Is a degree still worth having?
Two reports published this week may provoke some doubts over the financial and career benefits of getting a degree.Read the Full Story
Archive for the ‘Higher Education’ Category
Role of Social Presence, Choice of Online or Face-to-Face Group Format, and Satisfaction with Perceived Knowledge Gained in a Distance Learning Environment
Giving learners authority over the physical learning environment and offering different formats for collaboration, either online or in person, contributed to the learners’ overall satisfaction with the course. Results indicate that social presence may not have played a role in choice of distance learning format.Read the Full Story
Illinois General Education Core Curriculum
Courses in the Humanities, Social Sciences, English and Sciences are required by all colleges and universities. Find these courses online
Is E-learning Really the Future or a Risk?
Throughout history technological advances in communication have had a dramatic impact on society, for example, the printing press, the telephone, radio, film, television, and more recently the Internet. In education these advances have facilitated the progression from one-to-one tuition to mass education.Read the Full Story
UKeU project to be ‘scaled down’
The board of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) met last week to discuss plans for the troubled programme.Read the Full Story
For Online Adjuncts, a Seller’s Market
Ruth Achterhof won’t say how many courses she teaches, for fear that her employers will think the workload is too much for her to handle.Read the Full Story
Proceedings of the National Conference on Online Interactive Learning
Best Practices in Using Online Learning for the Professional Education of Teachers and College FacultyRead the Full Proceedings
Online University Consortium Surveys Concur with Latest Industry Report: Traditional Universities’ Degree Programs Preferred 2:1 Over For-Profit Providers
April 27, 2004, Dallas, TX – Surveys conducted by Online University Consortium indicate traditional universities remain the preferred choice for online education and degree programs. These findings were substantiated in a recent report by Eduventures, prompting the Consortium to help clarify the market by making its industry checklist available for public download at www.onlineuc.net. The […]
CCSU goes online with new degree
Clayton State launched a new online bachelor’s degree program for information technology in conjunction with four other institutions in the University System.Read the Full Story
Colleges encourage students to stay on four-year track
This may have been a good move for Morath – but not necessarily for his school. The number of college students who now take more than the standard four years to graduate has been steadily climbing – and that includes motivated students like Morath who once were likely to march through school on schedule.Read the […]