CyberU Launches the Premiere Portal for Education Online.Business &E-commerce Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2000 CyberU, Inc. today announced the launch of CyberU.com, the premiere portal for online education. Providing online courses and resources for anyone who wants to learn, this comprehensive site offers an easy way to locate and register for courses ranging from computer programming to finance to parenting. Comprehensive and Objective CyberU provides users with a single destination for life-long learning, a requirement in a society where knowledge equates to success for individuals and corporations alike. CyberU aggregates credit and non-credit online courses and resources from universities and institutions worldwide. &uot;Education has not kept pace with the rapid advances in technology and global communications. Access to education remains limited because of the cost, time and geographic constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference. ["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. that have been associated with education for decades,&uot; said CyberU's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Adam Miller Adam Wain Miller (born November 26, 1984, in Plano, Texas), is a right handed pitcher who is currently a top prospect in the Cleveland Indians organization. He started the 2006 season as a starting pitcher with the Double A Akron Aeros. . &uot;CyberU was conceived to help break down the barriers to education-to provide a single point of entry for us to keep learning and growing throughout our lives.&uot; Efficient and Effective CyberU.com combines the cost-effectiveness of online learning with the efficiency of a dedicated portal. While the search for &uot;education&uot; on a horizontal portal such as Lycos (Nasdaq: LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) A technology used to make microdisplays for rear-projection TVs and head-mounted displays (HMDs). Each LCoS chip hosts a grayscale LCD shutter sandwiched between a cover glass and a mirror. ) or Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ) will result in millions of search results, CyberU organizes the wealth of educational resources on the Web. Individuals will be able to search for particular courses or browse the course offerings of each CyberU department. Courses and resources can be quickly compared and sorted by institution, instructor, price, type or rating. As the number of courses offered online continues to grow exponentially ex·po·nen·tial adj. 1. Of or relating to an exponent. 2. Mathematics a. Containing, involving, or expressed as an exponent. b. , the value of an objective aggregator such as CyberU grows. The benefits of online education, allowing for the delivery of high-quality courses and seminars anytime, anywhere and allowing students to study at their convenience has prompted an explosion in online education. Research firm IDC predicts 85% of all U.S. colleges and universities will have online course offerings by 2002. CyberU provides a convenient and flexible method of acquiring knowledge online. To make online education even easier, the site has incorporated a number of user friendly tools, including an intuitive interface that increasingly recognizes user preferences and interests the more an individual uses CyberU.com. Supporting Education Consistent with its mission to improve access to education on a global basis, CyberU is developing an online &uot;educators&uot; area which will provide teachers and administrators with commercial-quality resources to support education in classrooms and lecture halls lecture hall n → sala de conferencias; (UNIV) → aula lecture hall lecture n → amphithéâtre m . In addition, CyberU's Educational Development Council, comprised of respected educators nationwide, supports the Company's product development efforts. Operating as a &uot;meta-campus,&uot; CyberU also provides its users with access to typical campus-related services. CyberU will have a campus store, career planning center, travel center and tutorial An instructional book or program that takes the user through a prescribed sequence of steps in order to learn a product. Contrast with documentation, which, although instructional, tends to group features and functions by category. See tutorials in this publication. center. In addition, in much the same way traditional campuses offer students a place to share ideas and discuss similar interests with classmates Classmates can refer to either:
To increase distribution, CyberU has developed an affiliate program similar to those founded by Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN AMZN Amazon.com (NASDAQ symbol) ), whereby niche online sites covering particular topics can immediately link their users to relevant courses. For example, a cooking site may wish to link to cooking classes while a music site could provide users with direct links to a comparison chart of music appreciation courses. About CyberU CyberU, Inc. is driven to improve global access to education. The Company's site, www.cyberu.com, provides users with access to online courses and resources offered by universities and educational institutions worldwide. The Company aggregates credit and non-credit resources for career development, self development and continuing professional education. CyberU is based in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . |
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