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The big difference for the World Campus students was that they also had to adapt to learning in an online environment, including mastering the technology used in the courses. Samuels says she appreciated the flexibility of online learning, because while she was enrolled in the program, she and her husband were relocating. For the full […]
While school districts implement required plans to turn such schools around, students attending schools that need improvement must be given the opportunity to transfer to a better-performing public school in the school district. The guidance provides general information and answers questions about how to implement the choice provisions; who is eligible to take advantage of […]
Districts nationwide have turned to the private sector for help complying with the law, and in doing so have created a “supplementary educational services” industry that barely existed five years ago, executives said. Read the Full Article
LYNNFIELD, Mass., Dec. 6, 2002 – WebCT, the world’s leading provider of integrated e-learning systems for higher education, today released a Japanese plug-in for the WebCT Campus Edition course management system, enabling customers to provide a Japanese interface to Japanese users. The plug-in is not only valuable for higher education institutions in Japan that need […]
“I thought they had both lost their minds,” Houston said in a charming Southern drawl. “I don’t break my fingernails, OK?” Read the Full Article
Using identical sets of cameras and screens in the school and museum linked by a high-speed digital network line, the 45 students studied medieval art from the 13th century without ever leaving the building. Read the Full Article
In doing so, Foothill is bucking a trend in which many colleges have turned away from homegrown courseware — the new favorite term is “learning-management system,” or LMS — in favor of buying commercial systems from a handful of companies. Read the Full Article
Kaml is currently director of the Department of Distance Education in WMU’s Extended University Programs. Having worked at WMU for about five months, Kaml has a good impression of WMU and the staff he works with. Read the Full Article
Ballooning debts made worse by trickling revenues and a stagnant economy could spell trouble for some educational technology programs, as states search for ways to staunch the bleeding. Read the Full Article