PBS Kids Sets New Bar In Educational Gaming Space With Launch Of Over 40 New Skills-Based Games
Leading-Edge Game Technologies Help Kids Build Math Skills Across PlatformsSOURCE: PBSRead the Press Release
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FCC and Connect To Compete Tackle Broadband Adoption Challenge
Yesterday, joined by executives and nonprofit leaders, Chairman Genachowski announced a first-of-its kind national effort to address broadband adoption, digital literacy, and the employment skills gap. SOURCE: FCCRead the Blog Post
In New Partnership, James Madison U. Offers Credit for Online Rosetta Stone Course
One of the most buzzed-about experiments in higher education lately is StraighterLine, a company that offers online versions of introductory courses and works in partnership with universities that award credit to students for completing them.SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher EducationRead the Full Article
Freeing the LMS
Last year, the media conglomerate Pearson controlled a shade over 1 percent of the market for learning management systems (LMS) among traditional colleges, according to the Campus Computing Project.SOURCE: Inside Higher EducationRead the Full Article
The Lecturers’ Filibuster
The specter and promise of online education is perhaps nowhere more deeply felt than in California, where campus administrators and instructors are faced with a bloodletting. University of California officials have suggested that the system will have to innovate out of the current financial crisis by expanding online programs. (State house analysts agree.) Instructors, meanwhile, […]
Considerations in Choosing Online Collaboration Systems: Functions, Uses, and Effects
Abstract In this article, we explore the functions, uses, and effects of collaborative technologies in higher education classroom contexts. Increased interest in collaborative learning strategies and the burgeoning number of courses offered online indicate the need to consider collaborative technologies as part of the instructional design process. Existing and upcoming technologies provide potentially powerful and […]
Images of Alternative Learning in Films and Television Programs
Abstract This study examines how homeschooling, unschooling and alternative learners have been portrayed in five recent films and television programs. It also investigates whether the media are grounding their representations of these students and their parents in reality, or if it is disseminating harmful stereotypes that may have detrimental effects for those who choose to […]
Online Education’s Importance Confirmed by Release of Growth Data
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) recently released a report that highlights the increasingly large role online education plays in colleges and universities across the country. According to the report, between 2000 and 2008, the percentage of undergraduate students who took at least one web-based class increased from 8% to 20%. In this time, […]
Georgetown’s general counsel talks about creating the school’s first online graduate degree program
Georgetown University General Counsel Stephanie Tsacoumis leads the school’s 20-lawyer in-house team that this year completed a massive two-year project: the creation of an online nursing degree program, Georgetown’s first distance learning program. SOURCE: The Washington PostRead the Full Article
Learning at a Distance: Undergraduate Enrollment in Distance Education Courses and Degree Programs
This Statistics in Brief investigates undergraduates’ participation in distance education using nationally representative student-reported data collected through the three most recent administrations of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:2000, NPSAS:04, and NPSAS:08).SOURCE: US Department of EducationDownload the Report in PDF