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Tech Outlook 2004: A Look Ahead at Security Until companies treat security as a serious responsibility, instead of as a cost center that doesn’t contribute to the bottom line, the negative trend in security will only get worse, warns Jim Rapoza.Read the Full Story
This past Summer, Michael G. Moore founder of the Center and its Director since its inception in 1986 passed the baton to Melody Thompson as the new Center Director. I conducted an online interview with Dr. Thompson about the past, present and future of the Center. Farhad Saba, Ph. DCEO, Distance-Educaotr.comRead the Full Story
This article provides decision makers with 32 trends that affect distance learning and thus enable them to plan accordingly. The trends are organized into categories as they pertain to students and enrollment, faculty members, academics, technology, the economy, and distance learning. All the trends were identified during an extensive review of current literature in the […]
This year we asked readers the same questions to gage the impact that technology developments, supplier consolidations, and economy have had on e-learning efforts. Here’s a breakdown of responses.Read the Full Story
The “Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines,” released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), can help educators and others design their own web sites based on proven research about what works–and what doesn’t–to ensure the greatest use among stakeholders. For example, are school web site designers using the best fonts, download […]
Distance education has been described as a disruptive technology—an innovation that, while initially posing no threat to established institutions, over time challenges conventional practices and contributes to new ways of thinking (Archer, Garrison, & Anderson, 1999). I agree with this assessment. Distance education has already become more than an alternative form of delivery.Read the Full […]
To illustrate, let me point to two items: the proposed federal technology budgets from the House and Senate, and a press release from the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA).Read the Full Story
The changes, directed by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper, prepare officers for operational career broadening and increase their knowledge of military strategy and expeditionary employment.Read the Full Story
A study released Nov. 23 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 31 percent of Americans value the internet, cell phones, and handheld organizers more than TV and traditional wired telephones. Schools and colleges increasingly will be working with this so-called “tech elite.” Read the Full Story
TELECOOP invites your participation as a vendor at the 15th Annual Distance Learning Conference. With participants from all over Colorado and the nation, this conference provides an ideal opportunity to display your product or service to a targeted audience.Read the Full Story