On the heels of a record 146 million online test transactions in 2005, Vantage Learning (www.VantageLearning.com), the world’s leading provider of online assessment tools, today announced that transaction volume grew to 193 million test transactions for 2006–63 percent above last year’s volume.
“Vantage Learning continues to be first in quality, reliability, and accuracy of assessment services,” [...]

IMPRESSIONS University — an online learning program designed to meet the continuing education needs of commercial embroiderers, screen printers, promotional products distributors and others in the decorated apparel industry — launches this month.
Developed by IMPRESSIONS and EMB magazines in association with the JER Group Inc., the IMPRESSIONS University catalog offers instructor-led and self-directed online courses [...]

Jane Bishop, MA, Team Leader at HealthMark Multimedia, LLC, has been selected to present “Multiple paths to online assessment for nurses’ continuing education: Complementary Therapies & Cancer Care: online continuing education for nurses” at the upcoming national conference of the Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT®) in Washington, DC, August 23-25.
Nurses’ interactive continuing education required [...]

Northcentral University (NCU) (http://www.ncu.edu/elt_details.asp), among the nation’s top accredited online universities, today announced a graduate level specialization aimed squarely at the fastest growing segment of modern education — online learning. The title of the new online education program specialization is E-Learning and Teaching Online (ELT). Dr. Sue LeBeau, NCU Associate Professor of Education, developed the [...]

eLearners.com, the leading resource for connecting students with online education, announced today it has forged a relationship with BusinessWeek Online to power an online education directory for its users. The directory offers a comprehensive database of information on distance learning opportunities, including online courses, degrees and certificate programs in the information technology and business fields.
The [...]

Gone are the days of needing a bachelor’s degree in education in order to become a teacher.
Trusted Learning is the only online learning center that puts non- technical experts in charge of their own schools, courses and testing. Trusted Learning ( http://www.trustedlearning.com ) gives anyone with a subject to offer an opportunity to open an [...]

Michigan has become the first state in the U.S. to require students to successfully complete an online course or learning experience under new legislation signed into law on April 20, 2006, by Governor Jennifer Granholm. This action was part of a comprehensive legislative package to revamp Michigan’s high school graduation requirements beginning with incoming eighth [...]

The legacy of failed online learning scheme UKeU is preventing collaboration and content sharing in higher education, according to the man in charge of a leading-edge elearning project at the Open University (OU).
The £50m UKeU initiative was launched in 2000 to attract overseas students to study online at UK universities. But the first courses were [...]

The Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE) announced the receipt of a $2.35 million grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to continue the development of the National Repository of Online Courses (NROC).
The National Repository of Online Courses project supports the development and distribution of high-quality online courses to a worldwide audience. Through [...]

University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering DEN Predicts Dramatic Growth in 2006
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 21, 2006–The USC Viterbi School of Engineering, one of the top engineering schools in the U.S., forecasts dramatic growth in students and offerings at online colleges this year. Established in 1972, USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Distance Education Network [...]