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Research & Development

Faculty Development: An Analysis of Current and Effective Training Strategies for Preparing Faculty to Teach Online

Abstract This study identifies how higher education institutions are preparing their faculty to teach online using a qualitative methodology. Six… More »

Open Access and Interventionism

After soliciting publishers and higher education groups last fall to comment on the government’s proper role in regulating the availability… More »

Understanding the Implications of Online Learning for Educational Productivity

This report provides foundational knowledge needed to examine and understand the potential contributions of online learning to educational productivity, including… More »

Big Data’s Arrival

New students are more likely to drop out of online colleges if they take full courseloads than if they enroll… More »

Video: Stanford University Research — Tweenage girls and multitasking

The researchers asked 3,461 girls, ages 8 to 12, about their electronic diversions and their social and emotional lives. Stanford… More »

An Open Educational Resource Supports a Diversity of Inquiry-Based Learning

Abstract There have been numerous calls for research that demonstrates how open education resources (OERs) are actually being used. This… More »

Talking back to theory: the missed opportunities in learning technology research

Abstract Research into learning technology has developed a reputation for being driven by rhetoric about the revolutionary nature of new… More »

Is the Second Time the Charm? Investigating Trends in Online Re-enrollment, Retention and Success

Abstract Online education is becoming an increasingly important component of higher education. The Sloan Foundation 2010 Survey of Online Learning… More »

Some Associations, Scholars Protest Bill That Would Curb Public Access to Research

Opposition to the Research Works Act continues to spread. In a statement posted today on its Web site, the Modern… More »

Distance Education in the United States, Past, Present, Future

Through a generous offer of Mr. Lawrence Lipsitz publisher and editor of Educational Technology Magazine, subscribers to Distance-Educator.com e-Newsletter can… More »

News

Engaging and Informing Military Educators

Linda Frank is the director of Veteran and Military Education at Empire State College, where she manages military and veterans’… More »

The State of Mobile in Libraries 2012

As patrons embrace mobile devices, libraries need to provide new services. Here’s a look at the state of mobile library… More »

Army, Navy and National Guard first to venture onto Pinterest

Several U.S. military agencies have taken the first leaps to establish a presence on the rapidly-growing Pinterest social media website—but… More »

Open Source Apps, With a Vendor Assist

Built on an open source framework, SunGard’s Mobile Connection allows clients to develop cross-platform apps cheaply and quicklyCampus TechnologyFull Article

The Sloan Consortium Announces New Leadership Team

NEWBURYPORT, Mass.(Feb. 7, 2012)— The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of individuals, institutions and organizations of higher education engaged in… More »

Quality Matters’ 4th Annual Conference on Quality Assurance in Online Learning

3 to 6 October 2012 Tuscon, United States The theme of this year’s conference is “Where Design and Content Converge”… More »

Students go at own pace at school without boundaries

Los Angeles (CNN) – After spending 20 years in a midlevel job at a Southern California credit union, Dawn Moore… More »

Panel Ponders Future of Open-Education Resources

Washington – Open-education efforts like the free lecture materials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and producing free online textbooks… More »

Temple U. Project Ditches Textbooks for Homemade Digital Alternatives

When students groan about buying traditional textbooks, their grievances follow a familiar refrain: They’re expensive and usually boring. So this… More »

Harvard Business Publishing joins IU eTexts initiative

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University announced today, Feb. 8, an agreement with Harvard Business Publishing to deliver eTexts for students… More »