Online courses offer a new choice for learning
With more than 3,000 students enrolled in FSC’s continuing education program, the popularity of online courses is continuing to grow.Read the Full Story
Archive for the ‘Higher Education’ Category
Partnership Between Capella University and Edcor Unite Online Education Provider and Educational Benefits Administrator
Working to make access to education easier for corporations and employees, Edcor, the nation’s leading provider of outsourced tuition reimbursement and Capella University, an accredited online university entered a partnership in July 2003.Read the Full Story
Website allows students to critique different aspects of college
Prospective students will soon be able to visit a new website that features feedback from students who attend different colleges.Read the Full Story
Reno students shop for college online; UNR site one of top 5 in nation in 1998
Nichols said a virtual tour of Arizona State University saved him the airfare it would have cost to fly to Tempe to see the school.Read the Full Story
University of Abuja to Extend Distance Learning to States
Speaking at a workshop on writing of study materials for CDLCE in Gwagwalada on Tuesday, the vice-chancellor of the institution, Professor Laraba Abdullahi, said the decision was to bring education closer to the populace.Read the Full Story
What Types of Online Facilitation Do Students Need?
This study first identifies major types of online facilitation that students requested in a web-based course. Then this study inspects whether students with different characteristics requested different types of online facilitation. Finally this study examines whether the amount of message requesting online facilitation is associated with learning achievement.Read the Full Story
Tufts Health Care Institute Launches Online Learning Campus to Train New Doctors
Called THCI’s Online Learning Campus, the integrated teaching and learning system has been adopted by leading departments at Jefferson Medical College/Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston, among others. Read the Full Story
Needs, Concerns and Practices of Online Instructors
Limited research has shown that a number of circumstances influence whether or not faculty choose to teach via on-line. Since faculty are pivotal to the success of online instruction, this study explored their backgrounds, concerns, and their on-line teaching practices. The information that is provided will update decision-makers of the current needs and concerns of […]
Education Arcade zooms in on games in the classroom
The Education Arcade is led by MIT’s Comparative Media Studies program (CMS) and the University of Wisconsin’s School of Education. It will develop and coordinate research by scholars, international game designers, publishers, educators and policymakers.Read the Full Story
Virtual Ethnography: Interactive Interviewing Online as Method
This paper reports on three research projects, drawing examples from almost ten years in the evolution of Internet supported conferencing software. It is the position of this paper that we were able to share and develop new insights into being authors, interlocutors, online learners, online researchers, and members of an educational context. Further, we feel […]