Universities ‘expand e-learning’
Three quarters of the 150 institutions asked said computer-based learning had a major role in most of their courses or would do so within three years.Read the Full Story
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Albany distance learning college to teach Tyson Foods employees
The Albany, N.Y., college, with about 27,000 enrolled students, considers itself the oldest distance learning higher educational institution in the country.Read the Full Story
Associate Professor Chikao Tsubaki named ‘Distance Educator of the Year for 2005’
Tsubaki is “Distance Educator of the Year for 2005,†a joint distinction of the Maryland Distance Learning Association (MDLA) and College of the Air Distance Education Consortium (COADEC). The award is the second of its type for Tsubaki, who received the 2003 accolade, “Distance Course of the Year†for his online Composition Skills II course, […]
Cognitive Styles and Distance Education
This review is designed to address this issue. This article involves four sections: (a) an overview of the construct of cognitive styles, (b) major dimensions of cognitive styles, (c) major characteristics of distance education, and (d) applications of cognitive styles to the design of distance education.Read the Full Story
American Public University System names new board chairwoman
“Dr. Zatz has an impressive background in both higher education and technology — providing us the insights necessary to shape our growth and enrich our curriculum,“ says Wally Boston, president and chief executive officer for the University System, which serves more than 12,000 online learners worldwide (www.apus.edu). “Ultimately, her appointment is part of our overall […]
Med school beamed to future doctors
Prescription: Expand the University of British Columbia’s undergraduate medical program, using video conferencing and other technology, to let students complete most of their studies in the north or on Vancouver Island.Read the Full Story
Planning for Neomillennial Learning Styles
Rapid advances in information technology are reshaping the learning styles of many students in higher education. The standard “world to the desktop†interface is now complemented by…Read the Full Story
IU offers nation’s first informatics Ph.D.
The program will initially offer tracks in bioinformatics, chemical informatics, health informatics, human-computer interaction and social informatics. As the program grows, administrators plan to add tracks in cybersecurity, new media, music informatics, complex systems, modeling and networks.Read the Full Story
ProfNet Wire: Education & Science: Distance Learning
**1. LINDA GRAETER, Ph.D., department chair of analytical and diagnostic sciences at the UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI College of Allied Health Sciences: “Distance learning is meeting the needs of a busy, mobile population — one that has created the demand for more options for lifelong learning. Distance learning programs are offering students the chance to work […]
Study Finds Poor Performance by Nation’s Education Schools
Nearly half the elementary- and secondary-school principals surveyed said the curriculums at schools of education, whether graduate or undergraduate, lacked academic rigor and were outdated, at times using materials decades older than the children whom teachers are now instructing.Read the Full Story