Online Education News Archive
01-Dec-2006
Horizon Wimba Closes a $10 Million Equity Financing Led by Tudor Ventures (SYS-CON Media)
Horizon Wimba, the leading provider of collaborative software to the online education market, announced today that it has closed a $10 million equity financing. The financing was led by Tudor Ventures, the private equity arm of Tudor Investment Corporation, with the participation of existing investors, including The Argentum Group, First Analysis Corporation, and Gefinor Ventures. Horizon Wimba Teachers attend online classes (Computing.co.uk)
Dave Friedlos, Computing , Wednesday 29 November 2006 at 00:00:00 online education to combat shortage of maths and science teachers Canterbury Christ Church University and Hibernia College will be the first education institutions in the UK to deliver a fully online teacher training programme.... > Read the full article Study Up On Homeowner Associations (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Do homeowner associations protect property rights or usurp them? Well, actually, they do both. Highland promotes online class offerings (Freeport Journal)
FREEPORT - Want to learn the basics of a computer spreadsheet program? Or study meteorology? Can't get away to a classroom? Educational opportunities may be only a mouse-click away at Highland Community College, where online classes have been offered since 2000, according to college officials. SkillSoft 3Q Profit Jumps 25 Percent (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
SkillSoft PLC said Tuesday its third-quarter profit climbed 25 percent, prompting the online education and training software maker to raise its full-year guidance Center Seeks To Overturn E-Learning Patent (InformationWeek)
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been asked to re-examine its grant of Blackboard's 44 claims in the patent. SkillSoft Climbs on 3Q, Outlook (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of SkillSoft plc rose in Tuesday afternoon trading, after the online education and training software maker posted third-quarter results that beat analyst expectations and lifted its full-year outlook.
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