NovaNET Delivers Courseware Online

  • 04/01/97

NovaNET Learning, Inc., (NLI), formerly known as University Communications, maintains and supports NovaNET, a computer-based learning system providing online access to almost 10,000 hours of self-paced instruction in more than 150 subject areas.

NovaNET currently serves over 500 sites in the U.S. including middle and high schools, job training programs, colleges and universities, correctional institutions, community organizations and private businesses. In 1996, the service delivered over 2.5 million hours of instruction to subscribers.

Courseware can be delivered as prepackaged offerings with diagnostic and prescriptive testing, or customized. Among the subjects covered are ESL, spelling, science, math, social studies, electronics, engineering, job search skills, consumer economics and music.

NovaNET also links students to an international community of learners via e-mail, bulletin boards and live ìchats.î The service supports a variety of technical configurations, from stand-alone PCs to local and wide-area networks.

NovaNET originated at the University of Illinoisí Computer-based Education Research Laboratory. The universityís Board of Trustees exclusively licensed NLI to operate, develop, maintain and market NovaNET nationwide. NovaNET Learning, Inc., Tucson, AZ, (520) 888-3076, www.nn.com.

Featured

  • cloud icon with a padlock overlay set against a digital background featuring binary code and network nodes

    Cloud Security Auditing Tool Uses AI to Validate Providers' Security Assessments

    The Cloud Security Alliance has unveiled a new artificial intelligence-powered system that automates the validation of cloud service providers' (CSPs) security assessments, aiming to improve transparency and trust across the cloud computing landscape.

  • robot brain with various technology and business icons

    Google Cloud Study: Early Agentic AI Adopters See Better ROI

    Google Cloud has released its second annual ROI of AI study, finding that 52% of enterprise organizations now deploy AI agents in production environments. The comprehensive survey of 3,466 senior leaders across 24 countries highlights the emergence of a distinct group of "agentic AI early adopters" who are achieving measurably higher returns on their AI investments.

  • laptop with a neural network image, surrounded by books, notebooks, a magnifying glass, a pencil cup, and a desk lamp

    D2L Updates Lumi with Personalized Study Supports

    Learning platform D2L has introduced new artificial intelligence features for D2L Lumi that help provide more personalized study supports for students.

  • cloud with binary code and technology imagery

    Hybrid and AI Expansion Outpacing Cloud Security

    A survey from the Cloud Security Alliance and Tenable finds that rapid adoption of hybrid, multi-cloud and AI systems is outpacing the security measures meant to protect them, leaving organizations exposed to preventable breaches and identity-related risks.