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192 - Army Launches e-Learning Portal with Contract to PricewaterhouseCoopers; Book Publishers Profits Soar in 2000 - Print Is Good in e-World
December 15, 2000
1. Army Launches e-Learning Portal with Contract to PricewaterhouseCoopers:
Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera announced today the Army has awarded a
453 million contract to PricewaterhouseCoopers to provide distance
education for an estimated 80,000 soldiers over the next five years,
equipping them as students with the latest technologies and quality online-learning
experiences.
Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, the chairman of the congressional Web-based
Education Commission, James J. Schiro, the chief executive officer of
PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. John
M.Keane joined Secretary Caldera for the announcement of this historic
online web portal, scheduled to open in mid-January 2001 at three Army
posts in Georgia, Kentucky and Texas. The contract unites a group of more than a
dozen technology providers and an initial set of 29 accredited higher
education partners to create a customized, complete online university:
Army University Access Online.
Details are located at:
http://www.dtic.mil/armylink/news/Dec2000/a20001214earmyu1200.html
2. Book Publishers Profits Soar in 2000 - Print Is Good in e-World: MSNBC
Reports This Trend - "For all the talk about e-publishing this year, the
real story is in print: two of the biggest publishers in the United States,
HarperCollins and St. Martin's Press, had their best run in years. Revenues
were up, operating costs were down and each saw a growing number of titles
hit the bestseller lists.
After tough times that resulted in the massive firings and book
cancellations of 1996, HarperCollins, the No. 3 publisher in the U.S., has
been in an upswing for the past couple of years. Jane Friedman, president
and chief executive officer of HarperCollins, calling in from a sales
conference in Florida, was hard-pressed to attribute the success to just
one factor . "We've had a very solid year across the board," she said. For
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, the publisher showed an 85 percent
increase in operating income, to $89 million, on revenues of just over $1 billion.
St. Martin's Press, a unit of privately held Holtzbrinck, won't release the
details of its financial performance, but Sally Richardson, the house's
president and publisher, would say that revenues at the publisher were up
70 percent from four years ago. At the same time, it is St. Martin's
reputation that has experienced the greatest improvement in that period."
3. e-Voting Quote from October 30th: Just for the record, here is the
section of TechLearn TRENDS that we published on October 30, 2000 about
e-voting. Hmmm!
Last year, I got into trouble with this suggestion, when I urged a movement
towards on-line voting. However, I will push the point again. As the U.S. readers
of TRENDS approach the upcoming elections, it would be a very powerful shift to
allow well secured and verified on-line voting option for citizens. I believe that we would
increase the size of the voting population and would start to see more
content made available for voters
4. e-Learning Briefing for Seattle: We are proud to offer our 2 day
in-depth seminar, taught by Elliott Masie, the e-Learning Briefing, in
Seattle, Washington on January 22 and 23, 2001. Limited space available!
On-line registration and information at www.masie.com
Other MASIE Center Services:
Learning Decisions Interactive Newsletter: Monthly Research on e-Learning
- 11 Issues for $195 www.learningdecisions.com
Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera announced today the Army has awarded a
453 million contract to PricewaterhouseCoopers to provide distance
education for an estimated 80,000 soldiers over the next five years,
equipping them as students with the latest technologies and quality online-learning
experiences.
Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, the chairman of the congressional Web-based
Education Commission, James J. Schiro, the chief executive officer of
PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. John
M.Keane joined Secretary Caldera for the announcement of this historic
online web portal, scheduled to open in mid-January 2001 at three Army
posts in Georgia, Kentucky and Texas. The contract unites a group of more than a
dozen technology providers and an initial set of 29 accredited higher
education partners to create a customized, complete online university:
Army University Access Online.
Details are located at:
http://www.dtic.mil/armylink/news/Dec2000/a20001214earmyu1200.html
2. Book Publishers Profits Soar in 2000 - Print Is Good in e-World: MSNBC
Reports This Trend - "For all the talk about e-publishing this year, the
real story is in print: two of the biggest publishers in the United States,
HarperCollins and St. Martin's Press, had their best run in years. Revenues
were up, operating costs were down and each saw a growing number of titles
hit the bestseller lists.
After tough times that resulted in the massive firings and book
cancellations of 1996, HarperCollins, the No. 3 publisher in the U.S., has
been in an upswing for the past couple of years. Jane Friedman, president
and chief executive officer of HarperCollins, calling in from a sales
conference in Florida, was hard-pressed to attribute the success to just
one factor . "We've had a very solid year across the board," she said. For
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, the publisher showed an 85 percent
increase in operating income, to $89 million, on revenues of just over $1 billion.
St. Martin's Press, a unit of privately held Holtzbrinck, won't release the
details of its financial performance, but Sally Richardson, the house's
president and publisher, would say that revenues at the publisher were up
70 percent from four years ago. At the same time, it is St. Martin's
reputation that has experienced the greatest improvement in that period."
3. e-Voting Quote from October 30th: Just for the record, here is the
section of TechLearn TRENDS that we published on October 30, 2000 about
e-voting. Hmmm!
Last year, I got into trouble with this suggestion, when I urged a movement
towards on-line voting. However, I will push the point again. As the U.S. readers
of TRENDS approach the upcoming elections, it would be a very powerful shift to
allow well secured and verified on-line voting option for citizens. I believe that we would
increase the size of the voting population and would start to see more
content made available for voters
4. e-Learning Briefing for Seattle: We are proud to offer our 2 day
in-depth seminar, taught by Elliott Masie, the e-Learning Briefing, in
Seattle, Washington on January 22 and 23, 2001. Limited space available!
On-line registration and information at www.masie.com
Other MASIE Center Services:
Learning Decisions Interactive Newsletter: Monthly Research on e-Learning
- 11 Issues for $195 www.learningdecisions.com
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