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Online and distance learning is becoming increasingly common. Some would say it has quickly become the preferred or ‘new normal’ mode of study throughout the world. However, surprisingly little is known about what actually happens to first year distance students once they have enrolled in tertiary institutions; what motivates them and how they actually experience […]
The University of Alaska is just not very good. Or at least, it is not perceived to be. U.S. News and World Report, which publishes a system of college rankings used by high school students, parents and guidance counselors, ranks UAA 68th out of 100 four-year universities in the Western U.S. UAF, my alma mater, […]
As the LMS provider prepares to go public, financial disclosures show the company has spent on sales and marketing at a much higher rate than competitors — but has rapid growth to show for it. Inside Higher Ed
In the past few years, many colleges have expanded the scale and scope of centers that support teaching and learning with technology, as part of an effort to build a new “innovation infrastructure” for instruction. Wired Campus
An app called SKIES transforms a traditional lecture into a shared learning experience. Campus Technology
Streaming technology is revitalizing video as an educational tool in academia, but there are challenges ahead for libraries Library Journal
The members of ICDE have voted and the results are in! Prof. Asha Singh Kanwar and Prof. Belinda Tynan have been elected to join the ICDE Executive Committee as institutional representatives. Prof. Alan Tait, who is currently an institutional representative of the Executive Committee, was elected by the individual members to be the individual representative. […]
Contributions offer a combination of conceptual, critical, design, empirical, theoretical or experimental work that addresses at least one of the following three trends of mobile learning state-of-the-art research: • New patterns of connected social learning and work-based practices • Learning Design for ‘mobile learning’ at scale. Journal of Interactive Media in Education
In Web 2.0 environments, the quality of published information can vary significantly and much of the information on the Internet is unproven. This unverified information hinders rather than facilitates student learning, especially among undergraduate students who depend heavily on Internet resources for their studies. Currently, we do not have clear understanding of how students assess […]
E-learning has become one of the primary ways of delivering education around the globe. In Somalia, which is a country torn within and from the global community by a prolonged civil war, University of Hargeisa has in collaboration with Dalarna University in Sweden adopted, for the first time, e-learning. This study explores barriers and facilitators […]