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Allegany College of Maryland’s Center for Continuing Education will offer nearly 100 online continuing education courses for spring and summer

Enrollment for online courses is under way and start dates and course details are available online at www.ed2go.com/allegany.” Read the Full Article

SGA [Student Governing Association] encourages faculty to use K-State Online

The Student Governing Association passed a unanimous resolution this semester urging all K-State faculty to use K-State Online.Read the Full Article

Attending the UI [University of Iowa] by remaining far away

Correspondence courses can be taken through Web-based programs or with materials sent through the mail, and they are available for almost any course offered by the university, said Leonard Kallio, an assistant director of the UI Center for Credit Programs. The program offers classes to students from around the country looking for extra credit and […]

Action Research on Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace

The paper reports action research on web-based courses conducted from 1999 to 2001. The goal of the research was to investigate students’ opinions toward such courses and to examine the impact of using different strategies on online communities. Data collection relied on online discussion messages, observations, interviews, and surveys. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were […]

Colleges Find More Applicants Through Personalized Web Recruiting

Standing beside a large screen displaying Dayton’s admissions Web site, he tells the crowd that too many college Web sites are crowded with junk because Web designers are fearful that if they don’t link to every department they might offend someone.Read the Full Article

Benchmarks of Web-Based Instruction: A Comparative Study of Student and Instructor Expectations

Developed by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), “Quality on the Line: Benchmarks for Success in Internet-Based Distance Education” is a comprehensive report that identifies 45 quality benchmarks of effectiveness for distance learning in higher education. The document reports ratings for each benchmark based on a survey of instructors, administrators and students at several […]

Web tool helps determine how and what students learn

Anyone who has ever sat through a freshman survey course knows the sinking feeling of anonymity that often comes with being just one among hundreds in a large lecture course — wondering if the professor even knows who you are, let alone how well you are grappling with the course materials. Read the Full Article

E-portfolios: more than just résumés

But the experience also made Arias, along with the other 60 WISP interns this year, part of a pilot project introducing a new online learning portfolio, or “e-portfolio,” to students and faculty members at Dartmouth.Read the Full Article

New account connects the world to University services

Already boasting more than 110,000 users, the FPS account management system has been designed by Information Technology Services (ITS) to enable the development of Web-based information resources to serve individuals outside the University in a more efficient, streamlined way.Read the Full Article

A Web Site Helps Clarify the Facets and Effects of Globalization

So to the uninitiated, globalization can seem like an almost impenetrable topic, according to Nayan Chanda, director of publications at Yale University’s Center for the Study of Globalization.Read the Full Article