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The results indicate that this can be explained by the lean characteristics of the system in combination with social factors such as demands from students and shared perceptions of technology. Finally, it is concluded that technical and methodological innovation to some extent is obstructed by the same factors that support diffusion and adoption.Read the Full […]
And the boom is expected to continue as technology evolves, say distance-education experts.Read the Full Story
Courses taught by these professors were selected from more than 700 available through MCO, a consortium of the nine state and 15 community colleges in Massachusetts that deliver online education. Read the Full Story
The proprietary Internet Learning Management System — located at http://www.beverlyuniversity.com/ — was created by Care2Learn, a national provider of online continuing education for healthcare providers specific to the post-acute care industry. Read the Full Story
This paper contributes to this burgeoning field at a meta-methodological level by considering what is needed to achieve non-reductionist understandings of the Internet. Read the Full Story
As more faculty include online course design and teaching, a maturity model of online course design may serve as a tool in planning and assessing their courses for improvement based on best practices. This article presents such a maturity model.Read the Full Story
Valeria Abshire, with the Volunteer Connection; Beth Burcham, with the Greene County Literacy Coalition; Lisa Calkins, with the Greene County Foundation; Charles Franklin, with Greene County Habitat for Humanity; and Judy Mullis, with Boy Scouts of America took a four-month, noncredit course on managing not-for-profit organizations.Read the Full Story
Northface aims to graduate legions of software developers with more useful skills than established colleges can provide–in barely half the time. In the process, the founders and backers of Northface University may be developing a whole new category in higher education: the so-called “destination school.” Read the Full Story
The results in part support the existing literature in distance education, particularly the aspects related to the quality of learning and the cost effectiveness of on-line delivery. However, it is argued that previous research in the field has tended to neglect the important concept of spatiality and adult learning.Read the Full Story
But Mr. Smith, a professor at Los Rios Community College, in Sacramento, Calif., believes that he should be given time off from teaching and extra pay if he is going to put in the additional effort to convert his courses, which he says will be more time-consuming to deliver online.Read the Full Story