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Florida Virtual School: Growing and Managing a Virtual Giant
Jan 01, 2007; ... In central Florida, Kaila Julia wants to be a nuclear physicist. In order to follow her dreams she needs an advance placement (AP) calculus course. When she could not fit the course into her schedule, she opted to take it online through Florida Virtual School (FLVS). David Marz, a junior in ...
An Overview of the U.S. Navy Sustaining Distance Training
Jan 01, 2007; ... The U.S. Navy has been conducting a major reorganization using plans and strategies collectively called Sea Power 21 (Clark, 2002) that are heavily dependant on a high-technology environment. Admiral Vern Clark recently completed his assignment as the chief of naval operations (CNO), the Navy's ...
Who's Researching Virtual Schools: A Case for Instructional Technologists
Jan 01, 2007; ... Over the past 11 years, virtual schooling has gone from isolated experiments to a reliable alternative to a brick and mortar education. However, during this time, little research has been conducted into how these learning opportunities are and should be provided to their adolescent audiences ....
Blogging With Graduate Students
Jan 01, 2007; ... INTRODUCTION Blogs are mainstream, with 39% of American adults reading blogs and 8% keeping a blog (Lenhart & Fox, 2006). An increasing number of educators use blogs with their students in different ways. Two semesters in a row, I used a blog with art education graduate students with ...
E-mail Protocol and Online Learning
Jan 01, 2007; ... INTRODUCTION As distance learning, online learning, and hybrid courses become more prevalent, unexpected problems arise and solutions must be formulated. Many problems have been recognized and solved. Some are recognized, but no effective solutions have been formulated. The problems that ...
The Voice of the Online Graduate Student: Solutions for a Better Experience
Jan 01, 2007; ... "We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in touch with our customers, our model of the world can diverge from reality. There's no substitute for innovation, of course, but innovation is no substitute for being in touch, either." - Steve Ballmer, CEO, ...
How to Create an Effective Interinstitutional, Transdisciplinary Online Faculty
Jan 01, 2007; ... Developing a supportive, energized faculty can be challenging at any time; creating an energized, productive faculty across universities requires a carefully thought-out plan. In this article, we report on the creation of new online faculty cobbled from six universities in different states. This ...
Adaptive Learning: A Dynamic Methodolgy for Effective Online Learning
Jan 01, 2007; ... OVERVIEW The genesis of adaptive learning systems is from the artificial intelligence (AI) research. In the early 1980s there was significant development of systems to provide intelligent response to user interacting with the computers. The early AI research developed into three ...
Distance Education: Faculty Concerns and Sound Solutions
Jan 01, 2007; ... While higher education has largely been successful in America with relatively little change and innovation, the new millennium has brought with it a renewed sense of urgency regarding the need for higher education to remake itself. Accrediting bodies, the US Department of Education, and ...
Interactivity in Distance Education
Jan 01, 2007; ... The recent proliferation of distance education among higher education institutions, as a valid educational alternative, has been tremendous. Distance education has grown significantly over the past few years, and this has in turn expanded the possibilities of both teaching and learning. It was ...
Questions Students Ask About Distance Education
Jan 01, 2007; ... Introduction As society has entered the age of globalization, the way individuals communicate and conduct business has changed. As Renard (2005) stated, "No generation has ever had to wait so little time to get so much information" (p. 44). Technology has made it possible for this ...
Research on Distance Education
Jan 01, 2007; ... The development of technologies in distance education continues to grow at accelerating rates. From discussion boards and instant messengers to iPods and PDAs, new technologies offer a number of new conveniences and options for students and instructors alike. These innovations are, nonetheless, ...
Betting on the Right Google Jockey
Jan 01, 2007; ... There's a new buzz phrase in classroom practice these days: "Google Jockey." Self-confessed coiner, Michael Naimark, who teaches at the Interactive Media Division of the USC School of Cinema/Television, asked for a student volunteer to search the Web during his presentation. The search results ...
Virtual-Is There a Better Word?
Jan 01, 2007; ... Virtual is defined as something quasi, or pseudo. Virtual is often a potential state that at some time might become "actual." And, just to add to the confusion, actual is generally considered the opposite of virtual. So, it must be that a virtual school would be a potential school as compared to ...
Delivering Blended Learning into Europe's Largest Organization: How the ADL Initiative Has Helped Tackle Healthcare Associated Infections in the NHS
Jan 01, 2007; ... Introduction According to figures released by the British National Audit Office for 2004, one in nine patients in the United Kingdom will acquire an infection during their healthcare treatment, directly resulting in 5,000 deaths, contributing to a further 15,000 mortalities, and ...
Distance Education: Synchronous Communication and its Assessing Benefits
Jan 01, 2007; ... Distance leaning is the process by which students learn course material from a location that is remote or away from the instructor. The technology for delivering distance education evolved over time. As changes in technology took place, the way distance learning is conceptualized has also ...
Effective, Scalable, Verifiable: The Power and Application of Blended Learning in Field Security Operations of the Defense Information Services Agency
Jan 01, 2007; ... INTRODUCTION or the past 10 years, online educational offerings have been increasing at an exponential rate (Allen & Seaman, 2006). More recently, there has been a convergence of instructor-led training (ILT) with online learning, the appropriate iteration of the evolution of ...
Implementing an Open Source Conferencing System for Distance Education
Jan 01, 2007; ... As distance education becomes more popular, the need in educational institutions for inexpensive long-distance voice and teleconferencing services grows. Students need to communicate with each other and with instructors. Additionally, the availability of broadband connections to the Internet for ...
Education Without Boundaries: The Western Governors University Story
Jan 01, 2007; ... INTRODUCTION The Western Governors University (WGU) graduation held on Saturday, February 10, 2007 in Salt Lake City, Utah, was truly inspiring. At this celebration, the university awarded 495 degrees, with over 57 diplomas handed to graduates who converged on the city from more than 20 ...
Accountability and Productivity Through SCORM 2004 in the Defense Manpower Data Center RAPIDS Certification Program
Jan 01, 2007; ... Introduction INNOVATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM FEATURES A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND, SCORM-CONFORMANT INFRASTRUCTURE A groundbreaking distance learning program created by Booz Allen Hamilton, in partnership with the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), uses a standards-based approach to certify ...