distance education
Distance Education: Facing the Faculty Challenge
White Paper While individual faculty members may have individual reasons to resist participating in the latest wave of distance education, there are several reasons why faculty in general resist... [21 Apr 2005]
Shanghai Distance Education Group Brings High Quality Learning to the Masses
White Paper The Shanghai Distance Education Group (SDEG) expects the number of concurrent online users to exceed 10,000. Data volumes are also projected to increase as student numbers grow. To ensure it can cater... [06 Nov 2007]
Literature Review - Faculty Participation in Online Distance Education: Barriers and Motivators
White Paper Distance education is a medium of teaching and learning that has grown significantly in the past 10 years as indicated by the number of higher education institutions that offer courses... [20 Apr 2005]
Current Trends in Distance Education: An Administrative Model
White Paper Current practices and procedures of distance education programs at selected institutions in higher education in Ohio were studied. Relevant data was found in the areas of: content of the... [20 Apr 2005]
The Effects of Distance Education on K-12 Student Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis
White Paper The community of K-12 education has seen explosive growth over the last decade in distance learning programs, defined as learning experiences in which students and instructors are separated by space... [17 Apr 2005]
Six Factors to Consider When Planning Online Distance Learning Programs in Higher Education
White Paper In online distance learning, not only does the instruction occur via a computer system, usually over the Internet, but other educational processes occur via the computer as well. The transition to online... [20 Apr 2005]
Thirty-Two Trends Affecting Distance Education: An Informed Foundation for Strategic Planning
White Paper Recent issues in this journal and other prominent distance-learning journals have established the need for administrators to be informed and prepared with strategic plans equal to foreseeable challenges. [20 Apr 2005]
Tools for the Production of Small-Footprint, Low-Bandwidth, Streaming Multi-Media for Distance Education
White Paper This paper describes the AudioGraph project, a collaborative project between Surrey and Massey universities in the development of multi-media authoring tools. The tools are for use by academics, rather than multimedia professionals, for... [11 Sep 2008]
Design of a Real-Time Remote-Access Engineering Laboratory Using Integrated Web Service and Wireless Technology for Distance Learners
White Paper Web-based distance education has enabled university programmes to increase diversity within the student body by allowing non-traditional students and satellite campuses the ability to access a standard... [04 Aug 2008]
Chinese schoolkids get an Office from Gates
News Tengtu provides education software and distance-learning services to more than 35,000 Chinese schools, with 17.5 million students. The company was selected by the country's Ministry of... [01 Apr 2004]
Chief Master Sergeant Chooses Allied
White Paper Allied's distance education courses provided him with the opportunity to complete his education worldwide; it was the ideal option to get the career training he needed while on two... [16 May 2009]
Tablet PC Solution Improves Students' Learning Outcomes at Kansas State University
White Paper Kansas State University (K-State) has long been an innovative user of technology to improve learning both in the classroom and through distance education courses. In an effort to enhance its students'... [30 Aug 2007]
Creating an Online Helpdesk: Supporting Teaching and Learning
White Paper Both current research and theories such as the theory of transactional distance, seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education, and the adult learning theories indicate that interaction... [10 Feb 2009]
Experience With a Process for Software Engineering Web-Course Development
White Paper The Software Engineering program had operated as a Distance Education program for the past six years via two-way live interactive video broadcast into multiple receiving sites. The new venture into... [03 Dec 2008]
Distance Learning: Promises, Problems, and Possibilities
White Paper Distance learning and its relationship to emerging computer technologies have together offered many promises to the field of education. This paper will examine some of the current research and thought on... [20 Apr 2005]
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