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The 21st Annual NUTN Conference on Digital Learning Munches on the ‘Whole Enchilada’

The recipe for the ‘whole enchilada’ includes plenary, panel and concurrent sessions focusing on student services, wireless technology, e-Learning costs, virtual partnerships, corporate training & education, communication methods & techniques and military education. NUTN 2003, a wonderful professional development opportunity, spans over a 2 1/2 day period and covers the whole nine yards of topics […]

Centra’s Web Collaboration Software is Key Component of Virginia Tech’s Innovative and Award Winning Programs Delivered at a Distance

With 24 different masters degrees and certificates offered at a distance, Virginia Tech is using Centra to connect faculty and students from around the world to deliver award-winning education programs online, such as its Master of Information Technology, and new innovative offerings, such as its Master of Science in Ocean Engineering – one of only […]

Building an evaluations guide

However, student officials are facing reluctance by some departments. Ultimately, department heads need to help work to establish a clear and reciprocal dialogue in allowing student access to the online course evaluation system. Read the Full Article

Model of Learner-Centered Computer-Mediated Interaction for Collaborative Distance Learning

Interaction research in distance education has focused mostly on learner-teacher interaction in a learning environment based on a behaviorist curriculum. This presentation focuses on factors contributing to learner-learner interaction in a distance learning course based on learner-centered and collaborative instructional design. The proposed model, which resulted from research on patterns of learner interaction in both […]

Colleges Expect to Increase Information-Technology Spending by 5 Percent

The figures come from an annual survey conducted by Market Data Retrieval. A report on the survey, which drew responses from 1,427 accredited two- and four-year colleges and universities, is titled “The College Technology Review, 2002-2003 Academic Year.” The survey dealt with budgeted expenditures, not actual expenditures. Read the Full Article

E-Business In E-Europe: Is Small E-Beautiful?

The lecture, E-business in e-Europe: Is small e-beautiful? Policy, research and practice, will draw together leading researchers in the e-commerce field and e-business practitioners to review the current position and explore the future for ordinary small firms and for the dotcom sector as a whole. The event, at the British Embassy on the evening of […]

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Partners with Colleges to Develop, Implement Electronic Portfolios

The Purdue School of Engineering & Technology at IUPUI began development of a software system called Epsilen Portfolios in December 2001 that will allow the user to develop a personal Web-based portfolio, complete with resume, bios, papers, presentations, a learning matrix, movies and other multi-media pieces. Starting next fall, incoming freshman enrolled at Bowling Green […]

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Universities Exporting M.B.A. Programs via the Internet

Instead, he spends hectic lunch hours and long evenings in his office cubicle here, earning his M.B.A.Read the Full Article

The African Virtual University And Growth in Africa

Donors governments and private telecom operators have gone a long way to get many parts of Africa wired and connect the continent to the global intonation highway. But does the knowledge add value to the work and lives of ordinary Africans?Read the Full Article