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Based on decades of research and the work of the best minds in the field of Instructional Design, we have recently completed a comprehensive set of standards that can now be used to design and evaluate online courses. Read the Full Article
Abstract This paper describes and quantifies the role of group facilitation in an experiential, real-time, online, university level credit course entitled eAHSC/230 Interpersonal Communications and Relations. A new and unique group interaction pattern called parallel communication, as well as classical elements of group interaction are described and quantified. New measures of online group facilitation attributes […]
Articles in this special issue provide us with a careful, detailed, and nuanced look at the diffusion and impacts of CMC technologies in the Middle East, with reports on Afghanistan, Israel, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. Read the Full Article
Having shaken off many of the teething problems associated with new technology, online education can be tailored to the needs of students across a range of courses. Read the Full Article
Thanks to a recent ruling, the Iowa Community College Online Consortium is now able to award associate of arts degrees to students who take all of their classes via the Internet. Read the Full Article
A new University of Washington English language program that relies on computer software and facilitators to teach business communication skills has already attracted 1200 enrollments in India. The Certificate in Professional Communication is a three-course, English-language program that teaches students communication skills, the English fundamentals of computer software, and personal effectiveness skills for the workplace. […]
Before he registers, Jank, a sophomore computer science major at Idaho, taps into RateMyProfessors.com to “see how teachers are rated, see how hard their classes are, see what kind of teacher they are and how they fit into my paradigm.” Read the Full Article
Prohaska was one of the thousands of Yale College recipients of a hoax e-mail sent at approximately 7:15 a.m. — allegedly from Yale Provost Susan Hockfield — informing them that classes had been cancelled. Read the Full Article
Before he registers, Jank, a sophomore computer science major at Idaho, taps into RateMyProfessors.com to “see how teachers are rated, see how hard their classes are, see what kind of teacher they are and how they fit into my paradigm.” Read the Full Article
BEDMINSTER, N.J. and MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Parents who want their children to use the Internet safely — and to learn while having fun — will want to check out a new online resource that lets kids “camp out” all year long: goCyberCamp(TM). Read the Full Article