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By Farhad (Fred) Saba, Ph. D. Founder and Editor, Distance-Educator.com High school students who successfully gain access to and complete their higher education do not only benefit financially throughout their adult life, they enjoy a healthier and more rewarding life style. Baum, Ma, and Payea (2012) stated: Median earnings of bachelor’s degree recipients working fulltime […]
Internet freedom could be at stake at a secretive meeting of governments that begins Monday in Dubai. PCWorld Full Article
This research investigates the current awareness of, and participation in, the open content movement at one UK institution for higher education. The open content movement and the open educational resources can be seen as potential methods for reducing time and cost of technology-enhanced learning developments; however, its sustainability and, to some degree, its success are […]
How do expert educators perceive their teaching practice and professional identity in the openness of immersive virtual environments? This paper summarises some findings of a study of teaching practitioners’ narratives from the UK about the use of virtual worlds or MUVEs (Multi-User Virtual Environments) in higher education and adult language learning classes in the UK. […]
New and emerging technologies have transformed the classroom (Mishra and Koehler, 2006) and continue to do so, and it has been reported that teachers and teacher educators now work in ever evolving environments (Elliott, 2009). Research indicates that varied forms of CMC can be implemented to foster collaborative and social learning (Arnold and Ducate, 2006), […]
More Parents Plan to Give Downloadable Apps and Games; PBS KIDS Offers Tips to Help Parents Choose the Best Apps for Kids PBS Press Release
DELFA aims to build a network of leaders at the forefront of new and emerging models of online, blended and distance education. International Council for Open and Distance Education Press Release
Nils De Jonghe is a busy student these days. Since the spring he has registered for 32 courses, the equivalent of a typical bachelor’s degree, and he aims to have completed nearly all of them by the end of next summer. And he is not receiving formal credit for any of them. Inside Higher Ed […]
Market-leading LMS and World’s Leading Learning Companies Bring Seamless Transition Between Pearson’s MyLab & Mastering and Blackboard Learn to Global Markets Nov 29, 2012 WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Blackboard Inc. and Pearson have expanded the availability of an integration for Pearson’s leading learning solution – MyLab & Mastering – with Blackboard Learn™, the market-leading […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 29, 2012 Contact: Timothy Willard (202) 955-6126 Email: Willard@chea.org (Washington, DC) –The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) has issued the CHEA Initiative Final Report, drawn from the CHEA Initiative’s four-year national conversation on the future of accreditation. “The CHEA Initiative was launched in 2008, commencing an unprecedented national discussion of […]