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A private grant will help the State University of New York develop what it believes is the world’s first online bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.Read the Full Story
At any university or institution of higher learning, a certain level of failure is to be expected. But when the failure rate is three times higher than normal, it’s a cause for concern.Read the Full Story
During the last 15 years, we in education have moved at light speed in the area of educational technology. Whether you are involved in higher ed, secondary ed, elementary ed, or special ed, all of us find it difficult to catch up, keep up, and put up with fast-moving computer-based technology.Read the Full Story
AbstractGroup tests are one format for cooperative learning and assessment. However, while groups typically outperform individuals on group tests, how does cooperation translate into individual learning? This project examines students’ responses when allowed the opportunity to ‘re-do’ quiz answers after completing a group quiz. Thematic analysis is used to identify seven categories for how students […]
Empire State College, part of the State University of New York system, will spend $25 million upgrading its buildings on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs and to build a new distance education center, according to college officials. The building and renovation project is being paid for with an appropriation from the 2005 state budget.Read the […]
IntroductionI have chosen a provocative thesis to consider at the culmination of the K2 programme based on the argument that much of the research work we are engagedin today is a strong echo of the work that we were engaged in a decade ago.That is, not “genuinely†innovative.The argument suggests that we are recreating and […]
The first class of Virtual Assistant students graduated from Red Deer College at the beginning of June, and they are already finding great success in the workforce within their newly chosen profession.The group of five graduates, hailing from Alberta and Saskatchewan, are all setting up their own businesses that offer a host of administrative professional […]
Let’s face it: You’re busy. You have a job and myriad responsibilities. There’s no way you’ve got enough time to start working toward a college degree now, right? Well, you might be wrong. Distance learning can make it possible for you to earn a degree from home.Read the Full Story
AbstractSuccessful distance learners and entrepreneurs may be similar in that they seek out and capitalize on opportunities and marshal resources to achieve their goals. Further, entrepreneurial behavior is a vital asset in the rapidly changing global knowledge economy of the 21 st Century. This paper presents a theoretical framework for examining the characteristics of successful […]
It was a daring experiment, and one that caught immediate criticism because some saw the university as “giving away toys†to the incoming freshman class. Well, iPods are ‘toys’ in a sense, and of course they were mostly used for entertainment. But some pretty interesting lessons were learned.Read the Full Story