Syllabus News for August 12, 2003
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News for Tuesday, August 12, 2003
* Winners of 2003 Adobe Design Awards Named
* RedVector, John Wiley, Form Partnership for Online Courses
* SCT and Blackboard to Offer Enterprise Integration of Products
* Netscape, Powered, Inc. to Launch New Online Education Service
* Chinese University Signs Wearable Computing R&D Pact
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Winners of 2003 Adobe Design Awards Named
Nearly 1,000 college students from the U.S., U.K., and
Canada competed in the third annual Adobe Design Achievement
Awards, which recognizes students skilled in graphic design,
illustration, digital film and computer art. Using the latest
Adobe products, the students competed in seven categories
from print and photography, to digital media.
In a ceremony last week at the Art Institute of Chicago,
students were recognized for their achievements.
In the time-based media category, the winners were:
· First place: Philippe Vendrolini from California College
of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco
· Second place Toby Kaufmann-Buhler from Royal College of
Art, London
· Third place Danielle Aubert from Yale University,
New Haven, Conn.
In the illustration category, the winners were:
· First place Yasushi Umibe from Academy of Art College,
San Francisco
· Second place Heesun Shin from the School of Visual Arts,
New York
· Third place J'eng-kwon Gye from Pratt Institute,
Brooklyn, NY
In the photography category, the winners were:
· First place Anthony Guagliano from Art Center College of
Design, Pasadena, Calif.
· Second place Melissa Fatto from Parsons School of Design,
Toronto
· Third place Kimberlee Whaley from Minneapolis College of
Art and Design, Minneapolis
In the print category, the winners were:
· First place Danielle Aubert from Yale University
· Second place Alexander Shoukas from Art Center College of Design
· Third place Hirotomi Suzuki from Academy of Art College
In the group print media category, the winners were:
· First place Jae-Hyouk Sung and Matthew Normand from California
Institute of the Arts, Valencia, Calif.
· Second place Andrew Bennet and Raffi Simonian from California
Institute of the Arts
· Third place Elizabeth Buchta and Alisa Benfey from California
Institute of the Arts
First place winners received $5,000, a trip to Chicago to attend the
awards ceremony, a tour of top design studios in the Chicago area, and
a selection of Adobe products.
The winning entries can be viewed at www.adobe.com/education/winners/.
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RedVector, John Wiley, Form Partnership for Online Courses
RedVector.com and publishing giant John Wiley & Sons, Inc. have
formed a partnership under which a number of Wiley's architectural
and engineering titles online for education and training. The alliance
allows RedVector.com to expand its online course library with
courses developed from Wiley's reservoir of technical and professional
content. Wiley is a publisher serving professionals, educators,
students, lifelong learners, and scientists. RedVector.com is a
developer of online education for professionals in the engineering,
architectural, construction, land surveying, interior design, building
inspection and landscape architecture industries.
SCT and Blackboard to Offer Enterprise Integration of Products
Blackboard Inc. and SCT announced an agreement to deliver enterprise
integration between the Blackboard Learning System and SCT's student
information and portal system products. Blackboard Inc. will join the
SCT Partner Program and forthcoming developer network, expanding the
array of offerings that build on the solid foundation of SCT solutions.
Prior to the relationship, a number of colleges and universities have
integrated their Blackboard and SCT e-Education systems. Blackboard
and SCT will now be able to offer thousands of higher education
institutions enterprise integration between the Blackboard Learning
System and SCT's student information systems using the SCT Luminis(TM)
Data Integration Suite. Blackboard will also integrate the Blackboard
Learning System with the SCT Luminis Platform III, which provides
institutions with enterprise portal, communication and collaboration
capabilities.
SCT, Blackboard Combine on e-Education Products
Using SCT's Luminis Software Development Kit (SDK) and Blackboard
Building Blocks architecture, the companies are building interfaces
between their respective products to create a seamless e-Education
environment that spans administrative, teaching and learning functions.
Such interoperability will help improve information management processes
across colleges and universities, as it will provide event-driven data
integration and authentication integration.
Netscape to Offer Online Courses in Multiple Subjects
AOL subsidiary Netscape and Powered Inc., a provider of interactive
marketing solutions, said they would collaboration to create the Netscape
Learning Center, an online resource for consumers that will offer for-pay
courses on a variety of subjects.
For a nominal fee, consumers can enroll
in in-depth, instructor-led virtual courses on a variety of topics of
interest to them. Course subjects will complement the content available
to consumers at Netscape.com, providing them with a deeper understanding
of topics such as Money & Business, Relationships and Entertainment. In
addition, the Netscape Learning Center will also offer advice on merchandise
related to those courses. For example, one of the initial courses, Great
Home Videos: Shoot and Edit like a Pro, will not only educate consumers
on taking memorable home videos, but also better equip them to make
informed purchase decisions on video equipment.
For more information visit: http://learningcenter.netscape.com
Netscape, Powered, Inc. to Launch New Online Education Service
Chongqing University of China and Xybernaut Corp. last week
announced a research and development agreement whereby both
will jointly perform R&D in network integrated head mount display
(HMD) technologies and ubiquitous applications using wearable computers.
Under the agreement, the companies will develop wearable computer circuitry;
heat dissipation techniques and technologies; integrated HMD technologies;
voice, video capture and transmission technologies; and ubiquitous computing
applications. The research will concentrate on strategies, methodologies and
intellectual property related to using wearable computing in the workplace
in order to achieve benefits such as increased productivity/efficiency,
quality improvements for data gathering and dissemination, knowledge
management and human safety.
For more information visit: www.cqu.edu.cn/english/
