Online Education Flunks But New Focus May Spark Revival
Educators say these initiatives, and other online ventures that are broader but less deep in scope, herald a second wind for e-learning.Read the Full Story
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Distance Learning and eLearning in European Policy and Practice: The Vision and the Reality
1. eLearning in 2000 and 2004: Two Different Pictures When the so called “Lisbon Strategy†to make Europe the most competitive and socially inclusive economy in the world by 2010 was defined the need to include education and training as a key component of the eEurope Plan was immediately perceived. At the same time it […]
American Association of School Librarians joins Partnership for 21st Century Skills
“The mission of the Partnership in advocating for information literacy as a central component of education is a perfect fit for AASL’s program goals,” said AASL President Dawn Vaughn. “We are proud to be part of this national coalition working to advance 21st century educational skills.”Read the Full Story
Distance learning catches on in Mesa
The program, which teaches students off-site by computer, started in 1999 and now boasts more than 600 students. Much of the recent growth came with the addition of about 165 kindergarten through sixth-grade students this year. Read the Full Story
Students urged to utilize online courses
The effort is part of a state campaign to make high schools more rigorous and increase the number of students who take advanced placement courses, either in the classroom, online or using video conferencing systems.Read the Full Story
Reforming High Schools a National Priority, U. S. Education Secretary Tells Governors
At the National Governors Association’s High School Summit today, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings called improving the quality of high school education in America “an urgent challenge” and “a national priority” and promoted President Bush’s High School Initiative to raise achievement levels.“Improving the quality of high school education is an urgent challenge that can […]
IBM Helps Drive Open Source Development
SOMERS, N.Y. — Feb. 25, 2005 — IBM today contributed more than 30 open source projects to SourceForge.net and launched new online skills-building programs to spur innovation, collaboration and development around emerging open source projects. Additionally, IBM today announced it is extending support for developers building Web applications using PHP, a popular open source Web […]
Implementing Online Secondary Education: An Evaluation of a Virtual High School
The study of over 2600 online student enrollments found that online delivery of high school courses fulfills a very real and practical need in the high school curriculum, especially for students in small or rural high schools.Read the Full Story
Virtual high school a popular alternative for independent students
The online academics are as rigorous and time-consuming as any standard high school electives, they said, but that doesn’t mean the Web courses are only for the studious. Finn and Ross are students at Lyme-Old Lyme High School.Read the Full Story
Triumph for educationManchin pushing distance-learning technology
Saying he does not oppose consolidation, Gov. Manchin indicated he is committed to doing everything he can to preserve the community and rural schools located throughout the state.Read the Full Story