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SREB/iNACOL National Online Teachers of the Year are capitalizing on technology to engage students in exciting ways. In this report, the NOTY winners and finalists share experiences that can help all teachers integrate technology into the classroom to reach students effectively. Benefits include connecting with every student as an individual; differentiating instruction for individual students; […]
By: Farhad (Fred) Saba, Ph. D. Distance education has enjoyed several decades of growth in major corporations, particularly since the 1960s. Many major corporations developed and managed their own distance education programs as a function of their training departments. Some also relied on programs offered by institutions of higher education. In the 1906s, for example, Stanford […]
The U. S. military has been at the forefront of new developments in distance education, and is one of its largest users throughout the world. In the 1970s the U. S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) (http://www-tradoc.army.mil) use of correspondence education had increased to a point that it was operating one of the largest […]
By: Dr. Farhad (Fred) Saba Since the 1960s when Wilber Schramm (1907-1987), Professor of International Communication at Stanford University demonstrated that there is no statistically significant difference between learning in a classroom and learning from television, there have been many similar comparative studies. Researchers over the past fifty years have compared mediated education with classroom education […]
As increasing numbers of higher education students take online courses, there is a corresponding need for additional instructors to teach these students. The research literature indicates that there are different instructor roles, competencies, and attitudes that are required for teaching effectively online than for teaching in campus-based classrooms. These changes in teaching roles result in […]
Universities and colleges have been developing institutional continuity plans to protect their ability to function within an environment of increasing uncertainties caused by natural and man-made disasters and events. Within the academic context, distance learning strategies have emerged as critical components for program continuity. This research reviews the strategies and tactics of online learning in […]
We know that online education went mainstream years ago. Academic leaders believe it will become even more prevalent in the coming years. But how many American students are taking at least one online course right now? Wired Campus Full Article
CHICAGO — Have the digital humanities gone mainstream? Sessions on the role of technology in humanities scholarship at the Modern Language Association’s annual meeting last week may have made up less than 10 percent of the conference’s overall schedule (and almost everything seemed overwhelmed by the tumult over the Israel censure vote), but speakers and attendees […]
Levin brings deep technology and global experience to accelerate digital learning company’s growth McGraw-Hill Education Press Release
Online university awarding nearly 10,000 bachelor’s and master’s degrees per year SALT LAKE CITY — As thousands of Americans start the new year with resolutions of returning to college to earn a bachelor’s or master’s degree, Western Governors University (WGU), www.wgu.edu, kicks off 2014 celebrating a big milestone: 30,000 bachelor’s and master’s degrees awarded since […]