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A generation ago, “distance learning” in Delaware referred to boys from Salesianum School and girls from Ursuline Academy and Padua Academy shuttling across Wilmington for first-period classes that weren’t offered in their own school.Today, the concept is a bit more sophisticated and, in Delaware’s public schools, just getting off the ground.SOURCE: delawarefirst.orgRead the Full Article
The Southern University system is increasing its online course offerings through a partnership with a for-profit provider of online degree programs for historically black colleges and universities.SOURCE: Wired CampusRead the Full Article
This report provides national estimates about distance education courses in public school districts. The estimates presented in this report are based on a district survey about distance education courses offered by the district or by any of the schools in the district during the 2009-10 school year.SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), US Department […]
Open Universities Australia (OUA) is pleased to announce the first Visiting Scholar under the new Centre for Online Learning Excellence Thomas C. Reeves, Ph.D. who will be working with OUA from 12 November to 10 December. SOURCE: Open Universities of AustraliaRead the Press Release
11 percent of teachers know a friend who has been ‘cyberbaited,’ or taunted by a student hoping to record an outburst, according to a new surveySOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article
School leaders unsure who will pay for computers as states prepare to give online examsSOURCE: eSchool NeesRead the Full Article
Ball State University today announced that it will award a $500 Completion Scholarship to Hoosier students who are on track to earning their degrees within four years. SOURCE: Ball State UniversityRead the Press Release
FAIRBANKS — More than half of University of Alaska Fairbanks students are taking at least one of their courses through the Internet this semester, a first-time milestone that coincides with a boom in online education at UAF.SOURCE: Fairbanks Daily News
A Virginia company leading a national movement to replace classrooms with computers — in which children as young as 5 can learn at home at taxpayer expense — is facing a backlash from critics who are questioning its funding, quality and oversight.SOURCE: The Washington PostRead the Full Article
Abstract This paper builds upon a foundational paper (under review) which explores the rudiments of the quantum perspective of learning. The quantum perspective of learning uses the principles of exchange theory or borrowed theory from the field of quantum holism pioneered by quantum physicist David Bohm (1971, 1973) to understand learning in a new way. […]