The jobs are physically based in Wisconsin but there is a virtual class component as well, which has been used by vets from San Francisco to Pittsburg to New York, Weichert said.

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For online and blended courses, LearnSmart Labs offers the closest thing available to an actual physical laboratory experience, enabling students to put the concepts they have learned in class to the virtual test without requiring access to a brick-and-mortar lab.

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Able to attend virtual educational programs online with world class experts in my disease, with people from around the world.

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But the trouble here is concentration: The virtual classroom may allow you to commute to class from Osaka, but it doesn't mean you'll concentrate when you get there.

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The trust Wyeth set up to settle the class-action claims has ground to a virtual halt as it examines claims for possibly fraudulent medical evidence.

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The program brings students together once a month, supported by a virtual learning platform, and has meant that students in the first class include a VP from the Walt Disney Company, who makes the monthly commute from Los Angeles.

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By making Sphero easily accessible on virtually all development platforms, we hope to inspire a new class of creative game developers and designers to build games that truly merge the physical and virtual worlds.

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