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Turnover and attrition of online faculty and adjunct faculty is a reality. While there are no reported national statistics or data on annual turnover/attrition for online faculty/adjunct, the overall costs of recruiting, training, and replacing faculty/adjunct can be staggering. Moreover, the short and long term effects of online faculty/adjunct who are not properly trained through […]
Orientation programs have been used for years in face-to-face universities and colleges to help prepare new students adjust to their new college community by providing key information about school resources and providing an opportunity socially interact with other students. These orientation efforts have been a vital component in increasing a students’ likelihood of persisting in […]
MINNEAPOLIS, April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — Walden University, one of the largest online providers of graduate degrees, is offering Bachelor of Science degrees in Psychology and in Child Development, adding to a current undergraduate offering in Business Administration. Adult learners can earn these degrees while balancing work and personal commitments, as they also become prepared […]
Rapid enrollment growth is great, but can bring its own set of challenges. Ask administrators at the University of Central Florida, one of the fastest-growing universities in the country. With 46,000-plus students, the university has seen enrollment jump 35 percent in 10 years.Read the Full Article
Virtual Classroom Will Be Integrated Into Moodle(TM) Open-Source Course Management SystemRead the Full Article
Through literature review, this paper examines six empirical studies. Three cases are from the United States and the other three are from studies conducted in Asian. The purpose of this study is to identify whether or not self-directed learning is a key factor leading to successful academic performance in web-based learning environments. The in-depth analysis […]
In an interview [in February 2007], Arthur Sulzberger, owner, chairman, and publisher of The New York Times, noted that, “I really don’t know if we’ll be printing the Times in five years, and you know what? I don’t care, either.â€1 He was, of course, speaking about the transition from print to digital and not the […]
n search of an inexpensive solution to engage students in challenging courses like physics and astronomy, a semi-retired professor has created a popular interactive software tool that reportedly increases classroom participation and boosts grades and learning.Read the Full Article
n the last decade, I’ve noticed that traditional college students seem more dependent on technology, less comfortable working with others, less able to weather criticism, and unwilling to persist when their first attempt met with failure. With lightning-fast technology at their fingertips, they accept the first “hit†of a global search engine as the last […]
A Toronto university student will not be expelled for running a Facebook study group that his school had argued constituted cheating.Read the Full Article