Online students say tuition and fees are among their top three deciding factors when it comes to choosing an institution, according to a Learning House survey of 1,500 students who are considering, enrolled in, or have graduated from an online learning program. More...
The University of Central Florida's Online Connect Center is a great example of coaching and student outreach. More...
By Joshua Kim. Many of us spend our days working towards, and our nights thinking about, the creation of new online programs. More...
By Eric Stoller. This post is in response to a series of questions from a comment on last month's ponderings on “Online Degrees: Prestige, Acceptance, and the Big Picture.” More...
By Lindsay McKenzie. The death of a professor who was passionate about online learning prompted colleagues, students and friends to pay tribute to him through the medium he championed. More...
By Doug Lederman. Survey of public college provosts finds many forms of training and support for those who teach online is lacking, even as institutions' expectations grow. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Service-Oriented Frameworks for eLearning
Scott Wilson writes the kind of presentation that makes you feel like you've just spent an evening drinking beer with him as he effortlessly weaves through complex subjects dispelling both myths and confusion. As a case in point, his opening describing the many ways to achieve integration is both humorous and informative. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Repositories
This presentation introduces you to the Australian Research Repositories Online to the World (Arrow) project, an Australian repositories initiative, as well as detailed diagrams of the Flexible Learning Framework and the Tasmania Learning Architectures Project. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Mind/Brain Learning Principles
elearningpost ran this item today - it's from several years ago - and while I would disagree with details in just about every one of the twelve points I am in general agreement with the overall thrust of the article. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. ‘Binge Learning’ is Online Education’s Killer App
Eli Dourado, The Ümlaut, March 7, 2013
Well this is an interesting perspective, but it makes sense: "a more natural way to learn than traditional educational structures can offer: develop an interest and mercilessly indulge it until another interest supersedes it. It is a method that conserves the mental energy associated with willpower, leaving more of the brain’s resources to focus on the material itself." The phenomenon is associated with the recent phenomenon of "binge viewing," where a person will watch all or many of a television program's episode over Netflix (me: guilty. More...
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