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Challenge: CSU SystemIn response to California’s fiscal pressures stemming from 1978’s Proposition 13 and the severe economic downturn of the early ’90s, California high schools have had severe reductions in the number of counselors available to help students learn about postsecondary educational opportunities.Read the Full Story
For Boca Raton resident Carole Enneking, taking online classes at Kaplan University fits with a busy schedule that includes two full-time jobs. One of her classes meets at 10 on Tuesday nights.Read the Full Story
Click.That’s the sound of a new semester starting today for thousands of Brevard Community College students, who are increasingly entering classrooms with a computer mouse instead of their feet.Read the Full Story
As students at eight colleges shop for notebooks and car decals this fall, they’ll have another product to consider at the campus bookstore: electronic textbooks. But not everyone expects the e-books fly off the shelves.Read the Full Story
Dear Colleagues,Please allow me to invite you to attend “Advancing the Effectiveness and Sustainability of Open Education,” the 17th Annual Instructional Technology Institute at Utah State University. The conference will be held from September 28 – 30, 2005 on the Utah State University campus in Logan, Utah. This year’s keynote speakers include “The Social Life […]
What is Videoblogging?Videoblogging is a new form of expression centering around posting videos to a website and encouraging an audience response. It is the next step from text blogging and podcasting.Visit the Site
As the days of summer heat up, they’re sizzling in more ways than one. For the last couple of weeks, there’s been a hot topic among media-watchers: Will Apple announce a video-capable version of its iPod music player?Read the Full Story
Abstract:The purpose of this literature review was to determine what evidence there is that instructional designers apply ID Models, as well as to establish what other activities and processes they might use in their professional activities. Only ten articles were located that directly pertained to this topic: seven reporting on empirical research and three case […]
Midmorning at Federal Way’s Internet Academy, the hum of the air conditioner fills the school’s one classroom. Just four students tap at keyboards while one teacher talks on the phone.Read the Full Story
The surging popularity of online education at the University of Illinois at Springfield is creating a new set of challenges for the school.Read the Full Story