The growing virtual education market has created hundreds of online positions for academic professionals. One job I think would be a blast is that of the distance learning librarian. Wondering what a...
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Interesting study at First Monday: "Professors 0nline: The Internet's Impact on College Faculty," by Steve Jones and Camille Johnson-Yale, reports on findings from a nationwide survey of...
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That's what this article from the Sloan-C Review asks, 'Are instructors essential?' - in distance education where learning is often done through software. But why just in distance...
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From the Education Resource Information Center, via Distance Educator, news about an online Master's program in science education for prospective teachers. This paper describes the development of...
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A contrarian view at the Washington Post ... Three years ago, I agreed to give online teaching one last try -- a composition class that met in person for three hours every other week, with the...
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From Distance Educator, an interesting piece on new proposals for using digital technology in education. Vera C. Queiroz is a PhD student at Faculdade de Educação da Universidade de São Paulo...
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From Career Journal. Perhaps you have heard of them. They are called "retronyms" -- words that have been redefined by the advent of new technology. They range from the anachronistic...
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Via Distance Educator, this story from Business Wire about one of our sponsored universities, Capella, teaming up with Florida Virtual School with a master's degree program focusing on educators...
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Via Enrollment, a story that highlights the shift in academic power structure online university courses may cause. Most online learners are working adults, and "the market overwhelmingly favors...
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Go here for a listing of distance education jobs from the Chronicle of Higher Education. Looks like they currently have about twenty positions offered.......
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