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While research has examined the comparative time commitment required for on line versus face-to-face teaching, little is known about the distribution of faculty time investment into the various aspects of online course facilitation. The purpose of this study is to examine the proportion of time faculty devote to each of the pedagogical components that are […]
The paper presents the findings of the first year of a nationally funded Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) project on the quality management of online learning environments by and through distributed leadership. The project is being undertaken by five Australian universities with major commitments to online and distance education. Each university, however, has a […]
The phenomenon of faculty’s resistance to use technology in higher education is the focus of this research as a secondary reading of the existing relevant research with the purpose of analyzing factors of resistance and finding the solutions. This paper is an excerpt from a Doctoral dissertation and is focused on the causes of resistance […]
How to plan an open and distance learning (ODL) unit in higher education is not clearly described in the literature. A number of ODL facilities at residential universities have not been successful because of a lack of planning or because of failure to ensure that all the different systems for ODL delivery were in place […]
This explorative study captured the perceptions of faculty members new to technology enhanced learning and the longitudinal observations of the e-learning manager during dedicated professional development in order to compile a socially transformative emergent learning technology integration framework for open and distance learning at the School of Continuing Teacher Education at North-West University, South Africa. […]
At Union County College, an adaptive learning strategy is helping next fall’s entering students prepare for success in their future college-credit bearing math courses. By taking a non-credit program over the summer, they can get up to speed for college-level math, potentially avoiding developmental ed courses when they enter college in the fall. It’s like […]
Enhanced Content Library and New Content Management, User and Analytics Tools Help Educators More Effectively Manage the Use of Digital Media in Classrooms PBS Press Release
Edmentum™ Sensei™ manages student-performance data across multiple levels Edmentum Press Release
Open education, open textbooks, massive open online courses (MOOCs) — there’s a common element that ties together many of higher education’s most-hyped online learning buzz phrases. eCampus News Full Article
PHILADELPHIA — In a traditional classroom setting, a university or college’s disability services office typically coordinates a disabled student’s accommodation issues. But with the growth of online education, it is now largely the obligation of the instructors themselves to proactively design courses that are equally accessible to all students. Inside Higher Ed Full Article