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AbstractThe literature is rife with predictions about the potential impact of online learning. What do we know about predicting unintended consequences that might result from using the Internet for educational purposes? This paper reviews several conceptual frameworks that guide those who believe that technology influences who-we-are as humans and what we can become. It then […]
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The hardware and software developed by a European project aims to unleash the full potential of digital media by offering the secure creation, delivery and consumption of audiovisual media across a wide range of hybrid networks and platforms.Read the Full Story
The Alemaya University disclosed that it would launch distance education for degree level programme in eight towns during the current academic year.Read the Full Story
Virtual schools opening slots in online classes to displaced students.Read the Full Story
University Park, Pa. — Penn State’s World Campus, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and School of Information Sciences and Technology have joined a Sloan Consortium initiative to offer a condensed online fall semester free of charge to students whose studies were disrupted by Hurricane Katrina.Read the Full Story
We are pleased to inform, that a new book “E-Learning in Europe – Learning Europe: How have new media contributed to the development of higher education?” has been recently published in English, in the series “Medien in der Wissenschaft”, Germany (Waxmann Verlag, http://www.waxmann.com).Read the Full Story
The authors are Robert Zemsky, a professor and chair of the Learning Alliance at the University of Pennsylvania; Gregory R. Wegner, director of program development at the Great Lakes Colleges Association; and William F. Massy, a professor emeritus of higher education at Stanford University and currently president of the Jackson Hole Higher Education Group. The […]
Ball State University’s Electronic Field Trip (EFT) program has garnered national “Best of the Web” honors from the Center for Digital Education for one of its Web sites.Read the Full Story
Web Portal Will Enhance Campus CommunityCambridge, MA, September 21, 2005 — Jenzabar, Inc., the pioneer of Total Campus Management (TCM) solutions for higher education, today announced that Flagler College has selected Jenzabar’s Internet Campus Solution (JICS) to provide Web-based services to its student population. Specifically, Jenzabar’s Internet Campus Solution will be used to strengthen the […]