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July 1, 2006
| Distance Education Report - July 1, 2006 - Full Issue PDF … |
| New Technologies Help Build Learning Communities The technology revolutions of the 80’s and 90’s have long since worked their way into day-to-day life. But there’s a mini-revolution that’s going on right now. Blogs, wiki’s, and podcasts are words that most have heard, but they represent innovations that many have yet to use or even fully understand. |
| Planning Reaps Variety of Benefits for Distance Programs “By having a plan, by saying six months before the budgeting process even starts, ‘next year we are planning on developing these courses for this reason,’ instead of saying, ‘Oh by the way we’re going to try doing this and this,’ all of a sudden it really shines a light on distance learning.” So says Paula Ascher, arguing for having a plan for your distance education program. |
| Meeting the Challenge of Intellectual Property with an IP Protocol By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti For the University System of Georgia, commitment to distance learning comes in the form of eCore, a set of some 25 online courses that students can use to craft the first two years of an undergraduate degree (see Distance Education Report May 15, 2006). Each course in the eCore program makes use of numerous pieces of intellectual property. Because the program includes many courses, determining proper permissions to use the intellectual property quickly became burdensome. |
| Resources Fifty-One Competencies for Online Instruction Theodore C. Smith, Axia College, Western International University |
| Adaptive Hypermedia for Individualized Learning The online learning environment offers great potential for individualized learning. One way to achieve this is through adaptive hypermedia—using learner use patterns to adapt course presentation, navigation, and content to suit individual students’ needs and preferences. |
