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ICT-supported learning for inclusion of people with special needs: Review of seven educational technology journals, 1970–2011

Research and development of information and communication technology (ICT)-supported learning for people with disabilities has not received adequate attention. It is also difficult to access research findings and developments in this field. Under the ENABLE Network of ICT Supported Learning for Disabled People (2011–2014) project, an emerging European Union reference point portal for end-users will […]

Will States Reciprocate?

Can savings and the spirit of cooperation persuade states to hand over their ability to evaluate distance education providers? With institutions hurrying to obtain authorization in the states they wish to operate in by next summer, an effort to simplify that process prepares to accept its first members. Inside Higher Ed Full Article

Introduction to Distance Education: Educational Radio

Dr. Farhard (Fred) Saba, Ph. D. Founder, Distance-Educator.comn Educational radio is the first electronic medium educators used to teach at a distance. With the advent of broadcasting the federal government issued the first educational radio license to the Latter Day Saints’ University of Salt Lake City, in 1921. The University of Wisconsin and the University […]

Q&A: Major General Thomas M. Murray: Developing Training and Education Policy for the U.S. Marine Corps

A native of St. Paul, Minn., Major General Thomas M. Murray graduated from the University of St. Thomas in 1980 with a B.A. in quantitative methods. Commissioned through the PLC Program, he completed The Basic School and Naval Flight Training and was designated a naval aviator in April 1982. After training in HMT-301 he was […]

Open Educational Resources for Professionals: A New Era in the Training and Development of Legislative Counsel

This paper discusses a current project to develop open educational resources (OER) for legislative counsel in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. The project is the latest step in a 20-year old distance education program for those professionals. The paper explores best practices for investment in freely available OERs for use by professionals and students […]

Higher Ed Survey Service Adds Write-In Analysis Option

A Web-based course evaluation service developed specifically for colleges and universities has added a text analytics option that enables users to cull insight from free-form student feedback. EvaluationKIT, from a company of the same name, has introduced EvaluationKIT Text Analytics, which takes write-in responses to survey questions and summarizes them for reports. Results include a […]

Designing and Evaluating Tutoring Feedback Strategies for digital learning environments on the basis of the Interactive Tutoring Feedback Model

This paper describes the interactive tutoring feedback model (ITF-model; Narciss, 2006; 2008). The ITF-model conceptualizes formative tutoring feedback as a multidimensional instructional activity that aims at contributing to the regulation of a learning process in such a way that learners acquire or improve the competencies (i.e., conceptual and procedural knowledge as well as cognitive and […]

Undergraduate Students’ Preference for Distance Education by Field of Study

This research investigates the relationship between students’ field of study and their preference for distance education. For this research, data were used from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study: Undergraduate, which uses a complex survey design to collect data from a nationally representative sample of undergraduate postsecondary students in the US. Results show that a […]

Download Report: Talent on the Sidelines: Excellence Gaps and America’s Persistent Talent Underclass

The report is organized into five brief sections. In the first, we review related studies that have been published since the 2010 report was disseminated. Second, we examine data on the relationship between minimum competency achievement gaps – the primary focus of national and state education policy – and excellence gaps. The third section addresses the […]

Librarians, Distributors Weigh in on Macmillan Ebook Lending

Ebook distribution to libraries took another leap forward on October 17 when Baker & Taylor, OverDrive, 3M, and RBDigital (Recorded Books) told their customers that Macmillan’s entire ebook backlist, 11,000 titles from lead imprints St. Martin’s, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Henry Holt, Macmillan Children’s, and Tor, would now be available to their patrons. Library Journal Full […]

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