Thanks to John Schacter, Ph.D. for this guest entry. John is the author of Grading Your Child's Teacher: A Parent's Guide to Teaching Quality. The book is also available at Amazon.com....
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Story from CNET.com: A new report says that the United States stands to lose its leading position in science and research unless efforts are made to strengthen support for educational and other...
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Katie Robbins offers some helpful advice over at Distance Educator about how to perform well in online courses. Taking distance education courses requires more motivation and self discipline than...
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According to this, from CNN.com ... Student essays always seem to be riddled with the same sorts of flaws. So sociology professor Ed Brent decided to hand the work over to a computer. Students in...
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From the New York Times. American colleges and universities do such a poor job of training the nation's future teachers and school administrators that 9 of every 10 principals consider the...
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Educause has published its first web-only book, called "Educating the Net Generation," edited by Diana Oblinger, vice president of EDUCAUSE and director of the National Learning...
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From THE Journal, new trends in education technology ... An increased need for multimedia education. Students are comfortable with the Web, and they like being entertained via interactive, visually...
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FYI ...You are invited to join other distance educators in a 5 week online learning experience focused on distance education. Modeling the very best in distance education pedagogy, "Teaching At A...
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From Reading Online, via Distance Educator comes a study about the nature of instruction for an online course. It might give some of you the idea of how your own courses function, as well as possible...
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Via Distance Educator and Learner Associates, an online conference for teachers focusing on distance education. You are invited to join other educators in a month long online learning experience...
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From the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration Clients (gasp! what a title), an article on using personal journey research in attracting teachers. Administrators of distance learning are...
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I've had a few requests lately for more information about finding online teaching jobs. There isn't one site that has everything about finding an online teaching position, but here are a few...
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Distance Educator has a good collection of links here to employment resources for those looking at teaching at online universities. Try ... BrassringESL JobsThe Choncile of Higher...
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Here are a variety of programs in online education studies. Thomson Education Direct Programs in Child Day Care Management, Teaching Aide, Early Childhood Education. Jones International University...
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