On March 4, 2013 at the MIT Media Lab, MIT and Harvard University, the founders of the online-learning initiative edX, convened a group of academic leaders and other…
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by Kate Mangu-Ward If a student threatens to shoot his classmates (or himself) on the online message board for his physics class, does that count as a…
by Kelly O'Connor-Salomon I have one online seminar class that I have been teaching for a long time. Up until recently, I have been able to design…
Over six million students are now taking at least one online course, upping the rate of online enrollment to 10 times that of traditional higher education. Yet, while…
by Joe McKendrick More than six million college and university students took at least one online course during the fall 2010 term, an increase of 560,000 students…
By Nancy A. Walker, Ph.D. How do online instructors maintain consistent teaching at the doctoral level? Are there tricks, tips, special formulas? There are proven methods that…
By Rich Russell PART I: The Machine Never Stops My mom said to me recently, “In twenty-five years, none of this [waving arms about to indicate…
By Rich Russell PART I: The Machine Never Stops My mom said to me recently, “In twenty-five years, none of this [waving arms about to indicate…
Well, how's about I do a little prognosticating? If you have anything to add, as always, feel free to leave a comment. 1. Overall, the percentage of…
contributed by the University of Fairbanks Center for Distance Education Migrating information from paper to electronic form—and being able to access those items in their electronic forms—is…
