Par Jean-Pierre Lehnisch. Bien qu'existant depuis 1850, l'enseignement à distance a pris son envol au moment de la seconde guerre mondiale. En effet, les structures éducatives étant dans l'impossibilité de fonctionner dans des conditions normales, les dites structures ont développé l'enseignement à distance pour éviter, durant plusieurs années, les ruptures scolaires. L'idée étant alors de créer une structure qui disparaitrait dès que la guerre serait terminée. Plus...
Sur le blog Educpros de Daniel Evans. There is a certain attractiveness of using elearning for students in the first year of a Grande Ecole programme. The subjects to be studied are rather basic and the content in these subjects is either readily available to be used or easy to produce. Schools have often invested heavily in contracts with providers like Crossknowledge, Intellexis, Action Online and others to build collections of online learning resources that in many cases are under utilized. So why not start off with elearning. More...
By . I’ve been a bit slow on picking up on this (thanks to WCET for bringing it to my attention), but this is such a useful article that it’s well worth reading if you are encountering faculty or instructor resistance to online learning.By . With the recent publicity about unauthorised use of personal data on Facebook to manipulate elections in the USA and the U.K., and the above report about Iranians hacking universities for research results and intellectual property, everyone now has to take as much responsibility as possible for making sure personal data is secure and used only for authorised purposes. More...By . In previous posts, I have pointed out the challenges of getting online qualifications recognised by professional associations, for instance:
By . Yesterday I ranted at the high costs in the UK of online programs aimed at part-time, working people. Today, I want to look at a recent study from researchers at Stanford University reporting racial bias in online discussion forums.By . This is a report of a new Bachelor of Science degree being offered fully online in the United Kingdom by one of my old alma maters, Goldsmiths College, the University of London, where I did a wonderful post-graduate certificate in education that set me up for life in teaching. The new Goldsmiths B. Sc. (actually a three-year bachelor in computer science) is deliberately targeted at part-time, working students. More...
By Lindsay McKenzie. Colleges seek guidance about looming federal requirement for online colleges to tell students whether academic programs meet licensing requirements in their home states. More...
By Lindsay McKenzie. California will soon be the only state not joining an agreement that helps colleges offer online education across state lines. Consumer advocates there, concerned about for-profit colleges, hope it will stay that way. More...
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