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Teaching and Learning Online: A Collaboration between U.S. and Taiwanese Students

To prepare U.S. preservice teachers for online teaching and reaching diverse learners and to provide English instruction to Taiwanese students, American and Taiwanese university students corresponded by e-mail. U.S. preservice teachers explored theory and practice of online instruction, corresponded as tutors to teach English language and American culture, and reflected on their experiences. Taiwanese students […]

OSU [Oregon State University] offers high school classes online

The program will offer a wide variety of courses that high school students can take for credit. From math and science to the language arts, students will have many options for classes. Read the Full Article

State board approves virtual charter schools

Five virtual schools were approved Monday in a marathon State Board for Charter Schools meeting where 19 applicants jockeyed for the limited slots.Read the Full Article

Scottish university takes online learning to Iran

It is expected the programme, written by Heriot-Watt University and developed by IU, will generate revenues of up to £400,000 within three years.Read the Full Article

Click2learn’s Aspen Learning Management System Earns SCORM 1.2 Certification

BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 16, 2003–In a further representation of its industry leadership in learning standards development and adoption, Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS), leader in enterprise productivity solutions, today announced that its Aspen Learning Management System (LMS) has been awarded SCORM 1.2 certification, the highest level of conformance with the Shareable Content Object Reference Model learning standard. The […]

Lightspan, Inc. Signs Contract to Deliver Online Assessments to Key California School District

SAN DIEGO, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Lightspan, Inc. (Nasdaq: LSPN), a leading provider of high-quality educational products and services used in schools and homes to help increase academic achievement, announced today that it will provide online assessments to 23 schools in the Irvine, California school district. Lightspan eduTest Assessment will provide educators with time-sensitive data […]

Ethical Dilemmas and Distance Learning

No, I am not talking about the more mundane and universal matters entertained as associated with: is the person on the other end of the computer the person you think it is; has the student submitted plagiarized material. These matters are more or less rather easily assayed. The learner who is ‘not present’ finally reveals […]

The case for patterns in online learning

Abstract: The current practice of online learning, especially at an institutional level, can be characterised as being complex and expensive with limited sharing of ideas and experience leading to a large amount of reinvention. Patterns, simple and elegant explanations which capture solutions that have developed and evolved over time, are abstractions being used to increase […]

More Than 2,700 Online Students Graduate in Person in Phoenix

Most college students think of graduation as a time for bidding fond farewells to the ivied bricks and musty corridors of their alma maters, and to their friends, faculty and study partners.Read the Full Article

College of Extended Studies Names Jan Wahl Assistant Dean

Wahl replaces Larry Cobb, who retired after 29 years with CES. She has been the CES director of special projects for the past two years and prior to that, she was the director of extension programs.Read the Full Article