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Welcome to Openness 2.0 a five part ongoing series brought to you by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the University of Illinois at Chicago Libraries.In Part 1 Sandra Braman, Mary Case and Steve Jones breakdown the current state of Openness in policy, culture and academics. Download the MP3 file or read […]
Distance learning was once the poor cousin , but increasing recognition of these degrees by employers is changing all that, writes Fiona ReddanRead the Full Article
In this article, we describe data from two case studies of seniors (one younger senior and one older senior) in learning to use computers. The study combined interviews, observations, and documents to take a close look at their experiences with computers, as well as the influences of aging and computer training on their experiences. The […]
There’s a great scene from “The Brady Bunch” when Marcia — just turned high school freshman — is nervous about fitting in and making friends so she signs up for every club listed on the school bulletin board.Read the Full Article
BEREA, Ohio — Books are not Nadia Konyk’s thing. Her mother, hoping to entice her, brings them home from the library, but Nadia rarely shows an interest.Read the Full Article
A growing number of American families are choosÂing to homeschool their children. The U.S. DepartÂment of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics reports that approximately 1.1 million chilÂdren (2.2 percent of school-age children) were being educated at home as of 2003—29 percent more than the 850,000 students who were being homeschooled in 1998.[1] Another estimate […]
If you can’t manage a trip abroad to learn a foreign language, the Internet and a broadband computer connection may do the job, too.Read the Full Article
Armed with outside ideas and information, teens are challenging their teachers. And some schools welcome it.Read the Full Article
Unless you are directly involved with teaching online, have students taking courses online, or have taken an online course yourself, chances are that you find the concept of online education quite nebulous. You might not have any interest in it. Terms like distance education, fully online, blended courses, virtual courses, e-learning, hybrid courses, mixed-mode, asynchronous […]
The former Blue Peter editor behind one of Britain’s most successful online education companies is hoping to expand into hundreds of secondary schools after a deal with Channel 4.Read the Full Article
