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The Privacy and Security Policy Vacuum in Higher Education

Colleges and universities possess an exceptional volume and variety of personal information. Given this fact—along with their wide range of activities, the often decentralized nature of their operations, and their growing reliance on technologies that collect and centrally store data—these institutions face significant privacy and security challenges. Unfortunately, to date, most colleges and universities in […]

Distance learning booms: Students near, far snub class for online courses

Getting a college degree typically means going to campus, taking dozens of courses in classrooms with other students sitting nearby and listening to professors lecture.Read the Full Story

Online High School teaches globally

Some people simply write to pen pals on faraway continents — but a Stanford program has brought students from Hong Kong and Seoul together to study with students from Arizona and Minnesota in an online virtual high school.Read the Full Story

Online High School teaches globally

Some people simply write to pen pals on faraway continents — but a Stanford program has brought students from Hong Kong and Seoul together to study with students from Arizona and Minnesota in an online virtual high school.Read the Full Story

Real learning in a virtual world

They may be college teachers and students, but they’re also pioneers – exploring strange new worlds that exist nowhere on Earth. That’s because their classes and field trips take place only on computers, using an online digital world called Second Life (http://secondlife.com/).Read the Full Story

Polk receives grant to plan ‘virtual high school’

Polk County Schools has received a grant to work with UNC-Greensboro on a “virtual high school,” part of a state effort to redesign schools to meet the needs of more young people.Read the Full Story

Polk receives grant to plan ‘virtual high school’

Polk County Schools has received a grant to work with UNC-Greensboro on a “virtual high school,” part of a state effort to redesign schools to meet the needs of more young people.Read the Full Story

How Do I Choose a Program?

Sure, E-learning could be a great way to further your education while keeping your day job. But how do you separate the reputable programs from the digital diploma mills that profit from giving you a worthless degree? By finding out the answers to three quick questions before you enroll, you could spare yourself some hassles […]

Wales to use libraries as e-Learning sites to boost adult skills

Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport, Alun Pugh has launched the ‘Gateways to Learning’ initiative, to encourage more adults into lifelong learning and develop their skills – using libraries and e-Learning. Read the Full Story

Online college texts are free, but not free from ads

When student Shah Nizami walked into the campus bookstore at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, last spring, he was told not to buy a textbook for his business finance class.Read the Full Story