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This article describes a project integrating mobile learning games into my course at Appalachian State University, in collaboration with a community partner and for the community as a whole. SOURCE: EDUCAUSE QuarterlyRead the Full Article
Advances in video conferencing technology have made it possible to communicate with people all over the world. With the introduction of HD Video and better than CD quality audio, teaching and performing music over the Internet is now a reality. The purpose of the symposium is to identify and develop strategies to establish synchronous distance […]
More community colleges are offering Web-based coursework, delivering services to mobile devices and are moving IT systems to the cloud in order to cope with reduced budgets and increased enrollments, a new survey has found.SOURCE: Government TechnologyRead the Full Article
The premiere will feature an interactive presentation by Communication and Business Professor John Daly about the “Politics of Ideas.” He will examine how good ideas can be put into place and why some ideas never make it that far. In an era in which big ideas in technology, communication and business can alter the landscape […]
Many high school students have counselors who continually guided them or parents who asked lots of questions. But when they reach a university, they have take responsibility for their own learning. SOURCE: ConvergeRead The Full Article
CourseSites(TM) by Blackboard, the company’s free, fully hosted and supported online course system has been updated to include a range of new features and support for five additional languages, Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) announced today. Already used in more than 100 countries, CourseSites can now be accessed in Spanish, Dutch, French, German, and Brazilian Portuguese. […]
Abstract The Web has permeated many aspects of modern society. Because the popularity of the Web in society is widely recognised, its role in education has attracted a great deal of attention. As two key players in web-based education, students and teaching staff are the end-users whose views and perceptions about the significance of the […]
Abstract In recent years there has been growth in online distance learning courses. This has been prompted by; new technology such as the Internet, mobile learning, video and audio conferencing: the explosion in student numbers in Higher Education, and the need for outreach to a world wide market. Web-based distance learning is seen as a […]
Abstract This paper analyzes global changes taking place in distance learning, concerning organizational structure, program structure, and global learning community, as also the developments and diversities within distance learning.These have been reflected upon in contexts of flexible learning, blended learning and such other developments. A case for holistic planning is proposed; and management imperatives of […]
This month, Indiana University made agreements with a software company and five publishers that influence the economic terms for the future of e-textbooks.SOURCE: ConvergeRead the Full Article