UW-Madison to lead expansion of online health care education
The UW-Madison School of Nursing is leading six nursing schools in a national project to take online education in health care to a higher level. Read the Full Story
Archive for the ‘Higher Education’ Category
UK Team Selected For Robot World Cup In Lisbon
The ultimate goal of the junior league robot competitions is to develop children’s technology skills. So by the year 2050 a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players shall play (and win!) a soccer game against the human world champions.Organised by the Robotics Outreach Group at the Open University, the UK team will mingle […]
Educational research into Managed Learning Environments/Virtual Learning Environments – a selection of abstracts
Rather than being an exhaustive literature review, the collection of 15 abstracts should be seen as a starting point for those interested in the topic. The focus of the literature search was for research papers in academic journals from the UK and internationallyRead the Full Story
The Newest Media and a Principled Approach for Integrating Technology Into Instruction
“New media in instruction?” Déjà vu. Didn’t we write that article more than a decade ago? Wasn’t it about HyperCard and JPEGs and Internet resources for teaching and learning? Isn’t that “old media” yet? Some of the “New Media Centers” originally sponsored by Apple Computer are still here, but now they are populated with “iLife.” […]
New Master Degrees Announced In Expansion Of OUBS [Open University Business School] Programme
The new qualifications from Europe’s largest business school reflect a growing demand among managers in a broad range of sectors for specialist programmes that adopt the flexible study methods and quality for which the School is renowned.Available from November 2004 will be: Master of Business Administration (Life Sciences) – MBA (LS); Master of Public Administration […]
Best Practices for Online Information-Literacy Courses
Through bibliographic instruction (BI) courses, librarians must prepare both on-site and remote patrons in information literacy. Challenges exist for remote-user BI: among them are perceived characteristics of the typical “virtual patron” and limitations of current software and infrastructure. However, recent remote-patron BI models—stand-alone Web pages, video-based programs, and class-integrated electronic modules—offer librarians templates for future […]
Student enrolment up by 24 per cent at CMI [Caribbean Maritime Institute]
These figures were reflected in the Ministry of Transport and Works’ 2002 to 2004 Agency Highlights, tabled in the House of Representatives on June 15.Read the Full Story
More students opt for classes via the Net
But it doesn’t bother Smith, who admittedly prefers sitting beside his students when teaching. This, however, is a hybrid class, one of several offered at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College that lets students complete part of the course in a classroom and the rest online.Read the Full Story
SUPA [School of Urban and Public Affairs] to offer master’s online
This is the first school of its kind within the UT System to offer such a program. It is part of the system’s mission to give more options to students who need the flexibility and convenience of a virtual campus.Read the Full Story
Identifying and Measuring Ill-Structured Problem Formulation and Resolution in Online Asynchronous Discussions
The research shows that teachers are not opposed to ICT integration; they’re interested in effective ways to implement learning. The organizational context into which ICT is integrated is also a major impediment when it comes to changing the teacher’s practice. Read the Full Story