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Succeeding in college requires diligence — regularly attending class, paying close attention, taking copious (and complete) notes. Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a way to make some pocket change on the side, just for being a good student?Read the Full Article
The National Science Foundation defines “cyberlearning” as “the use of networked computing and communications technologies to support learning.” The report of the NSF Task Force on Cyberlearning, Fostering Learning in the Networked World: The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge, A 21st Century Agenda for the National Science Foundation, identifies cyberlearning as having “…the potential to transform […]
John Katzman has never aimed low. The first company he founded, the Princeton Review, went head on at the standardized testing industry and its assertion that the SAT and other exams couldn’t be “coached.†Hundreds of thousands of students (and hundreds of millions of dollars) later, Katzman and Princeton Review have proved otherwise.Read the Full […]
University Park, Pa. — This fall, Penn State University Libraries and the English Department will begin a yearlong pilot project with student groups using the Sony Reader Digital Book, a portable electronic reading device that can hold books, audio files and other downloaded materials.Read the Full Article
Jim Kieffer decided to take online classes through Yakima Valley Community College because of the flexibility it provides his schedule.Read the Full Article
Faster than you can say “Larry Summers,†James Otteson was gone from Yeshiva University.Read the Full Article
If you’ve ever thought about ditching your current job to become a teacher, you’ve got plenty of company. Forty-two percent of college-educated 24- to 60-year-olds would consider teaching as a career, according to a survey out Wednesday from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in Princeton, N.J.Read the Full Article
A faculty development survey analyzed what faculty want and need to be successful teaching onlineRead the Full Article
Between 2001 and the current date, Northumbria University has seen a massive take-up of its e-learning platform. With the publication of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) e-learning strategy in 2005, it was timely to reflect upon how effective that take-up has been and how well the university matched onto the ten-year aspirations […]
ABSTRACT: Successful implementation of e-learning is dependent on the extent to which the needs and concerns of the stakeholder groups involved are addressed. This paper discusses e-learning, describes the needs and concerns of the various stakeholder groups, and derives a Stakeholders’ Responsiblity Matrix to summarize the responsibilities of each stakeholder group. Fulfilling the responsibilities described […]