareness of computer hacking and to teach teens how to protect themselves. Sponsored by...
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From ZDNet ... At this year's Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest, the University of Illinois's tie for 17th place was the best result for any U.S....
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From Technology Review, this story on education for technology leaders. The certainty of lightning-quick change is one of the few things CIOs can count on in the enterprise today. For most corporate...
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From TMCnet.com, this story on New Jersey Institute of Technology. NJIT has just launched a customized e-learning program for pharmaceutical workers and is deepening counter-terrorism education for...
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Nice post over at Weblog-Ed about wikis in online learning. Here's a pretty interesting article about using wikis as a learning tool. I like the icebreaker exercise that the authors use to get...
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From Information Week ... Congratulations to the Internet, which, believe it or not, turned 35 years old this September. There's no denying that this invention, which started in a lab with the...
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From CIO ... CIOs say they need employees with business skills to build IT departments that can compete with outsourcers. Yet schools aren't providing this talent. Now, with enrollment in IT...
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From the USA Today, this story about the drop in student pursuing computer science degrees. Luckily, when there is a drop like this, there should be an eventual demand for people with the skills...
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This from the LA Times ... There used to be waiting lists for Rick Ord's classes as students packed 200-seat auditoriums to scribble down bits of code once thought to unlock a life of riches and...
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Women Undergraduate Enrollment in Computer Science Programs Far fewer women than men enroll in Computer Science Programs, and according to some studies for every three men that enroll, only one woman...
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Here are a few links to various programs, courses and degrees offered online in Computer Information Systems and Information Technology. American College of Computer and Information Sciences has...
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The Creative ClassShe blinded me with computer science ... In his book The Rise of the Creative Class, one of the groups Richard Florida writes about is the well educated hip, young, tech savvy...
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According to studies and news items over the last few years, many women have been shying away from the prospect of a career in what is perceived as a male-dominated field and Information Technology....
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