Student blogs offer new recruiting tool
In the never-ending drive to attract new students to their institutions, some college and university officials now look to student blogs as a fresh addition to the recruiter’s toolbox.Read the Full Story
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Open Source, Open Standards
Free license software is becoming more popular for the general public and military training applications—and companies—could benefit from adopting free license software.Read the Full Story
Turner Classic Movies Works to Support Film Projects That Enlighten and Inspire
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is supporting creative uses of movies for philanthropic projects in the US and internationally through two novel programs, The Film Foundation in the United States and abroad with FilmAid International.Read the Full Story
How To: Use the Moodle Course Management System
More and more districts, schools, and teachers are interested in conducting online courses or adding online components to existing courses. A course management system allows teachers to manage their classes, courses, assignments, activities, quizzes and tests, resources, and more in an accessible online environment. Students can log on and work anytime, anywhere.Read the Full Story
EFF [Electronic Frontier Foundation]: Legal Guide for Bloggers
Whether you’re a newly minted blogger or a relative old-timer, you’ve been seeing more and more stories pop up every day about bloggers getting in trouble for what they post.Read the Full Story
Does Distance Learning Work? A Large Sample, Control Group Study of Student Success in Distance Learning
In 2001, the total budgets of all institutions of higher education in the United States exceeded $255 billion (Chronicle, 2004). In the public sector, state colleges and universities accounted for 11.8 percent of all state government general fund expenditures (Education Commission of the States, 2003). By nearly any measure then, higher education expenditures are significant […]
NCLB backlash expected to grow
When Connecticut on Aug. 22 became the first state to file suit against the Bush administration’s signature education law, the action was only the latest indication of a rising rebellion against the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).Read the Full Story
APSU [Austin Peay State University] online numbers up
Recent Austin Peay State University enrollment numbers indicate more and more students are getting out of the classroom and getting online.Read the Full Story
Striking the Right Chord for CCBBC [Clear Creek Baptist Bible College]
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College has been preparing men and women for ministry since 1926. CCBBC now offers ministry preparation courses online to move into the future and reach a wider market and also to deliver high quality ministry programs to students around the world.Read the Full Story
Department of Education Launches “Teachers Ask the Secretary”
U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings released the following statement today announcing the launch of the U.S. Department of Education’s new Internet feature, “Teachers Ask the Secretary”:Read the Full Story