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Rare and out-of-print films now available at IU through digitization

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — More than 125 rare and out-of-print films are now available for research and instruction thanks to Indiana University’s yearlong project to digitize films from the Lilly Library’s historic David S. Bradley Film Collection. Read the Full Story

Systems Thinking: A Lens and Scalpel for Organizational Learning

The focus of this paper is causal inference in social and educational research. A concern with causality has had a profound impact on the kinds of questions that may be addressed in research, on how they must be formulated, and on the methodology that must be applied. In the social sciences the prevailing experimental paradigm […]

Career Corner: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Online College Degrees

Not all degree programs are created equalRead the Full Story

The Luddite from York University

Canada has been keeping up with the United States in producing considerable numbers of flaky academic extremists. But it is doubtful that any are as bizarre as David F. Noble.[1]Read the Full Story

The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) Applauds Congressional Opposition to WSIS Internet Proposal ITAA

The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today congratulated several members of Congress for taking a strong stand against the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) attempt to expand intergovernmental oversight of the Internet.Read the Full Story

Community Colleges Use Elluminate to Deliver Wide Area Learning Experience to Students

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and Web conferencing solutions for the real-time organization, announced tremendous market momentum in the adoption of Elluminate Live! among community colleges throughout the world.Read the Full Story

Causal Inference and System Dynamics in Social Science Research: A Commentary with Example

The focus of this paper is causal inference in social and educational research. A concern with causality has had a profound impact on the kinds of questions that may be addressed in research, on how they must be formulated, and on the methodology that must be applied. In the social sciences the prevailing experimental paradigm […]

Heading the study of distance education

Michael G. Moore is known in academic circles in the United States for leadership in conceptualising and developing the study of distance education.Read the Full Story

E-Tutoring Broadens Bounds of Outsourcing

COCHIN, India – A few stars are still twinkling in the inky pre-dawn sky when Koyampurath Namitha arrives for work in a quiet suburb of this south Indian city. It’s barely 4:30 a.m. when she grabs a cup of coffee and joins more than two dozen colleagues, each settling into a cubicle with a computer […]

Kids dial India for online tutoring

Twice a week, 14-year-old Princeton John sits in front of the computer in his Glenview home, puts on a headset and gets ready for an hourlong tutoring session.Read the Full Story