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For months, ever since the U.S. Education Department began an aggressive push to change federal rules governing accreditation, higher education lobbyists have been urging members of Congress to rein the department in.Read the Full Story
WASHINGTON – May 30, 2007 – Americans believe that higher education is key to a successful future, and the vast majority also say that costs should not prevent qualified students from attending college, according to a national survey on college quality, affordability, and access.Read the Full Story
A new bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives, called the Achievement Through Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN) Act, aims to make significant improvements to the federal Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) block-grant program. Backed by several major educational technology groups, the bill would increase the size of formula grants, target funding more effectively to […]
The incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into the educational curriculum has been promoted as a key step in bridging the digital divide. Despite considerable growth in the numbers of computers acquired by schools in Kenya in recent years and the sacrifices made to finance these, there has been little evaluation of their effectiveness.Read […]
The influence of the information and communication technologies (ICTs) in open and distance learning (ODL) in a developing country, the Philippines, is critically evaluated in this paper. Specifically, this paper examines how ICTs have influenced or shaped the development of ODL in this country. ARead the Full Article
Over the objections of school administrators and parents, the Montana Board of Public Education on Friday unanimously passed an online-education proposal backed by the teachers’ union.Read the Full Article
The director of Florida International University’s online education arm stepped down this week amid an investigation into charges that he arranged for students to buy their electronic textbooks from a company that he and a former colleague reportedly owned.Read the Full Article
TOPEKA – State oversight is weak for 28 “virtual” schools providing classes to 2,000 students online or through interactive television, a state audit says.Read the Full Article
The incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into the educational curriculum has been promoted as a key step in bridging the digital divide. Despite considerable growth in the numbers of computers acquired by schools in Kenya in recent years and the sacrifices made to finance these, there has been little evaluation of their effectiveness. […]
