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Freedom and Empowerment: An Essay on the Next Step for Education and Technology

We are at the point where something has to give: Either schools will stay the same and leave online efforts at a standstill, or our concept of school will change and allow online instruction to grow. Read the Full Story

Open University in image makeover

A series of glossy TV and print adverts, designed for a “sophisticated marketplace”, begins on Sunday.Read the Full Story

U.S. Student Population at Highest Level

The growth is largely due to all the children born in the late 1940s to early 1960s, who have since become parents themselves, the Census Bureau said Wednesday. Rising immigration played a part, too.Read the Full Story

Top 10 Countdown/Sustainable Success

In Gersten’s 20 years in higher education as a faculty member, university administrator, and director of distance learning, she has seen technology become an important part of her own work and an increasingly key element of university life. Whether it’s evaluating course management systems, budgeting for distance learning, or working on strategic planning, Gersten sets […]

Students hungry for uni advice

An information day has been timed to coincide with HSC enrichment seminars at the Dubbo RSL on tomorrow and Friday and will offer students and parents information on career and study options.Read the Full Story

UB [University of Botswanas] promotes distance learning

Dineo Motswagosele, a learner support co-ordinator with the Centre for Continuing Education, said during a recent kgotla meeting in Ghanzi that the limited study places at the universitys main campus leave most prospective students with the distance education option.Read the Full Story

Supporting Teacher Change Through Online Professional Development

This study explores teacher change and the elements necessary to facilitate the change. Issues concerning content, the change process, the online learning environment, and technology are examined. Findings indicate that online learning is a viable means of providing professional development and facilitating teacher change.Read the Full Story

Designing Dynamic Online Lessons with Multimedia Representations

The potential exists to increase the quality of instruction through the careful use of static and dynamic multimedia representations. Support for the use of multiple representations is documented in the research literature.Read the Full Story

Nebraska’s First College Offering Online Master and Bachelor Degrees

Peru State will offer several online degrees including six bachelors degrees and one masters degree. Classes for most of the degree programs will be offered in an accelerated eight week format. These online degrees include School of Professional Studies disciplines such as Bachelor of Applied Science in Management–a degree geared towards persons who have previously […]

Popularity of online courses soaring

He found a graduate-level electrical engineering class online through the University of Texas at Arlington that allowed him to watch a Webcast video of the lecture at his convenience.Read the Full Story