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The new board will serve to further guide Blackboard in the areas of product development and services and offer an in-depth perspective into the evolving e-Education needs of the K-12 community. The formation of the Blackboard K-12 Advisory Board serves as a critical platform for communication with the K-12 community. Board members will share their […]
A Washington, D.C.-based university-to-business alliance that provides access to universities with reputable online degree programs, the consortium allows public universities to compete with the larger for-profit universities that offer online education, said Ken Bettenhausen, associate dean of UCD’s business school. Read the Full Article
The current lineup of invited speakers includes (in alphabetical order): Sanne Dijkstra (University of Twente) Tom Duffy (Indiana University Bloomington) Atsusi “2C” Hirumi (University of Central Florida) Phil Long (MIT) Wes Shumar (Drexel University) Jack Yensen (eLearning, Online Journal of Nursing Informatics) You can find more information at http://itinstitute.usu.edu One of this year’s newest additions […]
While its growing popularity is primarily due to the flexible scheduling available through on-line programs, students also appreciate being able to attend class in a bathrobe if they choose. But fuzzy slippers aside, is distance education a smart choice for every student?Read the Full Article
McGraw-Hill Construction, part of the The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) today announced a partnership with Turner Construction Company that will enable members and users of McGraw-Hill Construction’s construction.com to access Turner University (TM) online courses through the McGraw-Hill website.Read the Full Article
The paper explores some general pedagogical principles and outlines a pedagogy that takes the next step in redefining the social space of learning enabling educators to leverage the capabilities of the new communicative media as well as enhance and expand current models of E-learning beyond traditional models. This pedagogy is then demonstrated in a number […]
Information on school enrollment and the work activity of high school graduates comes from an October supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly nationwide survey of about 60,000 households that obtains information on employment, unemployment, earnings, demographics, and other characteristics of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over. Recent […]
Now she flies to Greece several times a year to help manage a Carnegie Mellon University partnership in Athens where students, plugged in electronically to CMU’s Oakland campus, are earning master’s degrees in information networking. Read the Full Article
MINNEAPOLIS, June 17 /PRNewswire/ — While they earn their degrees, these college students communicate keyboard-to-keyboard in online courses, using their imaginations to flesh out the physical features of their far-flung classmates. But the culminating event — the graduation ceremony — is still traditional, featuring caps and gowns, nerves, a cheering audience and eye contact.Read the […]