When Good Technology Means Bad Teaching
Alison Lesht, a senior at Connecticut College, dreaded going to her organic-chemistry classes, held in one the college’s wired classrooms. Read the Full Story
Archive for the ‘Higher Education’ Category
California Virtual University: Legislative Progress Report, Fiscal Year 2003-2004
This represents a 53.5 percent decrease in the $2.9 million level of funding received in the previous four fiscal years. The reduced funds were allocated to four locally based regional centers and one statewide center for staff development. Read the report MS Word Document
A tangled Web of Internet offerings
When Jeremy Brown decided to earn his master’s degree online, he faced a dizzying array of choices, from traditional schools like the University of Arizona and the University of Florida to for-profit giants with no central campus, such as the University of Phoenix.Read the Full Story
JCCC [Johnson County Community College] professors honored for showing how math matters
Together, they received the 2004 Award for Excellence and Innovation with the Use of Technology in Collegiate Mathematics at the International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics. One award is given each year.Read the Full Story
The Journal of Applied Educational Technology issues a call for original manuscripts
We are looking for original articles, preferably between 3000 and 7000 words (different lengths may be considered). Articles should focus on or relate to applications of technology in the classroom. Original research is also encouraged.Graphics need to be in GIF or JPG format, if included. Tables should conform to APA and be built using Word’s […]
Changing the Face of Education
Online education is easy and accessible to students who can’t find time or transportation to attend classes on campus. The vocational education department offers the only online certificate programs at PCC, in Business Information and Technology.Read the Full Story
The Validation of a Measurement Instrument: Relationships Among Student Demographic Characteristics, Student Academic Achievement, Student Satisfaction, and Online Business – Course Quality Factors
Four additional items focused on student satisfaction and 11 items pertained to student demographic parameters. The relatively high Alpha Coefficients for five factors (course design, α = .9593; interaction with instructor, α = .9209; technological feature, α = .7588; interaction with students, α = .7536; student satisfaction, α = .7788) indicate that the factors were […]
Degree grades ‘in need of update’
Students who pass courses are awarded one of four classes: first, upper-second, lower-second or third.Read the Full Story
Open-learning university planned for Zimbabwe
The university would aim to equip distance learners with scientific, technical and business perspectives for the modern economy.Read the Full Story
An Action Research and Learning Approach to the Implementation of Web-supported Music Instruction
However, the effectiveness of such transformation is dependent upon the ability and willingness of music teachers to make a conceptual leap in their approach to the teaching of music. Online course developers and consultants need to keep this in mind and work collaboratively with music teachers and students to determine their specific needs in terms […]