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Apr 25
Education and technology entrepreneur, astronaut, chemical engineer, Chicago, Eric Jolly, Illinois, Mae Jemison, Minneapolis Foundation, Minnesota, Minnesota Private Colleges Research Foundation, Minnesota Science Museum, Moderator Eric Jolly, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, national leader, President, President and CEO, real-world applications, Sandra Vargas, Scientist, Stanford, teacher, technology development, United States, Zone leader
Former NASA astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison said Minnesota needs to develop a “science literate society” to ensure its economic competitiveness in the future at The Minneapolis Foundation’s Minnesota Meeting on Wednesday, April 22. She said all students have “a world filled with ideas and possibilities before them” if they receive a balanced education that includes [...]
Feb 14
Education, Online Education access services, Budgets & Fees
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Higher Education Interlibrary Loan Management Benchmarks” report to their offering.
This special report examines closely the management and productivity practices of more than 85 academic libraries in the United States and Canada; the data focuses particularly on productivity and staff measurement and the impact of new technologies.
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Jan 21
Education, Finance Education, School 3G, 3G network, advertising sales leadership, America, AT&T Foundation, AT&T Global Services Canada, AT&T Inc., business communications services, Canada, communications equipment, Fortune, Heather Rumball, James Town, Manulife Financial, Manulife Financial Corporation, Ontario, speed Internet access, Steven Taylor, Toronto, Toronto Public Library, Toronto Public Library Foundation, United States, voice services, wireless coverage, Wyoming
AT&T Inc. announced a contribution of $10,000 to the Toronto Public Library’s Leading to Reading program. The donation will allow for the literacy program to continue during the summer months at the St. James Town location — a high priority neighbourhood in Toronto that is a priority focus for the Toronto Public Library.
Literacy is a [...]
Dec 25
Education A+ Child Development (Canada) Ltd, A+ Child Development Ltd., Bankruptcy, Calgary, Canada, China, Edmonton, interactive advertising, Internet-based English Language Learning portal, Lingo Learning Inc., Lingo Media Corporation, Lingo Media's Speak2Me Inc., media, Michael Kraft, National Support Centre, online advertising, online and print-based education product, online service, Ontario, print-based publisher, Reorganization, social-network infrastructure, Speak2Me Inc., speech recognition, speech recognition technology, Toronto, Vancouver
A+ Child Development (Canada) Ltd (“A+”), a 70.33% subsidiary of Lingo Media Corporation (“Lingo Media”), is restructuring its operations and has filed a Notice of Intention to Make a Proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
Michael Kraft, President & CEO of Lingo Media said, “After an extensive strategic evaluation, A+ made the tough decision to [...]
Dec 12
Training Programs Asia, Boston, business insurance, Canada, Catherine Dove, ClearCert, employer-sponsored group, financial products, financial protection products, financial services, Inc., insurance, insurance clients, insurance market, John Hancock Financial, John Hancock Financial Services, John Hancock Life Insurance Company, life insurance, LIMRA International, long-term care insurance, LTC, LTC Co., Ltd., Manulife Financial Corporation, Massachusetts, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Partnership, United States, validation services, wealth management services
John Hancock Life Insurance Company (John Hancock) is reinforcing its commitment to helping producers meet new long-term care insurance (LTCI) training requirements through an affiliation with the ClearCert Clearinghouse. John Hancock began validating courses through ClearCert earlier in the year and effective January 1, 2009 will only accept training courses approved through the clearinghouse.
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Dec 04
Online Education Alliance, Arizona, automotive technology, Canada, Citizens Communications Company, distance learning, Frontier Communications Corporation, healthcare, high-speed Internet, Internet service, Internet services, Melinda White, Montreal, online schools, Penn Foster Career School, Penn Foster College, Penn Foster High School, Penn Foster Inc., Pennsylvania, protection services, Québec, rural local communications, S&P 500, Satellite TV, Scottsdale, Scranton, Tom O'Keefe, United States, wireless broadband, wireless network set-up
Frontier Communications Corporation, the nation’s second largest rural local communications company, announced a marketing partnership with Penn Foster, Inc., a global leader in distance education. The parties’ collaborative arrangement offers Penn Foster students and alumni throughout the U.S. discounted pricing on Frontier’s innovative Peace of Mind services. Peace of Mind includes automatic hard drive [...]
Dec 04
Education, Online Education A+ Child Development Ltd., advertising-based portal, Beijing, Calgary, Canada, China, Edmonton, educational materials, English language learning products, Internet-based English Language Learning portal, Lingo Media Corporation, Lingo Media Learning Inc., Lingo Media's Speak2Me Inc., media, Message Center, Michael Kraft, online advertising, online and print-based education product, online service, Ontario, print-based publisher, smart car, social networking, social networking features, social networking tools, social-network infrastructure, Speak2Me Inc., speech recognition technology, Toronto, Using speech recognition, Using speech recognition technology, Vancouver
Lingo Media Corporation, a leader in online and print-based English language learning products, is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Speak2Me Inc. (“Speak2Me”), a state-of-the-art online English language learning service has achieved another significant milestone by launching version 1.0 website through www.speak2me.cn and has opened the site to the public in China.
The launch of [...]
Dec 02
Education, Online Education, Training Programs Canada, digital workflow solution, education technology solution, Educational Computing Organization of Ontario, inter-related services, iParadigms LLC, online training, Ontario, Peer Review
The new Turnitin WriteCycle(TM) suite, a 100-percent digital workflow solution aimed at improving student writing by improving the feedback process, is the winner of the “Best Education Solution” award given by The Educational Computing Organization of Ontario (ECOO) at its annual conference held Nov. 13-14 in Ontario, Canada.
The award recognizes WriteCycle as the best overall [...]
Dec 01
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FranchiSeek International, a global franchise resource media network, publisher and consulting firm headquartered in the UK and India has just expanded its exposure for training products offered by Arizona-based Guerrilla Marketing Strategies, Inc. The international franchise support organization at first planned only to test Guerrilla Marketing Strategies in India and then consider a worldwide roll-out, [...]
Nov 27
Training Programs B.C.'s Industry Training Authority, British Columbia, Canada, Industry Training Authority, industry training systems, Office of the Auditor General
B.C.’s Industry Training Authority (ITA) is encouraged that, in the audit report released by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG), the auditors recognize and commend the ITA for its continuing efforts in the critical leadership areas of communication and collaboration. Implementing change to develop an industry-driven trades training system requires effective communication and [...]
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