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Saturday, March 06, 2004
The Development of Online Courses - Dean Caplan, Theory and Practice of Online Learning
Introduction: In the ideal world, instructional media developers—those who will actually create the planned instructional materials with which the student will interact—are included in the course development process from the beginning, to consult with and advise course team members on development-related topics as they arise. Then, on receiving a detailed design document from the subject matter expert or instructor, developers will set to work, assured that: • the instructional designs of the learning materials are stable because they have been based firmly on sound, proven learning theories; • these instructional designs will meet the institution’s identified and articulated internal and external standards for quality, usability, and interoperability; • appropriate media have been selected to meet these standards; (0) comments
Learning Resource Center offers MarineNet and other online courses - Lance Cpl. Rich Mattingly
Rows of slowly fading screens are blinking in the Learning Resource Center aboard MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, as a network analyst at the LRC gets the room ready for the Marines that will train there. Soon, Marines will be hard at work with online Marine Corps Institute courses, Professional Military Education courses, Internet technology training and general business courses. All of these courses are offered online through the use of the center's 40-seat computer lab and the MarineNet online learning management system. MarineNet is the Marine Corps network that delivers online, computer-based training and testing such as MCI courses. (0) comments
New developments for guidance on e-learning - Public Technology
A programme of guidance on e-learning, inspection and quality issues in post-16 education and training is to be distributed to colleges, local learning and skills councils and main providers of adult and community learning this week. Demonstrating Transformation is a new interactive resource which has been developed by Becta's Ferl service: a post-16 ICT and e-learning information service funded by the National Learning Network, in conjunction with the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA). http://ferl.becta.org.uk/fpp6 (0) comments Friday, March 05, 2004
EIM introduces over 200 new courses online
Emirates Internet & Multimedia (EIM) introduced 208 new courses which will increase the existing EIM's LearnOnline menu to more than 1000 courses made available to all subscribers in UAE. The new courses cover a broad spectrum of topics in personal computing, programming, web designing, e-business, networking, Internet applications, Windows, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, FreeHand, Oracle, Finance & Accounting, Project Management and much more useful IT and management topics.... Supplied by Harvard Business School Publishing, the Business and Professional Development section, which constitutes a large part of topics available, provides extensive courses in management, finance, e-business, leadership and many other business categories. (0) comments
Sun Microsystems and More Than 400 Global Education Leaders Discuss the Realities of Creating a True Digital Campus
...."The future of education is the digital campus and the mobile student -- it's no longer just geography. Beginning with education portals, which integrate various academic, library and administrative functions of the campus, to eLearning programs, Sun is committed to advancing education through technology at an affordable cost," said Kim Jones, vice president of Global Education and Research for Sun Microsystems. "Collaborating with Ministers of Education, visionaries, technologists and educators from around the globe, we're leading the way in finally digitizing the campus on a worldwide level." (0) comments
E-Learning Meeting Looks Into Virtual Students Concept - Maha Akeel, Arab News
Effat College concluded its Second Symposium on Learning and Technology yesterday with more presentations under the theme "Technology: The way to global learning." Presentations included a look at various approaches used in the UAE to develop learning skills among tertiary students, e-learning, and the role of libraries in the new world of Internet and the "virtual" student.... From the discussion, it was clear that there exists a large gap in e-learning not only between Saudi Arabia and developed countries but also between it and other developing countries that have already begun integrating e-learning into their education systems. (0) comments Thursday, March 04, 2004
MIT’s Double-Secret Hidden Agenda - eLearn Magazine
“It was only a matter of time,” the skeptics will say. “We just knew this was just a publicity-seeking stunt and that eventually MIT would tip its hand. They’re not seriously going to just give away all of their courseware over the Internet!” Well, the truth is finally out: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology does have a hidden agenda. “Publicizing all of MIT’s course materials on the Web is only half our mission,” admits MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) program director Anne Margulies. “The other half is to do it in a way that enables others to follow in our footsteps. If we’re the only ones publishing all our course materials, we will have failed. Our ultimate goal is to start an open knowledge movement that will put a vast amount of educational material on the Web—not just MIT materials.” (0) comments
Justices Hear Arguments on Internet Pornography Law - JOHN SCHWARTZ, New York Times
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday about Internet pornography, one of the most vexing issues at the intersection of technology and First Amendment rights. Neither side got a free ride from the justices in the discussion of the Child Online Protection Act, a 1998 law that makes it illegal for commercial Web sites to make available to children 16 and under material that is not necessarily obscene but could be considered "harmful to minors" under a complex, three-part formula in the law. (0) comments
E-Learning Holds the Key to Career Advancement - Maha Akeel, Arab News
Over 500 teachers, educational policymakers, e-learning specialists and educational administrators in the private and public sector participated in the Second Symposium on Learning and Technology organized by Effat College. Concerns were expressed about the reduction of the teacher’s role and a consequent reduction of the human factor in the learning process. Speaking about “E-learning as a Tool for Women’s Career Advancement,” Dr. Arwa Al-Aama, assistant professor of computer science at King Abdul Aziz University, recommended that individuals and educational institutions begin developing and implementing e-learning programs at once since that is the future of learning. (0) comments Wednesday, March 03, 2004
PSU's Gary Miller to be honored by continuing education hall of fame
Gary E. Miller, associate vice president for outreach and executive director of the World Campus at Penn State, will be inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame in recognition of his contributions to the continuing and distance education field.... "Gary Miller has been a pioneer in extending Penn State's educational programs to people around the world," said Craig D. Weidemann, vice president for outreach at Penn State. "His visionary leadership has been invaluable in the development and continuing growth of the University's World Campus and distance learning programs." (0) comments
Respect growing for on-line degrees - Peter Shawn Taylor, Canada National Post
Think online degrees are scams? Tell that to the 1,100 students taking an Athabasca University executive MBA. With a top-75 world ranking, Canada's biggest graduate business program isn't merely legit -- it's giving traditional land-based schools some serious competition. (0) comments
New developments for guidance on e-learning - Public Technology
A programme of guidance on e-learning, inspection and quality issues in post-16 education and training is to be distributed to colleges, local learning and skills councils and main providers of adult and community learning this week. Demonstrating Transformation is a new interactive resource which has been developed by Becta's Ferl service: a post-16 ICT and e-learning information service funded by the National Learning Network, in conjunction with the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA). (0) comments Tuesday, March 02, 2004
Dialogic Learning Objects: Inviting the Student Into the Instructional Process - Lanny Arvan. Syllabus
Arvan argues that properly employed, course management systems can change the model for teaching and learning in ways that engage students more and increase their learning. He offers the "dialogic approach" to using a question-answer-feedback cycle to accomplish this and provides sample files for reader experimentation. (0) comments
You've Come a Long Way, Baby! eLearning Portals - Ron Ateshian, Syllabus
.... On the server side, where information and services are distributed from the campus, the portal is relatively easy to administer and provides for a standardized look and feel important to today’s colleges and academic departments. Instructors are able to deliver courseware and information specific to any curriculum or class through easy-to-update ‘channels’ and ‘portlets,’ both of which organize information specified by its respective owner and are updated only by those with the appropriate credentials. If designed and built correctly, solutions such as Macromedia Breeze, Flash, and Authorware can deliver easy-to-build and updatable course content. While the portal provides centralized access, an ideal model includes a learning management system (LMS). In short, an LMS tracks and coordinates distribution of courseware and student progress. An LMS can provide augmented scheduling, login, and attendance tracking that can include time on task and record test scores. Robust LMS solutions can customize curricula or courses based on valid learning objectives, pretests, and posttests. (0) comments
What happens when kids from laptop high schools show up on your campus? - Sally M. Johnstone, Syllabus
In Henrico County, Va., an area that includes Richmond and its suburbs, all the kids graduating from high school next year will have spent four years in laptop schools.... How does all this relate to distance learning? Rather profoundly. As the schools embrace full access to online resources, they are importing services and resources. They are also giving kids access to online Advance Placement (AP) courses that are produced and distributed by colleges and corporations. These school districts could never afford to support as many AP students as is possible electronically. (0) comments Monday, March 01, 2004
University of Southern Indiana leads in long-distance learning - CAROL WERSICH, Courier & Press
Not all of Kevin Valadares' students show up for class each day. Some, in fact, don't come to the campus at all. Valadares teaches health administration at the University of Southern Indiana. Online distance learning is allowing some of his students to keep up with the course via Web connections and video streaming on computers in their homes or other convenient places. The students dial up the course anytime of the day or night that best suits their work or family schedule. (0) comments
Junior Professor Criticizes HBS Through Blog - DANIEL J. HEMEL, the Crimson
A junior faculty member at Harvard Business School (HBS) is using his popular weblog to sound a warning that the school’s prestige is in jeopardy, but HBS faculty and staff vigorously dispute his claim. Associate Professor of Business Management Michael D. Watkins says the quality of education at HBS is on the decline due in part to University President Lawrence H. Summers’ increased meddling in the school’s promotion process. (0) comments
An Experiment in Social Computing - Laurence F. Johnson, Syllabus
The NMC is an organization dedicated not only to engaging its 170 member institutions on timely topics of current interest and emergent thinking, but also one that strives to walk the walk in the ways it uses technology. As an approach to helping members stay on top of an ever-changing technology landscape and the never-ending flow of new ideas and information, the NMC wanted to find a high-tech, high-touch system that leveraged technology to bring a community of practitioners together.... In retrospect, the secrets to success came in anticipating what it would take to keep participants engaged and interested. Among the most important lessons learned were that in spite of being a technology-mediated event, the true richness of the experience reflected the care that organizers took to maximize the interaction experiences among participants. (0) comments Sunday, February 29, 2004
Pushing the Envelope: Online University for Asia - Wong Wei Kong, Business Times Asia
As the first CEO of Asia's first e-university, Mukesh Aghi, wants to bring higher education to more people at a lower cost by maximising the full potential of the Internet. NO boundaries. That's what Mukesh Aghi is seeking to achieve as he sets out to turn the cosy world of university education upside down. It's what he calls 'disruptive innovation'. To the first CEO of Asia's first e-university, Universitas 21 Global (U21 Global), the traditional elitist, classroom-bound world of university education belongs to the last century. 'What we are trying to do is bring a low-cost, branded and efficient solution to the market. We are taking the rigidity out of the classroom model. We are taking the lead,' he says in an interview with BT. (0) comments
Students, teachers discuss benefits of online learning program - Chris Pagano, Southeast Missourian
Criminal justice instructor Linda Keena at first was skeptical about teaching her service and community class online last fall at Southeast Missouri State University. She preferred her students to be physically there. But one advantage Keena discovered in the online class is that students who might otherwise be shy were now communicating with the other students and the instructor. "Communication is more enhanced," said Keena. (0) comments
Teachers reach far-flung students via Net - David Josar, Stars and Stripes European edition
Patch High School teacher Jim Heffernan, a 26-year Department of Defense Dependents Schools veteran, isn’t sure what most of his students look like. One student is in Bahrain, another is in Ansbach, Germany, and a few more are in England. He has two from Patch, but he nearly always meets them online when they take his distance learning Advanced Placement American history class. Heffernan is one of a growing number of DODDS teachers who teach distance learning classes. Classes are taught via the Internet with online lectures, assignments, quizzes and tests. There is a chat program to facilitate discussions. (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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