Distance Learning

HealthBiz blogger Carly Harrington reports that Claiborne County Hospital and Nursing home in Tazewell, Tenn. has received a federal grant to implement a distance learning program.  

NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2008 -- SEMPO Institute, the online distance learning division of SEMPO, , http://www.sempo.org/, today announced it has enrolled its 1,000th student, a milestone achievement for the training program which launched in January, 2007.  

$245,304 Distance Learning and Telemedicine grant to expand interactive distance learning educational opportunities for residents of Gulf and Franklin counties.  

CAIRO — As Frank Hines walked into his poetry class at Cairo-Durham High School Friday, his instructor, Dr. Deb Herodes, greeted him. “You’re a little late,” she said. Hines replied that he was finishing a soccer game the period before.  

NOOSE WAS further tightened around former vice-chancellor of CS Azad University for Agriculture and Technology Dr BK Singh with the university lodging an FIR against him for alleged irregularities in a distance education programme he had introduced.  

ROGERS -- Adult education courses in English as a second language and GED preparation will soon be available via distance learning.  

ROGERS — The Adult Education program at Northwest Arkansas Community College is one of 12 across the state selected to participate in a pilot project to deliver instruction through distance education. (Benton County Daily Record)  

GEORGE TOWN: Wawasan Open University (WOU) has stepped up its recruitment drive to rope in more professionals from multinational corporations in the northern region to study in its distance learning programmes.  

A federal grant will help Roane State Community College expand their distance education programs.  

Class work and tests might be more interesting given the right scenery. Learning geography in Italy or doing homework at the beach are only a few of the possibilities for students taking advantage of Minnesota State's study abroad programs. Studying abroad may seem like a lot to take in at...  

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings yesterday sought to reinvigorate support for the No Child Left Behind law even as the two major-party presidential candidates have distanced themselves from it. She contended that the law has helped improve public education and should be strengthened.  

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings today sought to reinvigorate support for the No Child Left Behind law even as the two major-party presidential candidates have distanced themselves from it. She contended the law has helped improve public education and should be strengthened.  

Texas Tech's campus at Fredericksburg received a $281,500 grant to purchase telecommunications equipment for the new Hill Country University Center. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program administered by the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development program...  

The White Oak Independent School District has been chosen for a Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant from the United State Department of Agriculture-Rural Development office.  

Students at Dover High were scheduled to participate in a distance learning Chinese lesson this morning at Metro High in Columbus with students there to prepare for the growing global market.