Using a Problem-Based Learning Approach to Teach an Intelligent Systems Course - France Cheong, JITE- July 19, 2008 While delivering the Intelligent Systems course, an elective course in the Master of Business Information Technology program at RMIT University, it was felt that there was a learning issue as students learning seemed to be superficial. This perception was based on the questions students asked in class and the mechanical attitude they adopted while doing lab work. In the next version of thehttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/2008/07/using-problem-based-learning-approach.... Technology reshapes America's classrooms - Reuters- July 19, 2008 The Internet is also a catalyst for change. U.S. enrollment in online virtual classes reached the 1 million mark last year, 22 times the level seen in 2000, according to the North American Council for Online Learning, an industry body. That's only the beginning, said Michael Horn, co-author of "Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns". "Our projectionshttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/2008/07/technology-reshapes-americas-classroom... Syndicated RSS Feeds for Course Information Distribution - Ronald J. Glotzbach, et al; JITE- July 18, 2008 Students in higher education today are technologically savvy and expect faculty to use myriad web technologies for course delivery. This includes taking advantage of email, course web sites, and online learning communities. However, expectations now also include RSS, blogs, web-,pod-, and vod-casting, extending the classroom experience to provide active learning materials anytime, anywhere, andhttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/2008/07/syndicated-rss-feeds-for-course.html Toward a New Model for Best Practice and Knowledge Construction in Virtual Campuses - Antonio Cartelli, et al; JITE- July 18, 2008 This paper reports on the work of a European Commission DG Education and Culture cofinancedproject PBP-VC, Promoting Best Practice in Virtual Campuses, which is aimed at providinga deeper understanding of the key issues and critical success factors underlying the implementationof virtual campuses. The paper outlines a tentative model of issues underpinning bestpractice in virtual campuses derivedhttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/2008/07/toward-new-model-for-best-practice-and... Using Breeze for Communication and Assessment of Internships: An Exploratory Study - Kelly Wilkinson, theJEO- July 18, 2008 An important component of internships is the connection between students, universities and employers. High-quality internships . . . encourage contact between faculty and students as well as develop cooperation among students, (Implementing and Assessing Internships, 2002, 67). This good practice must exist to ensure good performance assessment (Implementing and assessing internships 2002).http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/2008/07/using-breeze-for-communication-and.htm... Combining Quality and Expediency with Action Research in ELearning Instructional Design - Ruth Gannon Cook and Caroline Crawford, theJEO- July 17, 2008 Recent research has posited that there may be a relationship between an organizations level of capability in electronic delivery of training and the barriers set up to detain it. One of the biggest obstacles is the entrenched culture of the organization itself. So often the challenges to the implementation of an innovation, such as electronic instruction, come from the establishment committed tohttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/2008/07/combining-quality-and-expediency-with.... Comparing Online Learning-Related Course ApproachesRewardsApproaches at AACSB Accredited Institutions - Heidi Perreault, et al; theJEO- July 17, 2008 The study compared the support and rewards provided faculty members for online course teaching and the development approaches used at business schools accredited by AACSB between 2001 and 2006. Data were collected from 81 professors in 2001 and 140 professors in 2006. The professors were involved in developing or teaching online courses at AACSB business schools across the United States. Thehttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/2008/07/comparing-online-learning-related.html Piloting a Blended Approach to Teaching Statistics - Yonghong Jade Xu, Katrina A. Meyer, Dianne Morgan, theJEO- July 17, 2008 This study investigated the performance of graduate students enrolled in introductory statistics courses. The course in Fall 2005 was delivered in a traditional face-to-face manner and the same course in Fall 2006 was blended by using an online commercial tutoring system (ALEKS) and making attendance of several face-to-face classes optional. There was no significant difference in the t-testhttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/2008/07/piloting-blended-approach-to-teaching.... Online Learning Courses Boost Infection Control Skills That Could Prove Vital In A Pandemic - ScienceDaily- July 16, 2008 Nursing and healthcare staff who took part in a specially developed online infection control course said that it had improved their infection control procedures and the advice they gave to patients, visitors and other staff. A number of them had also recommended changes to their department or hospital, which had been adopted.... 87 per cent said that they had found the course useful and relevanthttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/2008/07/online-learning-courses-boost-infectio... High Cost of Driving Ignites Boom in Online Learning Classes - SAM DILLON, Blue Ridge Times Online- July 16, 2008 The vast majority of the nations 15 million college students at least 79 percent live off campus, and with gas prices above $4 a gallon, many are seeking to cut commuting costs by studying online. Colleges from Massachusetts and Florida to Texas to Oregon have reported significant online enrollment increases for summer sessions, with student numbers in some cases 50 percent or 100 percenthttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/2008/07/high-cost-of-driving-ignites-boom-in.h... |