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Who connects with whom? A social network analysis of an online open source software community

AbstractBy examining “who connects with whom” in an online community using social network analysis, this study tests the social drivers that shape the collaboration dynamics among a group of participants from SourceForge, the largest open source community on the Web. The formation of the online social network was explored by testing two distinct network attachment […]

Infographic: How the Internet Is Revolutionizing Education

Unless there’s an outright ban, it’s almost impossible to find a classroom anywhere in the United States without at least one computer. SOURCE: Atlantic MagazineRead the Full Article

Choctaw-Nicoma Park Public Schools and Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy Announce New Online Public School

CHOCTAW, Okla., June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Families in Oklahoma now have access to an innovative new public school with the opening of the Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy (OVCA). SOURCE: PR NewswireRead the Full Story

Remote from What? Perspectives of Distance Learning Students in Remote Rural Areas of Scotland

Abstract Distance learning is seen as the obvious answer for remote learners, and the use of online media is expected to overcome any access difficulties imposed by geographical distance. However, this belief may be obscuring our understanding of the role that location and individual circumstances have in shaping student experience. This paper explores the variation […]

Open University refocuses computing programmes to address IT skills gap

The Open University has launched two new undergraduate Computing and IT degrees to help the UK overcome a recruitment crisis which sees employers struggling to fill an estimated 110,000 new IT jobs created this year [1]. Developed alongside e-skills UK and representatives from industry, the degrees incorporate work-based learning and offer credit for prior work […]

Delaware Schools Move to Microsoft Live@edu

DOVER, Del., and REDMOND, Wash. — June 7, 2011 — The Delaware Department of Education today announced it is working with Microsoft Corp. to bring Microsoft Live@edu, an innovative suite of online communication and collaboration tools, to students, faculty and staff in district and charter schools throughout the state. SOURCE: MicrosoftRead the Full Article

US Corporate eLearning Market to Reach $7.1 Billion by 2015

Ambient Insight report identifies significant revenue opportunities in a slow-growth market.SOURCE: PR NewsRead the Full Article

Califronia Assembly Bill Requires Key Performance Data on Distance Learning

This measure would require the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and request the University of California to, report to the Legislature on workload and key performance data on distance learning courses, as defined. This measure would require the California Virtual Campus and the California State University to […]

UW-Madison names chief information officer

Bruce Maas, chief information officer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has been selected as the next information technology leader at UW-Madison, Provost Paul M. DeLuca, Jr. announced today (June 8).SOURCE: UW-MadisonRead the Full Article

USCNow rebrands online ed

The university formally connected its online professional graduate schools through a brand name and website called USCNow on Friday.SOURCE: University of Southern California/Daily TrojanRead the Full Article