These prestigious International Awards are presented annually to organizations and individuals engaged in the development and delivery of distance learning programs.

"As a premier organization for the entire distance learning profession, we enjoy honoring some of the leaders in the industry," says Dr. John G. Flores, CEO of USDLA. "Each year, these winners raise the bar and exceed best practice expectations for the industry as a whole and we are truly honored by their contributions to the distance learning industry."

Congressman Eyes Simulation
U.S. Congressman J. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) has offered a defense policy bill amendment to require that the Secretary of Defense conduct a study assessing the potential use of modeling and simulation to strengthen cybersecurity within the Department of Defense...

Teachers Digging Deep
According to the OfficeMax "National Teaching Realities Survey" conducted by Kelton Research in April, 97% of teachers frequently dip into their own pockets to purchase necessary supplies...

Deals

FEMA Awards Contract
eGlobalTech has been awarded a prime contract to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with management and Information Technology (IT) consulting services...

RCWD, Lawson Agree
Rancho California Water District (RCWD) has successfully completed the district-wide deployment of a multi-suite enterprise software system from Lawson Software...

TOOLS: Sim for Aviators
HotSeat Chassis Inc., the maker of affordable surround sound simulation platforms, has released the Emulation Pilot Pro 6.0 Surround View Flight Simulator...

WEB 2.0: Curriculum for Kindy-Kids
Innovative Learning Concepts Inc., creator of TouchMath, has released a new kindergarten curriculum designed to provide kindergarten students with a high-quality, challenging, and accessible math program...

Your New Government Elearning! E-zine as Arrived

Eighty-nine percent of the U.S. population was equipped with a mobile phone.Of these, about 45 percent are capable of Web browsing and of those, 25 percent are Web-enabled -limited mostly by the additional cost of the Web package. But the number of Web enabled mobiles is rising as "smart" phones require Web service subscriptions.