Article: Back-to-School Prompts Families to Evaluate Education Choices.

Article: South Elgin's BEACON academy to focus on media
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  August 1, 2007 ;     592 words ... ... the director of secondary education at U46. Donausky said BEACON academy was chosen for several reasons, including the growth in ... feasible, he said. If economic efficiency is an upside to the BEACON academy, so is the meaning of the word. BEACON is not only an ...

Article: Distance learning and perioperative nursing.
AORN Journal;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... growing pressure to incorporate distance learning into the curricula of nursing schools. Distance learning, fueled by exponential development ... based learning environments (ie, distance learning) in nursing programs is here to ...

Article: Distance Learning: A Step-by-Step Guide for ...
Personnel Psychology;  July 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... Mantyla and J. Richard Gividen. Distance Learning: A Step-by-Step Guide for Trainers ... Hill, NC. The title of this book, Distance Learning: A Step-by-Step Guide for Trainers ... practical guide for anyone interested in distance learning, and an aid in the understanding ...

Article: Distance Learning and Libraries.(Industry ...
Online;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Distance learning is a very big trend, and is steadily and quickly growing. Distance learning--taking courses and training over ... community colleges to universities, offer distance learning. There are by one estimate 6,000 ...

Article: Distance learning demystified.
National Forum;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Some of the claims are: * Distance learning is a new and universally desirable phenomenon. * Distance learning will totally supplant campus-based learning in the future. * Distance-learning methods are ineffective for most university-level ...

Distance learning in an accounting principles ...
Journal of Education for Business;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... students' satisfaction with distance learning and their perceptions of ... of satisfaction with the distance-learning component, as well as diminished ... effectiveness in mastering the distance learning course material ...

Article: Distance learning: one student's perspective.
Academic Exchange Quarterly;  December 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... There seems to be considerable debate today on the subject of distance learning. Two of the more pertinent questions are: Is distance learning necessary and is distance learning as effective an instructional delivery method as the traditional ...