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Technology, human agency and Dewey’s constructivism: Opening democratic spaces in virtual classrooms

The author suggests that structural critiques of educational technology ignore the considerable impact of human agency on shaping related learning outcomes. By combining Dewey’s constructivism with Internet technology, the article suggests student agency and participatory democratic learning are actually encouraged. Rather than condemning educational technology as necessarily socially reproductive, then, the author concludes that democratic […]

Internet classes get good reviews from students

Potter, 15, is among a couple dozen West Michigan teenagers enrolled in Michigan Virtual High School, where classes consist of independent study, e-mail messages back and forth to instructors, and online chat rooms with other students.Read the Full Story

U.S. public TV chief denies any liberal bias

“PBS does not belong to any single constituency, no single political party, no activist group, no foundation, no funder,” PBS President Pat Mitchell told a luncheon at the National Press Club. “Our editorial standards ensure this and public opinion polls verify it …Read the Full Story

Stationed in Iraq, his college studies continue

While serving a five-month stint in Iraq this spring, Ortega continued taking classes for his associate’s degree in fire technology from Allan Hancock College.Read the Full Story

Ed ‘visionaries’: Schools must change

Held May 18 in Washington, D.C., this year’s event was titled “Educators Driving Change in Communities: Creating New Uses for Technology and Impacting Economic Development.”Read the Full Story

Free Online Courses: Instructor-led courses on the latest topics for registered BusinessWeek users

All courses are led by experts in their fields, and offer you the opportunity to interact with the instructors and other students online. Get practical advice related to your business, become smarter with technology, and much more!Read the Full Story

Fans Flock to Firefox Flicks

The collaboratively written application has hit more than 50 million downloads, spurred primarily by word-of-mouth advertising.Read the Full Story

IPod Plug-In Sets Music Free

The plug-in, called ml_iPod, allows iPod users to bypass iTunes and manage music collections in Winamp instead. The iPod is supposed to work with iTunes only. A new version of the software was released Monday.Read the Full Story

The Relationship between Problems with Technology and Graduate Studentsâ€™ Evaluations of Online Teaching

Participants included 131 graduate students in a College of Education. They were from 19 sections of five different online courses. In these courses, students took tests, found information, and participated in chat rooms, discussions, or emails with instructors.Read the Full Story

Trump University: You’re Wired!

With business schools around the country using Donald Trump’s reality TV vehicle The Apprentice as a teaching tool, perhaps it was just a matter of time before The Donald cut out the middleman. On May 23, the real estate mogul formally launched Trump University — a foray into the fast-growing field of online education. Courses […]