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As higher education institutions push for more online courses instructors are faced with issues and challenges related to teaching in the online learning environment. Regardless, of whether higher education’s impetus is fueled by cost-saving measures, or the belief that online courses answer the challenge of rapid tuition increases or changing student body, one issue that […]
During the past three decades the pressures to attend to multicultural issues in teacher education programs have been increasing (Gay, 2000). The origins of these demands can be found in rapidly changing demographics and corresponding efforts by students, business, and government to have their needs met in an increasingly diverse and global society (Giroux, 1997).Read […]
The term “digital divide†has traditionally described inequalities in access to computers and the Internet between groups of people based on one or more dimensions of social or cultural identity.Read the Full Story
The Army asks its people to dedicate their hearts and minds to mission accomplishment, and they do. In return, the Army has an obligation to provide its personnel with the tools they need to succeed in their professional careers.Read the Full Story
BLOOMINGTON, Ind — The Indiana University Digital Library Program today (Sept. 20) received a $768,747 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to extend its groundbreaking digital music library to college teachers and students across the country. The project will create an online learning and research tool, like the highly successful […]
Whereas Microsoft keeps the code of it’s software a big secret, developers of Open Source Software don’t see the need for secrecy. They provide people a license to use ánd modify the software code. And it is often free of charge.In the last two years Open Source Software has made an increasing impact in education. […]
Printer Diamond helps educators beat “diploma mills†by delivering custom contentRead the Full Story
“This PrepKit has been developed by closely following the guidelines of the updated version of CompTIA’s Linux+ “2004” exam objectives. The new PrepKit comes with pre–defined and fully customizable tests with realistic questions, precise explanations of the correct as well as incorrect answers, and exhaustive study notes and guides. I am sure that this PrepKit […]
On the Late Show some years ago, David Letterman slipped into his cranky-old-man persona to lament the notion of video on the Internet. Closing his eyes to his trademark squint, he looked at the camera and wondered why anyone would want to watch some herky-jerky picture “that’s the size of a postage stamp.”Read the Full […]
Researchers at Penn State and other universities have developed a tool to help educators and researchers search for and exchange large academic or scientific files more easily–using the principles most associated with trading music and movies illegally.Read the Full Story