- Education representatives from South Africa, Egypt, Mexico, and the United States
are poised to discuss the role of technology in international education during
International Education week, which runs from Nov 17th-21st. The lead-off event
will be a videoconference conversation that will focus on the importance of learning
about other countries and other cultures, and the positive role technology can play
in international education. This virtual meeting will be Webcast and archived in its
entirety - http://info.101com.com/default.asp?id=3772

- UMassOnline, the University of Massachusetts's Web-based learning division,
announced that online education program revenues and enrollments grew 40%
and 33%, respectively, in 2003. Revenues from the combined online programs at
the university exceeded $11 million, up from $7.8 million in 2002, while enrollments
reached 13,375, up from 10,039 in 2002. More than 90% of the revenues are
retained by the UMass campuses to support education and research programs.
" Distance learning is critical to the future of UMass and all of higher education,"
UMass interim President Jack M. Wilson said. "Without it, we cannot adequately
serve students who live far from our campuses or whose work and family lives
make traditional higher education an unattainable goal" -
http://info.101com.com/default.asp?id=3725

- To help students learn English any time and anywhere, Fudan University, one
of the top universities in China, has formed a partnership with Asia Broadband
Inc subsidiary Shanghai Telecom to launch the Fudan New English program.
The program consists of 750 hours of interactive and multimedia self-learning
online courseware, 64 units of intensive online teaching video lectures, an
e-magazine, and interactive classrooms. Students also have the opportunity to
opt for the blended learning approach combining the benefits of online multimedia
English training together with the more traditional classroom training methods - http://info.101com.com/default.asp?id=3768