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By Robert Hood, 541-737-0786 SOURCE: Mark Merickel, 541-737-3810 Oregon State University’s distance degree program in natural resources has been recognized as one of the nation’s finest by the American Distance Education Consortium. While more than 100 universities nominated distance degree programs for recognition in ADEC’s annual awards competition, OSU was one of only four programs […]
As a former teacher and principal, Greg Butler understands firsthand the pain and reward of the education profession. He has worked on teacher development at the university level, as well as at the regional level in Australia around the use of technology in classrooms. As manager of Educator and Student Development at Microsoft, Butler is […]
An Arthur Andersen audit of 18 recipients of first-year eRate funds has sparked an investigation of one of the beneficiaries for possible fraud, eSchool News has learned. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has confirmed that the suspected eRate violations are an “ongoing law enforcement matter” but has rejected an eSchool News Freedom of Information Act […]
A group of university presidents here is considering legal action against the operators of two Web sites that sell fake degrees in the names of three New Zealand universities. Read the full story http://chronicle.com/free/2002/02/2002021101u.htm
University educators at Stanford and elsewhere largely have extolled the wonders of technology for teaching. But is something lost when professors and lecturers rely too heavily on technology? Or when interaction with students takes place remotely — in cyberspace rather than in the real space of the classroom?
Newark, DE — On October 15, 2001, the research vessel Atlantis set sail from Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Its 17-day mission was to explore one of the hottest, most demanding environments on earth — hydrothermal vents nearly two miles deep on the Pacific Ocean floor. On board the ship was an international team of marine biologists, […]
The NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI) is soliciting for institutions interested in participation in a testbed program. Activities entail testing and broad implementation of middleware components developed and packaged under the NMI program. These include software applications, policies, recommendations, specifications, and services or Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Responses are due by March 8, 2002. Read the […]
Park City, Utah July 21-25, 2002 MDE is a comprehensive look at a wide range of issues facing those offering e-learning courses and programs. The intimate setting is limited to 60 participants. Some of the speakers, discussion leaders, and issues are: Darcy Hardy, University of Texas Telecampus, on managing the e-learning environment. John Witherspoon, San […]
Using the 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty, this report examines who, among postsecondary faculty and staff, were more likely to teach various types of distance education classes. It also explores how those who taught such classes differed from those who did not in terms of workload, compensation, interaction with students, classroom practices, and job […]
To celebrate Guglielmo Marconi’s first radio broadcast 100 years ago, the folks at CBC Radio have created the Global Sampler, a cool tool that turns your keyboard into an arty convergence of sound and vision. http://www.tuningtheworld.com/center.cfm