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Different Shoes, Same Footprints? A Cross-Disciplinary Evaluation of Students’ Online Learning Experiences: Preliminary Findings from the SOLE Project

SOLE, funded by LTSN and JISC, has undertaken evaluations of the learning experiences of students using virtual learning environments (VLEs) across five disciplines. The paper will introduce the study and present a summary of key findings on several aspects including the way in which the VLE was embedded in the pedagogy, tutor and student roles […]

TechStars – Five Faculty Members Who Put Technology to Good Use

The TechStars program has the dual goal of highlighting best practices and encouraging the sharing of ideas among faculty.Read the Full Story

Buying phony degrees online

Typing “Internet degree” in a search engine finds a page full of replies. 6 News found one site called instantdegrees.com. The company touts getting a degree and legal use of a title in just days with no attendance.Read the Full Story

St. Louis public education channel celebrates 50 years on the air

It wasnâ€™t all that much different 50 years ago when a group of St. Louis citizens and civic leaders came together at the request of Mayor Joseph Darst to launch an educational television station licensed to the community. There were some rocky times, but KETC (Channel 9) has survived and even thrived.Read the Full Story

Gates Stresses Value of Digital Technology in Making Information More Accessible to People with Vision or Print Disabilities

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 15, 2004 — Imagine what it would be like if more than 95 percent of all print publications, from textbooks to popular novels to magazines and daily newspapers, were simply unavailable to you. For millions of people worldwide who are blind or have other print disabilities such as mobility impairments or learning […]

Gardner-Webb University Switches to WebCT to Support Next Stage of e-Learning Growth

Gardner-Webb University, a century-old Baptist institution in North Carolina, has switched to the WebCT Campus Edition(TM) course management system to continue growing its e-learning program. Read the Full Story

THINQ Named 2004 Top Military Training Provider

BALTIMORE, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ — THINQ Learning Solutions, Inc. today announced that it was once again named a Top 100 training provider by Military Training Technology (MT2) from a field of more than 300 invited candidates.Read the Full Story

‘Podcasting’ set to take off

The creator of an online technology news program for like-minded technology-buffs, Bischoff is among a cadre of young technophiles experimenting with a just-emerging form of online communication: podcasting. Read the Full Story

Entering the Mainstream: The Quality and Extent of Online Education in the United States, 2003 and 2004

This yearâ€™s study, like last yearâ€™s, is aimed at answering some of the fundamental questions about the nature and extent of online education. Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and based on responses from over 1,100 colleges and universities, this yearâ€™s study addresses the following key questions:Download the Report PDF Format

Online universities fail to make the grade

Monash University professor Simon Marginson argues that global e-learning ventures have not attracted a critical mass of students because they failed to understand that online degrees do not command the same status from students, academics and the community as traditional qualifications.Read the Full Story