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?
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?
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Why 'Digital Natives' Aren't Necessarily Digital Learners
Proponents of the new learning technologies ignore the human side of using them. Just because we can use something doesn't mean we should.
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Why I No Longer Teach Online
Teaching needs to bring a sense of shared humanity to students and instructors. Online learning doesn't do that well.
Taking the Measure of Online Education
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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.
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For U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan, Online Courses Fill a Valued Niche
With military personnel better educated and eager to advance their careers, the past decade has seen a surge in the number of troops pursuing studies while deployed.
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Foreign-Language Instruction, Digitally Speaking
Driven by growing demand, cost savings, and pedagogical innovations, several colleges are experimenting with hybrid or fully digital teaching methods.
- 7 Community Colleges Try an Online Doorway to Help Students Succeed
Commentary
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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!"
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Let's Deregulate Online Learning
It has been shoehorned into a financial and quality-assurance model that does not fit its economics.
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Assessment Changes Online Teaching From an Art to a Science
Great strides are being made in the quality of online courses, enabling a revolution in service to nontraditional students.
- Forum: From Homeric Writings to Cellphone Forensics, Some Favorite Online Resources
