Column: Online courses pose threat
Distance education is any type of instruction in which the teacher and the student are separated geographically so that face-to-face communication is absent for all or part of the time.Read the Full Story
Archive for the ‘Higher Education’ Category
‘Juggernaut’ Merger Faces a Stormy Year
A week of intensive spin-doctoring has failed to settle critical questions facing the biggest and most complex of the tertiary education mergers taking place in South Africa – between the University of South Africa (Unisa), Technikon South Africa (TSA) and Vista University Distance Education Centre.Read the Full Story
Information Strategy for Education and Research, 2000-2004 Implementation Plan
We have not put any price tags on individual projects, because even at their best they would only be indicative, and proportioning them to other educational and research inputs would require a much more detailed scrutiny of financing and policy than is possible in this connection.Read the Article
DEVO [Distance Education and Videoconference Operations] takes UB [University at Buffalo] classroom to the global community
Now, thanks to upgrades in technology and Internet capabilities, almost anything is possible. Many institutions, UB included, are extending their reach worldwide with the technology that makes interactive videoconferencing an accessible and affordable venture.Read the Full Story
BPCC [Bossier Parish Community College] student becomes La.’s 100,000th online learning customer
But the message, from Bossier Parish Community College Electronic Learning Director Kathleen Gay, was genuine. Wednesday, the Louisiana Board of Regents recognized Brossette as the student who has taken the 100,000th online course in the state. The figure is among benchmarks the higher education board set to measure the success of online learning programs started […]
The Sloan Consortium Honors Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation began giving grants to institutions for online learning initiatives in 1992. “We’ve gone from several hundred students enrolled in online education courses to two million,” said Frank Mayadas, President of Sloan-C. “This is in no small part due to the efforts of the individuals who have advanced the field and […]
Formal Course Design and The Student Learning Experience
As the use of technologies increases, educational institutions have to find ways of identifying and addressing expectations about how technologies can best be incorporated into the teaching and learning experiences.Read the Full Story
UC Wins Grant for Distance Learning Course In Arabic Language And Culture
Arabic is the primary language of one of the most geo-politically critical regions in the world, claims over 250 million native speakers and is the religious home language of an additional 1 billion people. Despite both the surging popularity of Arabic language and culture and the need for more government experts and academics trained in […]
OSU [Oregon State University] Extended campus offers online courses
Location may no longer be a deciding factor for high schoolers, post-graduates or people just looking to further their education.Read the Full Story
Michigan Virtual University Board Seats Three New Members
Prentiss Brown is an attorney with Peninsula Legal Services, P.C., St. Ignace, engaged in the representation of Native Americans. He is a former prosecuting attorney for Mackinac County and general law practitioner.Read the Full Story