- Long-distance teaching: distance learning is
revolutionizing the teaching profession.
Long-Distance Teaching Distance learning is revolutionizing the teaching profession. Telecommunications technologies promise to create many new opportunities for teachers and improve the quality of teaching in the United States, according to a report by the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). Distance learning - the use of computers, interactive video, ......
- Evaluation and Implementation of Distance Learning:
Technologies, Tools and Techniques & Web-based Learning and Teaching
Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges. (Book
Reviews).
Evaluation and Implementation of Distance Learning: Technologies, Tools and Techniques. France Belanger and Dianne H. Jordan. 2000. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing. [ISBN 1-878-28963-2. 246 pages, including index. $69.95 USD (softcover).] Web-based learning and teaching technologies: Opportunities and challenges. (Book Reviews) Anil Aggarwal. 2000. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing. [ISBN ......
- Distance learning: link to a worldwide
community.
Dr. Arthur C. Clarke received an honorary doctorate from the University of Liverpool, England, on January 26, 1995. He was awarded the degree by satellite at a television station in Sri Lanka, where he lives. The author of the futuristic novel 2,001: A Space Odyssey - who had predicted in ......
- Inbox Shock: A study of electronic message volume in a
distance managerial communication course.
As institutions of higher education strive to serve students who are diverse and geographically dispersed, many of them are implementing distance education programs using technology-mediated communication. Research reveals that distance education is often as effective as traditional education; however, teachers and students are confronted with a variety of obstacles. Thus ......
- From a distance: getting a degree in your time and
space. (Higher learning).
Stephanie W. Ingraham, assistant manager, Regional Operations at Equity Office Properties, a commercial real estate firm in Atlanta, wanted to finish her bachelor's degree in business, but her full-time job did not allow her the flexibility. "The distance learning program [at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida] allowed me ......
- Creating the Virtual Classroom: Distance Learning with
the Internet.
Lynnette R. Porter. 1997. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. [ISBN 0-47117830-6. 260 pages, including index. $34.99 (softcover).] Information technologies used in the workplace, such as videoconferencing and the Internet, have become available to educational institutions as well. When used for distance learning, these technologies can make education more ......
- Plugged In -- University: University Departments Get Paid for Distance Ed...
Administrators at Penn State University have devised a plan to share proceeds from distance learning courses with the departments that design them.