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This paper reports findings that come out of a larger investigation of the information seeking behaviour of a random sample of residents of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.Read the Full Story
Using a multi-contextual approach to language socialization, this paper examines the social and discursive practices in a Chinese/English bilingual chat room and how this Internet chat room provides an additional context of language socialization for two teenage Chinese immigrants in the US. Read the Full Story
The Electronic Field Trip, developed by Ball State’s Teachers College and sponsored by Best Buy Children’s Foundation, will air at 6:30 p.m. EST Nov. 8Read the Full Story
First, we explore both the historical and cultural origins of “cyberculture values” as manifested in our findings, using the notions of explicit and implicit enforcement of those values and challenging the assumption that cyberspace is a culture free zone.Read the Full Story
This article also discusses the experience of implementing e-learning at the Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Malaysia. Various factors contributing to the success of this implementation are discussed. The challenges and constraints faced by UPSI and ways of overcoming such challenges will also be highlighted. Read the Full Story
The system assists teams of academics in the management and marking of electronically submitted student assignments in large-scale classes. The system designed to provide a flexible yet structured method for providing feedback to students also offers semi-automatic file handling and grade recording. Read the Full Story
Mergers and acquisitions across borders have emerged as a growing trend. The business is becoming global in scale and perspective. The developments have encompassed every business activity- education being no exception.Read the Full Story
“No other college or university is offering an accredited MFA Creative Writing program online at this time,” said Karen Offitzer, the program’s lead faculty member. “The online format allows us to team professional, award-winning writers with students who are unable to leave home for 10 days, twice a year, as required by most low-residency MFA […]
Despite his credentials (a Ph.d in International Relations and Russian studies as well as years of teaching experience), Dr. Seabold has added another feather to his cap – an M.A. in distance learning, which he obtained online at University of Maryland University College. In today’s increasingly technology based world, distance learning is becoming an important […]
The World Lecture Hall, the most well-known repository of links to academic Web sites, attests to the vitality yet unevenness of this movement. A few “enhanced” courses do little more than deliver the traditional print syllabus via the Internet, but many prove that the creative possibilities of Web use are almost endless (see Mullinix and […]