Online Learning 2011
Taking Measure of Online Education
As e-learning spreads throughout higher education, so have calls for quality control and assessment.
Oversight on the Rise: Why Accreditors Are Scrambling
Commentary: How Effective Is Virtual Learning?
Oversight and Quality
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Online Programs Face New Demands From Accreditors
Accreditors and the U.S. Department of Education go head-to-head over online learning.
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Art Programs Build Models for Online Instruction
Despite questions about the use of computers in creative courses, some students and faculty embrace tutorials and videotaped lectures for mastering tactile skills.
- For U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan, Online Courses Fill a Valued Niche
- Foreign-Language Instruction, Digitally Speaking
- 7 Community Colleges Try an Online Doorway to Help Students Succeed
The Virtual Professor
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A Social Network Is a Learning Network
When students write for one another, or even for the world, they produce authentic expressions of what they've absorbed in class.
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The Myth of the Tech-Savvy Student
Why wouldn't we educate students in sophisticated uses of the Internet, which commands an increasing amount of the world's time and attention?
- Why 'Digital Natives' Aren't Necessarily Digital Learners
- Why I No Longer Teach Online
Opinion
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How Technology Can Improve Online Learning
The president of an online university says the quality of education is largely independent of the mode of delivery.
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No Tuition? No Problem.
The founder of the tuition-free University of the People says, "Take my business plan, please!"
- Let's Deregulate Online Learning
- Assessment Changes Online Teaching From an Art to a Science
- Forum: From Homeric Writings to Cellphone Forensics, Some Favorite Online Resources
