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The Canadian Association for Distance Education (CADE) presented the Excellence and Innovation in Student Services Award to the college’s online training program for peer tutors.Read the Full Story
Sometimes, he also talks to puppets. Read the Full Story
A survey of 253 freshmen and sophomores living in Ball State residence halls found 94 percent had access to a computer in their living quarters and 75 percent reported using computer technology more than five hours a week, said Sherry Woosley, a senior analyst for the university’s Office of Academic Assessment and Institutional Research.Read the […]
In the literature some problems and barriers faced by these students are noted, e.g. reasons for dropout. However, an increasing number of universities are offering distance learning programmes as an additional educational facility. Flexible learning requires a different type of pedagogics and service than the university and the university library traditionally offer. Read the Full […]
UMassOnline, the University of Massachusetts’ online education division announced that 151 online students graduated from eleven programs at four UMass campuses this academic year. The University’s online graduates participated in their programs from as far away as Turkey and as close as students who lived on or near a UMass campus and were able to […]
Here, Syllabus speaks with James Oliverio, a professor and director of the Digital Worlds Institute at the University of Florida, about that institution’s pioneering work in distributed collaboration.Read the Full Story
Gary E. Miller, associate vice president for Outreach, will oversee both Continuing Education and Distance Education programs. Peter A. Rubba, director of Academic Programs for Penn State World Campus, has been appointed director of the World Campus in the Department of Distance Education/World Campus.“The integration of Continuing Education and Distance Education is the first step […]
For the past year, staff, students, faculty and administrators have been involved in redesigning and reconfiguring www.umass.edu—an effort that has produced “The Gateway.” Chancellor John V. Lombardi challenged the designers to come up with a new Web site that not only presented an attractive and accurate view of the Amherst campus, but one that also […]
SYRACUSE, NY. – Continuing professional education remains one of the fastest growing segments of the higher education market, particularly in community college settings. Hezel Associates, a consulting firm for the education sector, recently completed a six-month study for Onondaga Community College (OCC) that included a market analysis and the creation of two strategic plans – […]
We conducted semistructured interviews with eight instructors and subjected the transcripts to qualitative analysis.Read the Full Story