Techno-News Blog. With less in-person contact in an online course, a prospective student should expect ample written communication with classmates, school staff and professors. Interacting with faculty outside of the virtual classroom is an essential part of successfully completing an online degree program. More...

Techno-News Blog. Distance learning is on the rise. But with online learning comes a need for (plenty of) self-motivation. Learning from home comes with many great benefits. More...

Techno-News Blog. The University of Missouri Board of Curators discussed problems and goals of distance learning and collaboration among campuses at a meeting on Friday morning at the Columbia Campus. Choi wants to increase the number of online courses and programs offered. More...

Checking for Plug-ins
Online courses increasingly require the use of plug-ins such as Flash. The browser tries to help, but unless your reader is an experienced internet user, the browser help doesn't do a lot. More...

The Devil is in the Details: Converting Classroom Courses to E-Learning
Nice overview of the sorts of things you need to consider when converting a traditional classroom course to online learning delivery. Realistic in its depiction and supported with links to related Learning Circuits resources, the best thing about this article is its observation that no content survives the transition intact. More...

Researchers Test Small-Dish Satellite Links for Distance Education
Satellites are a good way to provide internet connectivity to less populated regions of the world. They may also provide access where a telecommunications infastructure is not available. Researchers with the Internet 2 project in Ohio are looking at their use to provide distance learning to these regions. More...

eLearning Program with Natural Language Processing
IBM, 2017/12/28
This is the sort of thing that's coming (though I'm not sure I would trust IBM with a major infrastructure project). According to this website, "Artificial Intelligence allows us to develop advanced learning products that can analyze the learners’ actions and make intelligent choices in order to help you meet your training goals." The site points to a business use case where the AI grades or responds to freeform text input. More...