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These theories, however, were developed in a time when learning was not impacted through technology. Over the last twenty years, technology has reorganized how we live, how we communicate, and how we learn.Read the Full Story
The online hearings — called “Your Voice, Your Schools” — will run from Feb. 1 through Feb. 15 and posted information will be used to help a special 13-member Commission on the Campaign for Fiscal Equity prepare a report for the City Council. Read the Full Story
Many state education officials attribute the gains in participation at least in part to online courses that expand the reach of advanced-level instruction. Read the Full Story
The junior at Tiffin Columbian High School is taking the course online through Virtual High School, a Massachusetts-based consortium that lets districts across the country supplement their curriculums with online classes. Read the Full Story
These days the first tools are being presented. In Valkenburg about 50 tool developers, learning designers, teachers and learning providers from all over the world will meet to get to know these new tools. Gaining hands on experience is the central aim of the meeting. All participants will install the new tools on their laptops […]
“The proposed combination of the largest and second largest telephone providers in SBC’s 13-state region raises obvious antitrust concerns that regulatory authorities will have to scrutinize carefully. Cable companies, other phone competitors, consumers and business users alike have a vital interest in ensuring that this new telco behemoth does not act anticompetitively to thwart emerging […]
“The antitrust analysis will focus on the horizontal aspects of the merger in the enterprise market,” said PFF President Ray Gifford. “This once would have been a vertical merger for SBC into the long distance market, but that market is rapidly disappearing altogether.Read the Full Story
The agreement comes as the FCC is considering digital carriage for all of broadcasting, the expected bid by Comcast and Time Warner to jointly control even more of cable (by acquiring parts of Adelphia), and an ongoing review at the FCC of cable ownership limits.Read the Full Story
Participant feedback collected in several settings and over varying time periods suggests that well-designed and executed online learning environments are no less challenging and engaging for adults than their onsite counterparts. The paper describes two online settings, each in a different country, supported by a review of relevant literature. Online activities are analyzed in light […]
“Athabasca University is one of the treasures of the post-secondary system in Canada. Our world-class programs, offered at a distance using effective e-learning and other delivery methods, make us a world leader in online, open and distance education. Dr. Pannekoek, who comes from the University of Calgary, will build on the sound foundations – financial, […]