New Book: Taking Your Course Online
This book focuses on online pedagogy and the challenges and opportunities incumbent in the transformation of a face-to-face college course. SOURCE: Information Age PublishingRead the Announcement
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Ballot initiative would expand role of online classes in K-12 system
A statewide ballot initiative that would expand the role of online courses in the K-12 educational system has entered circulation, prompting support from local education leaders. SOURCE: Inland Valley Daily BulletinRead the Full Story
The Year Ahead in IT, 2012
This series of annual Year Ahead articles on technology and education began on the eve of what we now know is one of the profound downturns in modern capitalism. When history is written, the impact of the deep economic recession of 2008-2012 will have been pivotal in the shifting balance of economic and political power […]
Excelsior College Launches Highly Dynamic Multimedia Online Writing Lab Available to the Public
Albany, New York (PRWEB) January 05, 2012Excelsior College, a private, nonprofit, distance learning institution in Albany, N.Y., today announced the launch of a robust, dynamic and multimedia online writing lab (OWL) available to the public.SOURCE: Digital JournalRead the Full Article
Chancellor on combining eight campuses: Distance learning will bridge geographic distance
University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby is recommending to the Board of Regents that eight of the System’s 35 colleges and universities be consolidated. The board will act upon the recommendation at its Jan. 10-11 meeting.SOURCE: The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionRead the Full Article
Online School Helps Grown-Ups Finish College
NPR’s “All Things Considered” Features Western Governors UniversitySOURCE: Western Governors UniversityListen to the Audio Clip
Utah State University Regional Campuses & Distance Education 2011 Annual Report
In their new book, “The Innovative University,” authors Clayton M. Christensen and Henry J. Eyring contend that traditional brick and mortar universities in the U.S. appear to be in “educational decline” relative to other countries. They assert, using the lens of Christensen’s “theory of disruptive innovation,” that unless these same universities reevaluate and even reinvent […]
Mentoring University Faculty to Become High Quality Online Educators: A Program Evaluation
ABSTRACT This study summarizes the results of a program evaluation of the Distance Education Mentoring Program (DEMP), an ongoing initiative at Purdue University Calumet, Indiana (USA) designed to enhance the development of online courses by mentoring faculty in instructional design principles and technology. The evaluation covers a four year period and is based on a […]
IT Trends to Watch in 2012
Four eminent futurists predict the trend lines for 6 major issues facing IT in higher education in 2012.SOURCE: Campus TechnologyRead the Full Article
First-ever national Digital Learning Day scheduled for Wednesday, February 1
Digital Learning Day is a culminating event in a year-round national awareness campaign to improve teaching and learning for all children. On Digital Learning Day, we are asking everyone – no matter your comfort with technology – teachers, librarians, school leaders, afterschool programs, community groups, parents.Review the Website