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Enrollment in Mississippi’s Virtual Public School that lets high school students learn via online classes has seen rapid growth. Projections are the 2,500 to 3,000 students taking online classes now will climb to 10,000 students in a couple of years, Mississippi Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds says. The state Board of Education discussed online classes […]
Last Wednesday, Michael Wesch was one of thousands of Internet users to add material to the video-sharing site YouTube. He posted a five-minute clip, set to techno music, that helps explain Web 2.0 — the so-called second wave of Web-based services that enables people to network and aggregate information online. The next morning, Wesch, an […]
Kayla Fleming of Leavenworth goes to school only when she has to take a test.The rest of the time, like a growing number of students throughout Kansas and the U.S., Fleming takes classes at home over the Internet.Read the Full Article
Kayla Fleming of Leavenworth goes to school only when she has to take a test.The rest of the time, like a growing number of students throughout Kansas and the U.S., Fleming takes classes at home over the Internet.Read the Full Article
Yahoo Pipes lets people make highly customized feeds that combine information from multiple sources and weed out the junk.Read the Full Article
This paper is an expanded version of a paper presented at the EDEN conference, Vienna, June 2006. It expands the model of learner engagement in the e-portfolio process and defines types of engagement experienced by the user. The factors which impact on the type of engagement enjoyed by the user are numerous and the paper […]
The author will provide a concise discussion on creativity, defining the term, sharing theoretical background information and offering insights into promoting creativity in online university classes. Emphasis will be placed on relevant ways to integrate creativity into instructional activities across the academic disciplines. Read the Full Article
Relying on text-based instruction may be disenfranchising many students, whilst technology enhanced environments can provide significant advantages to a growing market of non-traditional learners. This paper reports on research investigating the perceptions of first year distance education students studying a foundation communications course using a multimodal learning environment. It demonstrates higher levels of engagement are […]
As part of an evaluation of an ongoing initiative to train faculty to teach online, semistructured interviews were conducted to identify areas of need and faculty satisfaction. The data indicated that the majority of faculty placed a high value on technical and pedagogical support. However, another very surprising finding emerged from the data; a small […]
The use of Web-based learning has increased in colleges during the past decade. Students in colleges across the country are Web-savvy and employ Web technology for communication and entertainment. One of the goals of U. S. colleges, and the college in which this project took place specifically, is to educate students in ways to use […]