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Technology Stocks : Zi-Corp (ZICA), formerly MCUAF -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ahda who wrote (1846)	12/22/1999 4:48:00 PM
From: Henry Volquardsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2082

just found this article. Gives a better description of the new web site. The second to last paragraph mentions the teacher certification. CALGARY (Dow Jones)--Zi Corp. (ZICA) said its recently acquired Ozlearning subsidiary is launching an education Web site in China that will offer distance education courses. In a news release, the company said Ozlearning has entered into an eight-year agreement with the Continuing Education Institute of the China Central Radio and Television University, or CRTVU, China's principle distance education institution. It said CRTVU plans to offer many of its courses through the new Web site and, over time, diminish the use of the television medium. The company said it is preparing CRTVU courseware for the Web site, localizing the courseware content acquired in November, acquiring third-party courseware and completing a browser-based software administrative system in order to be fully operational by the fall of 2000. Zi Corp. said CRTVU has named Ozlearning as the exclusive administrator of the CRTVU course Web site and granted sole responsibility for converting selected courseware into a digital format with multimedia functionality. It said banner advertising will be run on the CRTVUOz Internet site and, when appropriate, be embedded in specific continuing education courses. Zi Corp. said that, in 1999, there were about 3.3 million students registered with the CRTVU. Initially, Ozlearning will develop management, information technology training and adult English-as-a-second language courseware. Ozlearning intends to examine other course content and develop it for online access where suitable. It said CRTVU also has a mandate to provide teachers from kindergarten to grade 12 with their re-certification courses. Ozlearning will make these re-certification courses available online. Zi Corp. is a software and educational products company. -Judy McKinnon, Dow Jones Newswires; 416-306-2100 1999 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.