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Saturday, August 04, 2001
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168637.html Lawmaker Wants Government, Industry To Swap IT Employees By Dipka Bhambhani, Government Computer News If Rep. Tom Davis has his druthers, hundreds of federal information technology workers will trade jobs with private-sector employees for up to two years. That's the idea behind his plan for a Digital TechCorps, which the Virginia Republican unveiled this week at a hearing of his House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy.... (0) comments Friday, August 03, 2001
http://www.col.org/virtualed/ _The Changing Faces of Virtual Education_ -- COL [.pdf] Released last week, this report from the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is a follow-up to their 1999 study, _The Development of Virtual Education: A global perspective_ (see the August 13, 1999 _Scout Report_). The 152-page report, funded by the British Department for International Development, finds that examples of virtual education have proliferated and that new technologies play a part in the planning agendas of most organizations involved with education. Nonetheless, the digital divide continues to persist, and many developing nations lack the infrastructure to implement virtual education programs. The report traces trends ("macro developments"), such as online learner support systems and new organizational models, with a particular eye to the impact these changes may have on education in developing countries. Users can download the report in its entirety or by chapter at the COL site or view it online. From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2001. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ (0) comments http://www.learningweek.com/ Live Webcasts of Distance Learning Conference Wednesday, August 8 5:30pm EDT Thursday, August 9 12:00 Noon EDT Distance Learning -- A Webcast of an open-microphone discussion with attendees of the 2001 Distance Teaching and Learning Conference, held at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. from http://www.chronicle.com/events/ (0) comments http://library.northernlight.com/FC20010802360000350.html?cb=0 The Multiple Modes of Learning - International Online Degree Story Filed: Thursday, August 02, 2001 1:20 PM EST Aug 03, 2001 (Mail & Guardian/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX)-- Responding to these realities, four universities spanning several continents -- the University of the Western Cape (UWC), the University of British Columbia, the University of Technology and the University of Linkoping -- have collaborated to launch a two-year online master's programme called the intercontinental master's in adult learning and global change. .. (0) comments http://www.elearningmag.com/August01/learningalternatives.asp Government Departments Embrace Learning Alternatives: e-learning improves training for federal agencies By Michael Welber Nikki Bratcher-Bowman felt frustrated. The dispute resolution specialist in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that she kept missing training opportunities. Many of the cutting-edge types of courses that she wanted to take were given often only once a year. If she couldn’t obtain permission to take a particular class when it was offered, then she was out of luck for at least another year.... (0) comments http://www.individual.com/network/headlines/StoryText.shtml?story=p0802081.206&date=20010803&level3=263&uid=Univer52 Philadelphia Area Schools See Results with TestU's Online SAT Course Technology Gives Students the Competitive Edge They Need PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- TestU, an educational services company providing online tutoring courses for high-stakes and pre-collegiate exams, is paving the way to higher education in Pennsylvania through their online SAT course distributed to students within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The web-based format and low cost of the program gives students, parents, and teachers options that didn't exist a year ago when expensive individual tutoring and classroom based courses were the only alternatives. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has been piloting TestU's SAT program over the past 6 months with very positive results.... (0) comments http://www.thelantern.com/main.cfm?include=detail&storyid=83203 OSU Faculty using technology can receive money By Jennifer Marin Using technology in educational courses offered at Ohio State is a major goal for the Faculty Innovator grants, whose summer period ended with about six applicants yesterday. The Technology Enhanced Learning and Research program, TELR, started the Faculty Innovator grants in 1995 and offers awards up to $1,000 to faculty interested in incorporating technology into their classes.... (0) comments http://chronicle.com/free/2001/08/2001080302u.htm Rio Salado College Plans an Online Teacher-Certification Program By SCOTT CARLSON At the end of August, Rio Salado College, in Arizona, will begin offering an online-based teacher-certification program for those who want to teach kindergarten through high school. The program's organizers hope to help ease a national shortage of teachers.... (0) comments Thursday, August 02, 2001
http://www.sptimes.com/News/073101/NorthPinellas/Graduate_took_online_.shtml Graduate took online track to her master's - An East Lake woman's degree required a lot of hard work at home and a computer link to a Minneapolis school. By JULIE CHURCH, St. Petersburg Times An East Lake woman's degree required a lot of hard work at home and a computer link to a Minneapolis school.... When Karen Lo received her master's degree Saturday, she didn't worry about tripping onstage at the graduation ceremony or forgetting to shake the dean's hand. Her main concern was logging on in time to hear her name called.... (0) comments http://www.chronicle.com/free/2001/08/2001080201u.htm House Panel Votes to Ease Rules on Student Aid for Distance Education, but Bill May Die in Senate By DAN CARNEVALE A bill geared toward helping more distance-education students receive federal financial aid won approval from a committee in the House of Representatives Wednesday, and was sent on to the full House. But some political observers have concluded that the legislation has no chance of passing the Senate this session.... (0) comments Wednesday, August 01, 2001
http://au.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/20010801/nbtech/996630600-1611440187.html Good E-Mail Communication Requires Hard Work - Study Despite the adoption of e-mail and other modern communications methods, electronic communications do not always work well because they fail to convey human emotions, according to a new study from Temple University. Email, Short Message Service (SMS) and other electronic forms of communicating all lack the nuances of emotion that characterize most other forms of communication, according to the study.... (0) comments http://www.learningcircuits.org/2001/jul2001/duckworth.html An Instructor's Guide to LIVE E-Learning By Chrstine L. Duckworth Links Before you move from the traditional classroom to e-learning, you may want to double-check your stand-up trainer’s toolkit. You'll find that much of your traditional training expertise is transferable to the online classroom. If you still need help on figuring out how to extend the online learning experience, try these tips..... (0) comments http://chronicle.com/free/2001/08/2001080101u.htm A Learning-Technologies Professor Warns That Cheating Is Too Easy By JEFFREY R. YOUNG And you thought grade inflation was bad. The growth of distance-education programs -- especially low-quality operations -- could soon make it so easy to accumulate college credits that "degree inflation" could result," argues M.O. Thirunarayanan, an associate professor of learning technologies at Florida International University. Even when programs are legitimate, students can cheat more easily in online courses than in traditional ones, he argues.... (ed. note:Of course with proctored exams where students must produce photo-ID cards, some of these concerns are alleviated) (0) comments Tuesday, July 31, 2001
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8725-2001Jul30.html House Votes to Expand D.C. Tuition Break Almost All High School Graduates Would Be Eligible for In-State Rates Spencer S. Hsu and Amy Argetsinger, Washington Post Staff Writers, Tuesday, July 31, 2001; Page B01 The House of Representatives voted yesterday to expand a college aid program to allow virtually all high school graduates living in the District to attend public colleges across the country at in-state tuition rates. The bill, which now goes to the Senate, would broaden a benefit that is becoming an important part of the city's drive to lure back residents from the suburbs. The year-old program, which originally limited aid to students who had graduated since 1998, will now be open to most District adults seeking an undergraduate degree on at least a half-time schedule.... (ed. note: Does this have implications for online baccalaureate degree programs?) (0) comments http://www.webct.com/service/viewcontentframe?contentID=4638848 WEBCT ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF IMS CONTENT MIGRATION UTILITY Lynnfield, MA – July 30, 2001 - WebCT, the world's leading provider of integrated e-learning systems for higher education, today announced the availability of an IMS Content Migration Utility for the latest version of its market-leading e-learning software, WebCT 3.6, in both Standard and Campus Editions....The IMS Utility is available online (http://download.webct.com/) and can be implemented by current WebCT license holders through a simple download process. The Utility allows WebCT administrators to easily import or export and save content and assessment information from WebCT courses in XML using IMS Content Packaging 1.1 and Question & Test Interoperability 1.1 format. This support of the IMS standards for content and assessment allows schools to save their courses in a non-proprietary format that can easily be shared with other IMS-compliant software.... (ed. note- If other course management systems follow, this promises "easy" migration of course materials from one system to another, such as between Blackboard and WebCT) (0) comments http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010718/law013.html Hartcourt, California State University at Fullerton and Northern JiaoTong University Officially Launch Their E-Education Program in China This program has been formulated as a joint effort of Hartcourt, California State University at Fullerton and Northern JiaoTong University of Beijing... The E-Education program is designed as an expanding multi-discipline program that initially features American-standard Management and IT courses for China's entrepreneurs. Faculty members of California State University will teach all courses. In September 2001, certificate and degree programs will be offered in the newly built classrooms provided by Hartcourt. Eventually, these programs and an MBA program will be Web-cast to students throughout China.... (0) comments Monday, July 30, 2001
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010712/2172.html Gap Between U.S. Online Population and General Population Narrowing Quickly, Says InsightExpress STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2001--The profile of the average adult American Internet user looks like the profile of the average American, which was not the case five years ago, reports InsightExpress, a firm that helps companies conduct market research via the Web. This demographic shift--from early adopters of new technology to average Americans--is important as it validates the Internet as a mainstream marketing, advertising, and research platform.... (ed. note: The figures used are age/income/gender - not ethnicity - however, Internet access among minority groups is also approaching national representation) (0) comments http://www.mnvu.org/Frame?pg=1504 Practical Nursing at Northwest Technical College: Course Work via the Internet and Clinicals in the Student's Community When we are ill, we rely not only on medication and treatment, but also on the attention and care provided by nursing professionals. Yet, Minnesota's hospitals and health care facilities are experiencing an acute shortage of these professionals. To help address this need, Minnesota's Northwest Technical College developed an online practical nursing program, which celebrates its fifth anniversary this year.... (0) comments http://www.umuc.edu/events/press/news102.html Maryland Commission Projects Huge Surge At State's "Virtual University" UMUC To Have "Extraordinary Increase" Adelphi, MD (July 27, 2001) -- University of Maryland University College (UMUC) enrollment is projected to nearly triple by 2010, primarily because of the university’s focus on adult learners and its expertise in online education, according to State Higher Education Secretary Karen R. Johnson. The figures she cites are included in a report being released today by the Maryland Higher Education Commission.... (0) comments http://www.individual.com/network/headlines/StoryText.shtml?story=b0727090.400&date=20010730&level3=263&uid=Univer52 A.D.A.M. Online Anatomy Goes Live ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2001-- A.D.A.M., Inc. a leading developer of consumer-patient health solutions for the healthcare industry, today launched A.D.A.M. Online Anatomy (AOA), a revolutionary clinical application that allows layer-by-layer dissection of both male and female anatomy through a web browser. AOA is the Company's next-generation technology based on its highly acclaimed digital dissection application in use by leading higher education institutions and medical schools around the world.... (ed. note - The public is invited to view A.D.A.M. Online Anatomy for a limited time at http://anatomy.adam.com. ) (0) comments http://www.chronicle.com/free/v47/i47/47a02601.htm Education Department Official Prods Colleges to Have Students Apply for Aid Online By STEPHEN BURD The head of the Education Department's Student Financial Assistance office urged college financial-aid administrators last week to push harder to get students to apply for federal grants and loans online. His persistence perturbed some college officials, who said that the department must be more patient.... (0) comments http://www.chronicle.com/free/2001/07/2001073001u.htm It's Official: Thomson Will Close Harcourt's Online College By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK The Thomson Corporation will close the fledgling online college operated by Harcourt by September 28, the company disclosed on Friday. The announcement, which came two weeks after Thomson completed its purchase of Harcourt's higher-education publishing divisions, was contained in a letter to the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, which licenses the institution.... (0) comments Sunday, July 29, 2001
http://edworkforce.house.gov/committee/webcast.htm LIVE WEBCAST: Wednesday, August 1 10:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern time Distance Education -- A Webcast of a bill-drafting session of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce. Bills to be discussed include H.R. 1992, "The Internet Equity and Education Act of 2001." (ed. note - from http://www.chronicle.com/events/ ) (0) comments Online Learning News Blog Archives OTEL - Ray's Home Page - Notebook - UIS Online - U of I Online - UIS Home Fair Use |
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