First there was the drafting table and the pencil. Then there was 2-D CAD; next came 3-D drafting utilities like SolidWorks and ProEngineer. Now, San Francisco-based Linden Lab has evolved computer-aided design to its next plateau, offering free access to a computer-generated alternative universe called Second Life (SL) where users can build anything. Ironically, the […]
Risk-Free Trial: Frontloading Tactics to Engage College Students in Online Courses
Michele Fritz
California State University, East Bay
July 28, 2007
How can I help my students succeed? At De Anza College, where I teach, there is skepticism regarding the efficacy of online instruction for community college students, despite growing online enrollments. The reason is attrition. Although attrition varies among institutions, at two-year colleges it hovers at approximately 50 […]
Online High School
Online High School
Jay Lee
Introduction
With the advent of the internet and affordable PCs in every classroom and household, educators have been looking to use the internet as a new avenue to expand educational opportunity. Online education is still relatively new but it is a growing trend. Many of the higher learning institutions have begun to welcome […]
Inclusion for Special Populations
INCLUSION FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Definition
What is inclusion? Webster’s defines inclusion as the “act of including and the state of being included.” Everyone is, therefore, included regardless of race, color, creed, or physical disabilities. Coeval School District, in New Hampshire, defines inclusion as “the integration of students with special educational needs into the regular […]
Behind every great virtual library stand many great licenses
“It is easy to promise a lot in the electronic environment, but supporting electronic resources and services is a tricky business. For starters, all electronic resources a library offers must begin with a license agreement that identifies how the library and its users may use the content. Achieving the terms and services that best meet […]
Threadbare? Successful integration of discussion forums in online education
COMMENTARY…
by Jill Kaminski, CSU-Hayward.
As with a hammer, sometimes the threaded discussion board is a wonderful tool, and you wouldnt want to be without it. Examples of well-designed courses that use threaded discussions include those in which students should interact, support, debate, and design with one another in order to fully master the material. Philosophy, political […]
Digital libraries: Free as a bird: Wireless networking libraries
“What are libraries about if not open access to information? With the web and the Internet playing such large roles in how we access and use information today, providing open access to a major information resource would seem a logical step. Just thinkwhenever people with a wireless card are on the road, they could go […]
Distance education, in "The Condition of Education 2002"
From the US Department of Education’s recently released report, “The Condition of Education 2002″
“Participating in distance education may allow nontraditional students to overcome some of the difficulties they encounter in coordinating their work and school schedules or in obtaining the classes they want.
* Moderately and highly nontraditional students are more likely than other students to […]
The next major step in Windows computing?
“What are TCPA and Palladium?
TCPA stands for the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA), an initiative led by Intel. Their website is here. [http://www.trustedcomputing.org/tcpaasp4/index.asp] Their stated goal is `a new computing platform for the next century that will provide for improved trust in the PC platform.’ Palladium appears to be a Microsoft version which will be […]