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.
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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?
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Why 'Digital Natives' Aren't Necessarily Digital Learners
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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
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Assessment Changes Online Teaching From an Art to a Science
- Forum: From Homeric Writings to Cellphone Forensics, Some Favorite Online Resources
The Chronicle's special report on Online Learning explores how calls for quality control and assessment are reshaping online learning.
The Chronicle's 2010 Online Learning issue took a close look at how virtual education has gone mainstream in the classroom, with dispatches from critics and opponents, data, and tips for teaching.
Developing online and blended learning programs requires research and collaboration. Learn how top technology companies are partnering with campuses across the country to advance online learning as it becomes an increasingly important aspect of higher education.