Students Covering Bigger Share of Costs of College
College students are covering more of what it costs to educate them, even as most colleges are spending less on students, according to a new study. Read the Full Article
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Waukesha schools expand online academy to grades 6-8
To keep up with competition among virtual schools in the state, the Waukesha School District’s virtual charter high school has received the green light to expand its computer-based learning environment to middle school students next year. Read the Full Article
Waukesha schools expand online academy to grades 6-8
To keep up with competition among virtual schools in the state, the Waukesha School District’s virtual charter high school has received the green light to expand its computer-based learning environment to middle school students next year. Read the Full Article
Industry To Tackle Global Assessments
ntel, Microsoft, and Cisco will join forces for a research and development project aimed at improving the overall effectiveness of assessments. According to information released by Intel Tuesday, the three will collaborate in an effort at “transforming global educational assessment and improving learning outcomes.” Read the Full Article
Florida Virtual School, UCF to train future teachers how to teach online
The Florida Virtual School–the country’s first entirely online statewide public school–and the University of Central Florida are teaming up to offer future teachers what they call first-of-its-kind training, reports the Orlando Sentinel: virtual internships. Read the Full Article
Florida Virtual School, UCF to train future teachers how to teach online
The Florida Virtual School–the country’s first entirely online statewide public school–and the University of Central Florida are teaming up to offer future teachers what they call first-of-its-kind training, reports the Orlando Sentinel: virtual internships. Read the Full Article
Obama eyes tech-savvy insider for FCC chief
President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Julius Genachowski, one of his key technology advisors, to be the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), according to a Democratic official. Read the Full Article
Special Issue: Possibilities and pitfalls of teaching in virtual worlds.
In the past two years, over 300 colleges and universities have claimed virtual land in Second Life and in other virtual environments in an attempt to enhance content delivery, raise institutional profiles, and explore new frontiers in education. In this issue of Innovate, we explore the possibilities and pitfalls of teaching in virtual worlds. Our […]
Reliability and validity of an evaluation tool for the online class
As institutions of higher education experience a dramatic rise in the demands for online classes, faculty members are at a loss for available tools effectively to evaluate their teaching practices. The authors of this article developed an instrument to give higher education faculty reliable feedback on their online classes. The authors developed an instrument that […]
Internet use during childhood and the ecological techno-subsystem
Research findings suggest both positive and negative developmental consequences of Internet use during childhood (e.g., playing video games have been associated with enhanced visual skills as well as increased aggression). Several studies have concluded that environmental factors mediate the developmental impact of childhood online behaviour. From an ecological perspective, we propose the techno-subsystem, a dimension […]