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The framework seeks to invest in developing appropriate skills and training for University staff to ensure that the quality of the content and the communication tools within the WebCT environment are fully exploited to enhance the student learning experience. Developments include the establishment of an e-Learning module, team based projects from the Learning Development Unit […]
Examples of learning communities include a national mix of kids working together to create an online encyclopedia about Harry Potter’s fictional world, or groups of mentor and novice teachers in Milwaukee sharing ideas about effective instruction.Read the Full Story
Sakai’s goal of providing open source software that may someday save academic computing departments significant amounts of money was the subject of casual commentary during the week that followed. Hallway conversations at the annual conference of the Society of College and University Planning, held in Toronto, speculated about this new set of tools for creating […]
The answer, college leaders decided, was technology.Read the Full Story
The prototypical module was designed for contexts where identifying and solving ill-structured problems is relevant.Read the Full Story
KARLSRUHE, GERMANY, September 13, 2004 – LEARNTEC 2005 today announced that innovation in American e-Learning will be the highlight of its 13th European Conference and Specialist Trade Fair for Educational and Informational Technology. Beginning February 14 in Karlsruhe, Germany, the conference will offer American businesses the opportunity to expand into this growing international market.“LEARNTEC is […]
Pampano Beach, Florida., (September 13, 2004) – Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and Web conferencing solutions for education, and Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of academic institution s and organizations that share information about effective online learning, announced today that they are working together to research and develop synchronous eLearning best practices. […]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) announced today that it has installed the Blackboard Academic Suite(TM) for a consortium of leading University of London colleges. The Bloomsbury Blackboard Consortium comprises The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and The Royal Veterinary College (RVC).Through […]
The September 2004 issue of UpClose presents news, information ,and feature stories about distance education at the New Mexico State UniveristyAccess Distance Education UpClose
The award recognizes outstanding contributions in the application of distance education in North America for the year 2003. Read the Full Story