Distance Learning

Promoting Academic Integrity in Online Distance Learning Courses , Robert T. Kitahara and Frederick Westfall, Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT), Vol. 3, No. 3, September 2007. Abstract: In committing to provide a quality education using online Distance Learning (DL) as the delivery mechanism, a university must face new challenges to ensuring academic integrity in the behavior of its students. In addition to the predictable challenges associated with the online format of DL courses there are additional challenges stimulated by the attitudes of the current student population and the increasing permissiveness of our society. This paper introduces issues relevant to promoting academic integrity ... Read Full Story

Stevens professor wins Online Learning Best Practices Award . ‘In what is billed as the world’s most prestigious distance-learning prize, the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) honored Stevens Institute of Technology’s Professor Steven R. Savitz for his work in the school’s e-learning unit, WebCampus. Savitz, who directs WebCampus ‘ graduate Technology Management Program, teaches online and mentors new online instructors. A champion of web conferencing as a key pedagogical advance, he meticulously tracks feedback from students about how well online courses meet their needs. He then benchmarks his data against courses conducted in conventional classrooms. “As an instructor, developer, program director, faculty coach, ... Read Full Story

We live in a world where information is readily available, and people looking for information want to have it right now. Technology has continued on a vertical upward ramp over the past hundred years without signs of slowing down. The technology juggernaut translates into education and higher learning for students not only in the United States of America, but also globally with the introduction of distance learning degree programs. While the popularity and overall trust of taking college level courses via the Internet has risen in recent years, the ability of international peers to connect with one another has also developed into a cultural ... Read Full Story

Microsoft Launches Distance Learning Initiative . ‘Microsoft launched on Nov. 14 its Microsoft Official Distance Learning initiative (MODL), a blended learning program that uses Microsoft Office Live Meeting to conduct MCT-led classes, which students then reinforce with self-paced homework assignments and scenario exercises. According to MODL Innovations Product Manager Wendy Johnson, MODL is a more productive and convenient alternative to previous learning program models, which typically cram lessons into a mere five days, and require students to leave their offices for the classroom.’ Microsoft Official Distance Learning . ‘This exciting new learning platform blends online classroom training, live discussion, real-world-based scenarios, and self-directed study ... Read Full Story

When Online Degrees Find Acceptance There’s an ocean of opportunities out there when you’re looking to pursue a degree, both regular and online. The advent and advancement of the Internet has multiplied the growth of online courses, some of them legitimate and most dubious. Although we all know the benefits of a regular degree over an online one, there are times when studying online is advantageous - when you have other responsibilities like children or ill and elderly parents to care for, when you don’t have the finances to pay the tuition costs at a regular college, when you need to work straight out ... Read Full Story