Online learning a virtual revolution
He teaches ethics and labor history at Pace University in New York. There’s the other work of a professor: attending faculty meetings, advising students.Read the Full Story
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STUDENT AND FACULTY ISSUES IN DISTANCE EDUCATION
Faculty need to be sufficiently trained in pedagogy, technology, and communications so that they have the same comfort level with this method of instruction as they do for the more familiar classroom. Additionally, technical and instructional support personnel need to be readily available to work with the faculty and support course development.Read the Full Story
30,000 Teachers Required for Primary Schools Yearly
Mohammed, who spoke yesterday in Enugu at the opening ceremony of a workshop titled “Improving the Delivery and Management of NTI’s Distance Education Programmes”, said the shortfall in teachers’ supply was a serious challenge and a major problem that must be tackled.Read the Full Story
Jones International Transfers Global Accrediting Body to the United States Distance Learning Association
“The USDLA is the source on distance education,” said Jones. “With the explosive growth of distance–and more specifically, online–education, the need for oversight has accelerated. Read the Full Story
Online class rosters on the rise
Greenville Tech began offering online courses in 1996, said Diane Thomas, associate dean of online and nontraditional programs. The first year, there were four or five courses and 70 students. Student enrollment for 2,776 slots allotted for online classes had reached 1,574 by July 21, she said. Read the Full Story
Technology Literate Students? Results from a Survey
One is that high school students know more than college faculty about computers and information technology.Read the Full Article
Computers popularize distance education
Courses where students have no direct contact with an instructor increased 72 percent, from 699 in 2001 to 1,200 in 2002. Those courses have increased almost four times from the 317 offered in 1999-2000.Read the Full Article
Group honors distance learning program
Members of the college cooperative, Ivy Tech State College and Mayor Al Huntington, presented the proclamation, which named this week Distance Education Week in Jefferson County.Read the Full Article
The Perils of Cutbacks in Higher Education
The alarming wage cut did not happen. The legislature reached agreement on a budget in late July. Rather than shrink professorial salaries — from six figures, in many cases, to less than $6 an hour — the budget froze them, eliminating the annual raise, usually around 3 percent.Read the Full Article
Despite Probe, Educator Gets On With The Business Of Expanding
The query involved allegations that the for-profit college chain stole trade secrets from its former provider of testing software. Read the Full Article