Distance-Educator.com's Daily News http://distance-educator.com/dnews/ Daily News by Farhad Saba, CEO, Distance-Educator.com en-us Distance-Educator.com's Daily News http://distance-educator.com/dnews/images/logo.gif http://distance-educator.com/dnews/ 144 45 Online courses and how they change the nature of class http://distance-educator.com/dnews/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16247 Read the Full Article Evaluation of E-Portfolio Software http://distance-educator.com/dnews/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16246 Read the Full Article Ed Tech Funding Up in Newly Enacted Omnibus http://distance-educator.com/dnews/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16245 Read the Full Article Standards to Take ePortfolios Outside the Institution and into the Future -- Campus Technology http://distance-educator.com/dnews/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16244 Read the Full Article Top 10 Electronic Reminder Services - Reviews by PC Magazine http://distance-educator.com/dnews/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16243 Read the Full Article Survey: Higher Ed Can Still Make a Difference http://distance-educator.com/dnews/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16242 While the majority of Americans see their country falling behind other nations economically, they also believe the nation can improve its standing with more college degrees, according to a new survey from Kaplan. The Kaplan University Education Insights Survey found 83 percent of adults in the United States agree that the country is falling behind, with seven in 10 saying that the nation can improve its standing if more people earn college degrees. Read the Full Article Sharing the journey of facilitator and learner: Online pedagogy in practice http://distance-educator.com/dnews/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16241 Read the Full Article Podcast trumps lecture in one college study http://distance-educator.com/dnews/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16240 The ability to pause and rewind podcast lectures gave the upper hand to college students in a recent study that compared the performance of students who attended a lecture in person and those who viewed it from iTunes University. Read the Full Article Faculty Opposition Derails Plans for New Online Programs at U. of Toledo http://distance-educator.com/dnews/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16239 Faculty opposition has forced the University of Toledo to scrap talks with a private company to develop graduate online programs, The Blade, a newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, reported yesterday. Read the Full Article Founder Explains U. of the People http://distance-educator.com/dnews/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16238 Shai Reshef has a big goal for his new venture: He wants to offer low-cost, quality higher education all over the world, and particularly in countries where options are limited and students have relatively little money. His solution is the University of the People, which would offer free online degrees. Read the Full Article