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Stanford researchers say school kids can do safe and simple biological experiments over the internet

Stanford researchers have invented a remote-controlled system called the Biology Cloud Lab that enables teachers and students to design and observe experiments involving single-celled organisms. Stanford University 

5 critical considerations for CBE and CBL implementation

Expert details the differences between CBE and CBL and why these differences matter will matter in your school or college. eCampus News

Online Learning At Private Colleges And Universities: A Survey Of Chief

Online Learning At Private Colleges And Universities: A Survey Of Chief Academic Officers SOME KEY FINDINGS OF THE REPORT: Revenue from online courses is increasing. More than one-third of institutions responded that their revenue from online curricula had climbed more than 3 percent since 2013. Only 5 percent of institutions reported a decline of revenue […]

WGU’s Bachelor’s Degree in HR Management Aligns with SHRM Guidelines

Online, competency-based program helps prepare students for certification from the Society for Human Resource Management

EDTECH: Here’s How Online Learning Will Disrupt The MBA Degree

Biz students are using stackable certificates to create customized online degrees Online Learning Consortium 

Virtual Collaborative Learning Using Wiki for Adult ODL Learners: The Case of Wawasan Open University

Virtual collaborative learning has been gaining in popularity in open and distance learning (ODL) over the last decade. In collaborative learning environments, the instructors facilitate and initiate discussion on particular issues of concern. Students are given the chance to share their knowledge in a way they have not been used to and the possibility of […]

The Impact of Cultural Dimensions on Online Learning

Due to the increasingly multicultural nature of e-learning environments, it is critical that instructors and instructional designers be aware of the importance of cultural factors in education and that they deliver culturally adaptive instruction. The main challenge of this paper is identifying the critical success factors for multicultural online learning from learners’ perceptions and their […]

Different views on Digital Scholarship: separate worlds or cohesive research field?

This article presents a systematic review of the literature on Digital Scholarship, aimed at better understanding the collocation of this research area at the crossroad of several disciplines and strands of research. The authors analysed 45 articlesin order to draw a picture of research in this area. In the first phase, the articles were classified, […]

Students’ Perceptions on MOOCs: An Exploratory Study

MOOCs are open, online courses that use information technologies to enhance the learning experience and attract various people from the entire world. The current study uses the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), as well as personal characteristics such as learning strategies, cognitive appraisal, and Kuhlthau’s (1991) model of information seeking as theoretical bases for defining factors […]

The Influence of Social Media on Collaborative Learning in a Cohort Environment

This paper provides an overview of the impact that social media has on the development of collaborative learning within a cohort environment in a doctoral program. The researchers surveyed doctoral students in an education program to determine how social media use has influenced the doctoral students. The study looked at the following areas: a) the […]