La oferta académica 'virtual' en universidades nacionales argentinas y su expansión territorial : Un estudio de casos de 'campos virtuales'

Desde fines de la década de 1990 en Argentina las universidades comienzan a incorporar las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación no sólo para la gestión administrativa de sus actividades, sino también para brindar propuestas educativas "virtuales". El artículo describe la actual oferta académica "virtual" e indaga las implicancias que tiene dicha oferta en relación a su alcance en el territorio nacional. Se presenta la oferta virtual generada desde los rectorados de la totalidad de universidades nacionales según sea de pregrado, grado, posgrado o extensión al año 2008. Se estudian en particular los casos de las universidades del Litoral, del Nordeste y de Tres de Febrero. Asimismo, se indaga el caso de la Universidad de Quilmes por ser la primera universidad que desarrolla formación virtual en el país.

La oferta académica 'virtual' en universidades nacionales argentinas y su expansión territorial : Un estudio de casos de 'campos virtuales'

Desde fines de la década de 1990 en Argentina las universidades comienzan a incorporar las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación no sólo para la gestión administrativa de sus actividades, sino también para brindar propuestas educativas "virtuales". El artículo describe la actual oferta académica "virtual" e indaga las implicancias que tiene dicha oferta en relación a su alcance en el territorio nacional. Se presenta la oferta virtual generada desde los rectorados de la totalidad de universidades nacionales según sea de pregrado, grado, posgrado o extensión al año 2008. Se estudian en particular los casos de las universidades del Litoral, del Nordeste y de Tres de Febrero. Asimismo, se indaga el caso de la Universidad de Quilmes por ser la primera universidad que desarrolla formación virtual en el país.

La oferta académica 'virtual' en universidades nacionales argentinas y su expansión territorial : Un estudio de casos de 'campos virtuales'

Desde fines de la década de 1990 en Argentina las universidades comienzan a incorporar las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación no sólo para la gestión administrativa de sus actividades, sino también para brindar propuestas educativas "virtuales". El artículo describe la actual oferta académica "virtual" e indaga las implicancias que tiene dicha oferta en relación a su alcance en el territorio nacional. Se presenta la oferta virtual generada desde los rectorados de la totalidad de universidades nacionales según sea de pregrado, grado, posgrado o extensión al año 2008. Se estudian en particular los casos de las universidades del Litoral, del Nordeste y de Tres de Febrero. Asimismo, se indaga el caso de la Universidad de Quilmes por ser la primera universidad que desarrolla formación virtual en el país.

Commentary : Biomaterials offer cancer research the third dimension

In a mini review from 2002, Tyler Jacks and Robert Weinberg commented on the pioneering three-dimensional (3D) culture work from Bissell laboratories and concluded: “Suddenly the study of cancer cells in two dimensions seems quaint if not archaic.” The relevance of this statement for planning and executing mechanistic biological studies and advanced drug testing has been largely disregarded by both academic researchers and the pharmaceutical and biomedical industry in the twenty-first century.

Enhancing pathways for ACE learners : Building the capacity of Adult and Community Education (ACE) providers to offer non-accredited courses and VET modules with pathways into VET programs.

This report presents findings from a project that considered a) the current capacity of Adult and Community Education (ACE) providers to offer non-accredited courses and single modules of accredited learning that provide pathways into full scale accredited VET programs, and b) the factors that aid and inhibit this from occurring. Based on the findings, suggestions are made as to what needs to be done to extend this capacity and thereby to achieve the goals outlined in the 2008 Ministerial Declaration on Adult Community Education.

Beware the second offer!

In conveyancing of all types, it is very common that a contract will only be formed after often lengthy negotiations which may involve a counter-offer or multiple counter-offers. At common law, the laws of contract that govern these arrangements are well known and well understood. However, the legislative overlay imposed by the requirements of the Property Agents and Motor Dealers Act 2000 (Qld) (‘PAMDA’) can create difficulties as illustrated by the result in Rice v Ray [2009] QDC 275.

The language of optimism : how entrepreneurs sell the sizzle in business plan offer documents

Existing macro level research on the new venture creation process recognises the entrepreneur as a central agent in the process yet generally avoids, at each stage of the process, an examination of the micro level psychological behaviour of the individual entrepreneur. By integrating two theoretical approaches to entrepreneurship research, the psychology of the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurship process, this paper examines, using content analysis, the language used by new venture founders in documents directly linked to their capital raising activity. The study examined the language of 108 offer documents (information memorandum’s) which were divided between 54 new ventures that were successful in raising capital and 54 new ventures that either did not proceed further or were not successful in raising capital through the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board. Specifically, we were interested in examining the level of optimism evident in these narratives given that entrepreneurs have been previously described in the literature as being excessively optimistic.

Federal Court Rules O23 r 11 - offers of compromise - offer for dismissal of claim and to forego recovery of costs.

In Uniline Australia Ltd ACN 010752057 v S Briggs Pty Ltd ACN 007415518 (No 2) [2009] FCA 920 Greenwood J considered a number of principles guiding the exercise of discretion in relation to costs, particularly when offers of compromise have been made under the formal process provided by the Federal Court Rules.

Offer to settle a taxing question

This article considers the implications of the decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court in Commissioner of Taxation v Clark (No 2). In that case the Court examined the position of the Commissioner of Taxation as a litigant. In particular, the court examined the significance of the commissioner's duty to administer taxation legislation on the court's exercise of discretion relating to costs orders when offers to settle have been made.

UCPR r 360 – offers to settle – joint offer by first and second plaintiffs

The decision in ACN 070 037 599 Pty Ltd v Larvik Pty Ltd (No 2) [2008] QSC 118 involved a consideration of the implications for a plaintiff whose offer to settle under Part 5 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) was made jointly with another plaintiff who abandoned her action before trial. The court found nothing wrong with the making of a joint offer. It concluded the successful plaintiff would be entitled to indemnity costs on the simple test of whether the judgment for that plaintiff was more favourable than the offer.

Offer to settle in an originating application : is it an offer under the UCPR?

Sheryl Jackson looks at the decision of Justice McMeekin in Northbound Property Group Pty Ltd v Carosi (No.2) [2013] QSC 189.

Practice and Procedures - costs - offer to settle by plaintiff under UCPR r360 for amount of claim plus costs

In JLG Industries Inc v Teetree Pty Ltd [2002] QDC 031 the court considered the implications in terms of costs of an offer to settle by the plaintiff under the UCPR where the element of compromise involved only acceptance of the amount of claim without interest.

Rapid-response vaccines - does DNA offer a solution?

In responding to future influenza pandemics and other infectious agents, plasmid DNA overcomes many of the limitations of conventional vaccine production approaches.