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Ice Machines, Steamboats, and Education:Structural Change And Educational Technologies

Paul Horwitz likes to remind us that the first ice making machines were introduced when everyone used iceboxes to store food. Ice companies delivered blocks of ice for these iceboxes once or twice a week. Of course, the first ice machines were used by the ice companies to make ice for home iceboxes. It took […]

Defending Dropping Out of School

Homework and tests and all that stuff distracted him from serious thought about what kind of a person he wanted to be and what he wanted to do with his life. Read the Full Article

Web classes open doors for students

Virtual classrooms are now making it easier for people who are going back to school or need to complete their degree from their homes nationwide and here in Illinois.Read the Full Article

College of Extended Studies Unveils Fall Line-Up

computers, foreign languages and art courses (among others), individuals can also sign up for regular SDSU courses through the Open University program. This program allows people to enroll in courses – on a space available basis – without being formally admitted to the university. Read the Full Article

Locals getting higher education

Last year nearly 500 students enrolled in more than 600 courses thanks to the College Cooperative Southeast (CCS). In all, students can enroll in more than 100 degree programs from associate’s to master’s level. Read the Full Article

Real-time, Synchronous Web conference on: accessibility and Usability

EASI is the premiere provider of online learning about accessible information technology having reached more than 4,000 participants in more than 3 dozen countries since 1993. EASI continues to deliver month-long courses, but we are now adding interact, voice chat presentations lasting 60-90 minutes. The web conference room has a limited number of seats, and […]

World’s largest astronomical CCD camera installed on Palomar Observatory telescope

This telescope has been working to improve our understanding of the universe for nearly 55 years. The new upgrade will help it to push the limits of the unknown for years to come. Read the Full Article

Pay Now, Learn Later

In 2000 they put $45,000 into the Virginia Education Savings Trust to open accounts for daughters Lea, now 5, and Anne, now 3. Since then their investment has shrunk 5% while the average private college tuition has climbed 18% to $18,300. Read the Full Article

Does the medium dictate the message? Cultivating e-communication in an asynchronous environment

The findings suggest that it is only after socialization occurs that information can be exchanged and lead to knowledge construction. These are supported by, and extend, prior research by Z Berge, R Mason, M Paulsen and G Salmon and are reinforced by empirical work with a further 19 new on-line moderators.Read the Full Article

Arizona OKs five new virtual academies in extended charter-school program

Members of the State Board for Charter Schools selected the five schools from a field of 19 candidates. Read the Full Article