The cost of online education
HARRISBURG — As one representative put it, “school choice” is a misnomer — it should be called “school pay.”Read the Full Story
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Classes Without Borders
The flexibility online classes allow is causing them to become more popular as technology advancesRead the Full Story
Virtual schools offer clubs, field trips
Contrary to popular perception, students who enroll in cyber education have a plethora of options for interacting socially with their peers. Virtual schools are forming online clubs and organizing both online and face-to-face field trips to foster social experiences, and organizers say their efforts are paying off.Read the Full Story
Virtual schools offer clubs, field trips
Contrary to popular perception, students who enroll in cyber education have a plethora of options for interacting socially with their peers. Virtual schools are forming online clubs and organizing both online and face-to-face field trips to foster social experiences, and organizers say their efforts are paying off.Read the Full Story
Online degrees slowly losing academic stigma
The number of college students earning online degrees has exploded in the past few years, but the legitimacy of a virtual education is still uncertain in the business world and traditional academia, experts say.Read the Full Story
Taking a Journey with Today’s Digital Kids:
Editor-in-chief James Morrison sat down with Deneen Frazier Bowen at the 2005 National Educational Computing Conference to discuss her unique presentation “The Natives are Restless,” a series of dramatic sketches dealing with the utilization of technology in educational settings. Bowen’s sketches examined students’ difficulties in relating school to real life as well as teachers’ insecurities […]
The Pharmaceutical Institute Announces Availability of More Than 40 Disease State and Therapeutic Area e-Courses
RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ — The Pharmaceutical Institute (PI), the leading provider of specialized knowledge for pharma and biotech professionals, today announced the availability of a library of more than 40 e-Courses covering various therapeutic areas and disease states.Read the Full Story
Making Good Use of Digital Library Content and Services
I recently had dinner with friends and former colleagues who work in the information center of a major research and development organization. We discussed the changes that have taken place in the center over the past few years as a result of the increasing quantity and quality of information resources available in digital format. Looking […]
Ethiopia prepares to host eLearning Africa
eLearning Africa slated to hold May 2006, in Ethiopia intends to become an eLearning capacity-building event for the entire African continent and a forum for all stakeholders engaged in the planning and implementation of technology-supported learning and training.Read the Full Story
The iPod Took My Seat
As college professors post lectures online, they’re seeing a rise in absenteeism. A low-tech response to no-shows: more surprise quizzes.Read the Full Story