College textbook costs skyrocketing
Instead, she judges the newest Calculus 101 text by what’s inside: a CD-ROM, flashy color photographs and a bubble-wrapped study manual. All those extras bring the price tag to $126, she says. Read the Full Story
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UMUC/PBS Live broadcast on Accessibility in Online Learning,
Produced by UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (UMUC) for PBS Adult Learning Service Supported with grants from SBC Foundation and NEC Foundation of America You are invited to participate in a live satellite broadcast on accessibility in online teaching and learning from 2:30-4:00 pm on April 22, 2004. The broadcast will be in the form […]
New Web Resource for Faculty from University of Maryland University College (UMUC) on Accessibility in Distance Education
UMUC’s new Accessibility in Distance Education (ADE) Web site has been designed to meet the needs of faculty who are teaching students with disabilities in the online environment. The ADE site explains accessibility problems that students with disabilities are likely to encounter in navigating Web-based resources, and shows faculty members how they can address and […]
New website offers free resources for high-technology entrepreneurs
Called the STVP Educators Corner, the website is a creation of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), an entrepreneurship education and research center within the School of Engineering. It includes videotaped interviews with Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Stanford course materials, case studies, and links to organizations, events and journals. Read the Article
Power over Ethernet Pioneer Launches Educational Grant Program in United States and Canada
PowerDsine(R), a provider of Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology, announced it has launched an educational grant program that will offer $100,000 worth of Power over Ethernet (PoE) midspan products to educational institutions operating in the United States and Canadian provinces. All grants under the PowerDsine Educational Grant Program will be awarded to eligible institutions of […]
Cable in the Classroom’s Media Literacy
Many Americans get most of their news and other information from the electronic media. Yet until recently, children have not been taught how to thoughtfully examine media messages. A growing number of educators, academics, and media professionals have called for media literacy to be taught in schools, and it has now become part of the […]
New website helping people with IELTS
Before the launch of ieltshelpnow.com, the only resources on the internet for helping people with the IELTS exam were the official IELTS site, a few expensive on line courses and some unofficial sites providing uncertain and generic assistance.www.ieltshelpnow.com has been launched by some British teachers who used to give classes at the British Council and […]
A Metamorphosis in Learning
As students begin asking questions, direct them to Web sites and books that will help them find the answers to these essential questions and to gain deeper understanding. Read the Full Story
European Journal of Open and Distance Learning Relaunched
The Editor-in-Chief, Alan Tait, with the support of three Regional Associate Editors and the Editorial Board, encourages you to submit to the journal.STAY IN FOCUS WITH EURODLEURODL, supported by the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN), publishes accounts of research, development and teaching for Europe in its most inclusive definition. It presents scholarly work and […]