Syrian Virtual University charts new territory.
It is promising a “world class virtual education for Syrian and Arab students at home.” Read the Full Article
Archive for the ‘Higher Education’ Category
The University of the West Indies to offer more courses through distance teaching
“There are plans for the beefing up of our distance education, and the west is certainly in our plans,” Rex Nettleford, UWI vice-chancellor, remarked recently, adding that “we must fight the tyranny of distance”. Read the Full Article
Six Factors to Consider when Planning Online Distance Learning Programs in Higher Education
The Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) have made the process of obtaining an education without regard to time or location easier for the student. At the same time, they have provided more challenges for the colleges providing this education. Administrators, faculty, staff, and students realize that in order to successfully implement ODL, their […]
Schools to Offer Online Education Degree
With Lincoln University in Jefferson City and Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau it will offer an online master’s of education in elementary teaching and learning. Read the Full Article
How Students Learn New Technologies
High school students have typically obtained numerous technology skills by the time they reach junior and senior status. This paper addresses how and from whom high school juniors and seniors acquired technology skills and how best to present new technologies to students in this age group. Students in a high school video production class were […]
ITFORUM Paper #70 is Now Online: “Texas School Communications Study: Training for Frontline School Practitioners is Indicated”
http://it.coe.uga.edu/itforum/paper70/paper70.html Chris will be with us next Monday, April 14 to discuss the paper with us. Please hold off on talking about the paper until that time I really like this paper – it’s a short, readable paper with a slightly different focus than many of our other papers. The authors are looking at the […]
Media Instructors Face Challenges of Online Courses
One panelist, Larry Elin, who teaches at Newhouse School, Syracuse University, recently modified one of his courses for an online student base. After the first nine hours of face-to-face instruction, which he called “indispensable” for the course, the class was conducted online.Read the Full Article
Technology traditional teaching morph
Hybrid classes require a large part of coursework be done online and less time in the physical classroom. Students can attend class anytime, from any computer. Read the Full Article
Defining and Ensuring Academic Rigor in Online and On-Campus Courses: Instructor Perspectives
This study attempted to define what academic rigor means to the faculty members and graduate assistants who taught on-campus and online courses at a major Midwestern state university. The study sought to discover the level of importance these instructors gave to academic rigor and what strategies they used to ensure academic rigor in their courses. […]
Dominant Or Different? Gender Issues In Computer Supported Learning
A significant increase in the use of computer supported learning (CSL) within schools and universities across the world gives rise to concern about gender-related differences in performance and interaction style in these environments. Research has shown that initial perceptions of CSL environments as democratic and offering equal opportunities to all students were flawed because interactions […]