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Distance Education Courses for Public Elementary and Secondary School Students: 2009–10

This report provides national estimates about distance education courses in public school districts. The estimates presented in this report are based on a district survey about distance education courses offered by the district or by any of the schools in the district during the 2009-10 school year.SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), US Department […]

OUA to welcome Visiting Scholar Thomas C. Reeves Ph.D.

Open Universities Australia (OUA) is pleased to announce the first Visiting Scholar under the new Centre for Online Learning Excellence Thomas C. Reeves, Ph.D. who will be working with OUA from 12 November to 10 December. SOURCE: Open Universities of AustraliaRead the Press Release

Teachers’ newest online worry: ‘cyberbaiting’

11 percent of teachers know a friend who has been ‘cyberbaited,’ or taunted by a student hoping to record an outburst, according to a new surveySOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article

With online testing on the horizon, infrastructure could be a challenge

School leaders unsure who will pay for computers as states prepare to give online examsSOURCE: eSchool NeesRead the Full Article

New Course-Management Software Promises Facebook-Like Experience

Three University of Pennsylvania students who recently dropped out to start an upstart course-management system today unveiled their software, called Coursekit, after having raised more than $1-million in venture capital.SOURCE: Wired Campus

Ball State announces unprecedented tuition savings of nearly $6,000, including Completion Scholarship

Ball State University today announced that it will award a $500 Completion Scholarship to Hoosier students who are on track to earning their degrees within four years. SOURCE: Ball State UniversityRead the Press Release

Online classes growing in popularity at UAF

FAIRBANKS — More than half of University of Alaska Fairbanks students are taking at least one of their courses through the Internet this semester, a first-time milestone that coincides with a boom in online education at UAF.SOURCE: Fairbanks Daily News

Virtual schools are multiplying, but some question their educational value

A Virginia company leading a national movement to replace classrooms with computers — in which children as young as 5 can learn at home at taxpayer expense — is facing a backlash from critics who are questioning its funding, quality and oversight.SOURCE: The Washington PostRead the Full Article

Aligning the Quantum Perspective of Learning to Instructional Design: Exploring the Seven Definitive Questions

Abstract This paper builds upon a foundational paper (under review) which explores the rudiments of the quantum perspective of learning. The quantum perspective of learning uses the principles of exchange theory or borrowed theory from the field of quantum holism pioneered by quantum physicist David Bohm (1971, 1973) to understand learning in a new way. […]

IGNOU library system goes electronic

New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has introduced a suite of e-library services by converting the existing services into e-services and exploring many other ways to support its distance education system such as increasing the scope of e-resources accessed, better methods of seeking information, saving time in the information search and delivery, […]