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Semantic Technologies and e-Learning: towards an entity-centric approach for Learning Management Systems

Abstract In the past, the application of semantic technologies to educational settings attracted a lot of attention, in particular regarding those approaches and software tools able to enrich, categorize and retrieve learning objects. In this paper we present a different perspective, specifically the evolution of a traditionally engineered learning platform into a semantic-enabled application. The […]

The Future of Higher Education

For a millennium, universities have been considered the main societal hub for knowledge and learning.1 And for a millennium, the basic structures of how universities produce and disseminate knowledge and evaluate students have survived intact through the sweeping societal changes created by technology—the moveable-type printing press, the Industrial Revolution, the telegraph, telephone, radio, television, and […]

Broadband, High-Speed Fiber Networking Infrastructure: A Community College Vision

More data-intensive computing, many-to-many collaborations, and high-bandwidth consuming new media are becoming signposts of the way we work, now and in the future, at every type of higher education institution. Greater connectedness for organizations and individuals alike makes the bold distinctions and segregation between types of institutions and students a thing of the past and […]

Historically Black, Online

The number of historically black colleges offering online- and blended-degree programs is increasing, although it is still only a minority of the institutions that do so, according to a new report. Inside Higher Ed Full Article

Position Announcement: Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology, Georgia Southern University

GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY University System of Georgia Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology— Search # 65407-1 and 65407-2 College of Education Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development The Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development in the College of Education invites nominations and applications for two positions of Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology. Georgia Southern […]

Results Are In: Harkin releases critical report on for-profits

A U.S. Senate committee released an unflattering report on the for-profit college sector on Sunday, concluding a two-year investigation led by Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat. While the report is ambitious in scope, and scathingly critical on many points, it appears unlikely to lead to a substantial legislative crackdown on the industry — at […]

Berkeley Joins ‘EdX’ Effort to Offer Free Open Courses

Since the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University unveiled their plan to create a platform for free online courses called edX, more than 120 other colleges and universities around the world have expressed interested in joining in. Today leaders of the effort announced that they’ve added the University of California at Berkeley as a partner, […]

Apollo Group already fighting back against federal report expected Monday

In an attempt to get in front of what is expected to be a scathing federal report released Monday, Phoenix-based Apollo Group Inc. has issued a comment piece in defense of its University of Phoenix flagship school. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is expected to release the report on for-profit colleges and universities. It is not […]

Online Education in Public Affairs

Abstract This exploratory study provides an overview of the current landscape of online education in the fields of Master of Public Administration and Master of Public Policy (MPA/MPP) utilizing a dataset compiled from content analysis of MPA/MPP programs’ websites and survey of 96 National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) affiliated institutions. […]

An e-learning approach to informed problem solving

Abstract When taking into account individualized learning processes not only content and interaction facilities need to be re-considered, but also the design of learning processes per se. Besides explicitness of learning objectives, interactive means of education need to enable intertwining content and communication elements as basic elements of active learning in a flexible way while […]