6 Ways Campuses Are Scaling Up E-Learning in 2013
Three higher education CIOs discuss their e-learning agendas and wish lists for the year ahead. Campus Technology Full Article
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University of Maryland joins Library Publishing Coalition
COLLEGE PARK, Md – The University of Maryland, in collaboration with more than 50 other academic libraries and the Educopia Institute, has joined a two-year project (2013-2014) to create the Library Publishing Coalition (LPC). University of Maryland Press Release
Online education celebrated for expanding
The number of Utah high school students taking online courses more than doubled this school year to 475. The Salt Lake Tribune Full Article
Qualitative Insights into Faculty Use of Student Support Services with Online Students at Risk: Implications for Student Retention
This article provides qualitative insights into the ways that faculty can impact retention rates of online students. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted at random with 16 faculty who teach online courses at a community college in the Northeast. Faculty were asked to describe behaviors of online students that made them feel concerned, conversations with these […]
Using Social Media Technologies to Enhance Online Learning
Models of distance education have evolved over decades, just in time to collide with modern pedagogies in which communication, interaction, student engagement, and active learning are of critical importance. The number of college students taking online classes continues to grow. Today, nearly 30% of college students are taking at least one online class. The social […]
Supporting Academic Honesty in Online Courses
Ensuring academic honesty is a challenge for traditional classrooms, but more so for online course where technology use is axiomatic to learning and instruction. With the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA) requirement that online course providers reduce opportunities to cheat and verify student identity, all involved with course delivery must be informed about […]
Social Media and Health Education: What the Literature Says
Social media allows for a wealth of social interactions. More recently, there is a growing use of social media for the purposes of health education. Using an adaptation of the Networked student model by Drexler (2010) as a conceptual model, this article conducts a literature review focusing on the use of social media for health […]
Presence in E-learning : Theoretical Model and Perspectives for Research
This article proposes a model of presence in e-learning that has some similarities with but also some important distinctions from the model of community of inquiry in e-learning (Garrison & Anderson, 2003). It addresses the notion of presence from a different angle, characterizes and specifies it differently. The author outlines the epistemological referents of the […]
Call for Papers: Designs for Learning Spaces (Deadline June 1, 2013)
An invitation to share your designs for learning spaces Environments for learning take diverse forms and include schools, colleges and universities, libraries, museums, and also virtual spaces where learning occurs. Creating these spaces involves complex decision-making and significant process of thought and planning. You are invited to share your knowledge in an article to be […]
K-12 Education Leaders Hail Introduction of the Transforming Education Through Technology Act
Legislation by U.S. Congressman Miller Would Help Ensure Students are College and Career Ready Through Digital Learning State Educational Technology Directors Association Press Release
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