August 3, 2004 at 10:27 am | Uncategorized
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From Infobits, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for Instructional Technology.
Among the reasons Rowe cites for cheating on online tests is that "students often have less commitment to the integrity of distance-learning programs than traditional programs." This lack of commitment may be the result of the isolation inherent in distance education. In "Online Learning: Social Interaction and the Creation of a Sense of Community" (EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY, vol. 7, no. 3, July 2004, pp. 73-81), Joanne M. McInnerney and Tim S. Roberts, Central Queensland University, argue that an online learner's feeling a sense of isolation can affect the outcome of his or her learning experience.
August 3, 2004 at 10:23 am | Uncategorized
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The Elements of Quality Online Education: Into the Mainstream, a new study edited by John Bourne and Janet C. Moore, the fifth and latest volume in the
annual Sloan-C series of case studies on quality education online. Essays in the book cover topics in the following areas: student satisfaction and student success, learning effectiveness, blended environments, and assessment. To order a copy of the book go here.
There is also a free 28-page summary of the book here.
The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) is a consortium of institutions and organizations committed "to help learning organizations continually improve quality, scale, and breadth of their online programs according to their own distinctive missions, so that education will become a part of everyday life, accessible and affordable for anyone, anywhere, at any time, in a wide variety of disciplines." Sloan-C is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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