In this article we discuss our key idea that informal exchange in twitter contributes to the motivation of participants in online courses. Micro-blogging (via twitter)was introduced to groups of educators that participated in three online courses on the use of Web2.0 technologies and Online Didactics in educational settings
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Adult Learner’s Motivation for the Use of Micro-Blogging During Online Learning Courses – Jutta Pauschenwein and Anastasia Sfiri, iJET
This report is an outcome of five years of higher education teaching and managing groups of students in an online learning environment. Some course management software allow users to create groups and add different links within each group that has been created by e-moderators.
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Cascade Model for Online Discussion Boards in an Online Learning Environment – V. Kumar, iJet
Data from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system shows online classes at MnSCU schools cost an average of 19 percent more than those taught in the classroom. MnSCU schools can decide individually how much to charge per credit. The University of Minnesota charges extra for its online courses as well, tacking on a fee that can range from $15 to $30 per credit hour
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Some colleges charge higher tuition for online classes – Tim Post, Minnesota Public Radio
In Milwaukee and elsewhere, more middle and high schools are starting to offer online classes to students during the day in place of one or more face-to-face classes. Fully virtual schools in Wisconsin continue to attract students who pursue their entire educations through the Internet, but adding online classes to the options students have during a traditional school day is a trend that may combine the best of both worlds. Advocates say students learn to work independently and can take harder courses in preparation for college while also getting in-school support from teachers and peers.
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More schools add online learning options to traditional schedules – Erin Richards, the Journal Sentinel
Many of the courses and departments are making the effort to reduce paper usage. The printers and copiers in the library have been set to print on both sides of one sheet of paper, and the campus Telecom department has switched to an online, automated phone billing process. The College’s online division, SUNY CantonOL, has seen an increased number of faculty members encouraging students to print out less materials for their online classes, further realizing the full potential of the ANGEL online learning platform.
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Online Learning: Going Greener: SUNY Canton Decreases Waste by 21 Percent – SUNY Canton
Tufts students may no longer have to turn to Tufts Reviews for course evaluations. Students may in the next two years be able to fill out and access course evaluations online, thanks to a collaborative project by Tufts Community Union (TCU) senators and administrators. According to senior Emily Maretsky, TCU Senate trustee representative for academic affairs, senators are working with the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) and the Academic Affairs Committee to work out the details of the plan
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Course evaluations to be moved online – Martha Shanahan, Tufts Daily
In this world it takes dedication and courage in order to make something of yourself. It doesn’t matter what your background is; if you have the desire and you’re willing to put in the work then it’s possible to find success. As Brooker T.
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7 Men That Worked Their Way to the Top
As you might have seen, I have already posted the first and second part of it with 350 words limit for each! The last part has also been done in due time but not posting it right now due to obvious reasons. I have also started doing the second assignment that I’ll have to submit by
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All about Assignments These Days
This is the second part of my assignment, 350 word limit ( I might have exceeded it my 20-25 words but that perfectly acceptable by the authorities) – I might have changed a few words or sentence structures here and there – but that might count only to 1% of my whole assignment.
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ii) Explain the importance of instructional objectives in teaching, learning and evaluation?
The Education Department last week announced 16 finalists for a big chunk of the $4.35 billion it’s giving out through its Race to the Top grant competition for elementary and secondary schools. Elsewhere around the country, college students were protesting education budget cuts and states were still struggling to fund education at all levels because of the poor economy. And the stimulus funds that states have relied upon run out later this year
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Accountability In The Race To The Top Program
Let’s Have an RTT Inspectorate In a timely and thoughtful mid-week update, our editor posed this question, “Will backfilling budgets better serve states than using the money for RTT-driven reform plans? The cold-hearted, research-based answer is no.
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Steve Peha responded to Accountability In The Race To The Top Program on March 11, 2010 03:28 AM
Letters From Lawmakers And Finalists Bloggers and readers, permit me a slight departure from the focus of this week’s question. The Education Department provided me with a list of lawmakers that sent Secretary Arne Duncan letters of support for their state’s Race to the Top application. With all of the scrutiny over how the finalists were selected, and the emphasis on achieving stakeholder buy-in, I thought it would be interesting to gauge the relationship between lawmakers’ letter writing and the finalists.
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Eliza Krigman responded to Accountability In The Race To The Top Program on March 9, 2010 06:04 PM
Real Reform Recedes from Our Grasp Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s response to today’s question about Race to the Top accountability is telling: “If [states] are not implementing their plans and hitting the ‘performance measures’ and timelines they proposed in their applications, the Department will take appropriate action.
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Lisa Guisbond responded to Accountability In The Race To The Top Program on March 8, 2010 02:11 PM
Not the same way of doing business The Obama administration signaled to educators across the country that it supports education but it will not dole out federal money the way the government has done for decades. This unprecedented opportunity to remake education systems also wisely comes with the kind of assurances and transparency that this time we might just get it right
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Chad Wick responded to Accountability In The Race To The Top Program on March 8, 2010 11:31 AM
We Will Hold States Accountable We expect the states that win Race to the Top will lead the way and blaze the path for the future of school reform for years and even decades to come. They will make education reform America’s mission.
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Arne Duncan responded to Accountability In The Race To The Top Program on March 8, 2010 08:37 AM
This is the first part of the 3 part assignment that I am doing currently. I’ll post the other parts tomorrow when I’m done with it. Word limit for this part is 350 words and my answer is 373.
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Activity Based Instruction – Its Advantages and Disadvantages
The principal vehicle through which the federal government distributes money to low-income students nationwide, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, could be facing a major overhaul. During the National Governors Association conference last week, President Obama unveiled a proposal to make Title I funding contingent on a state’s adoption of reading and math standards that prepare students for college or a career. Under current law, Title I money goes to schools with high numbers of poor children through statutory formulas that are based primarily on census poverty estimates and the cost of education in each state
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Tying Title I To College- And Career-Ready Standards
High expectations + support = success First, let me agree with Judith Brown-Dianis’ point that Title I is essential to schools with high concentrations of children living in poverty as a way to counter historic school funding inequities. However, my interpretation of the question is that it talks about expectations and opportunities and outcomes for our investments.
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Chad Wick responded to Tying Title I To College- And Career-Ready Standards on March 8, 2010 11:02 AM
Seth Godin on Competition “People are drawn to existing competitions like moths to a flame. It’s precisely the wrong way to succeed. Do you go to trade shows or enter markets or submit RFPs or push for a GPA or even gross ratings points because there’s a list of winners or because it’s what you actually want to do
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Steve Peha responded to Tying Title I To College- And Career-Ready Standards on March 6, 2010 01:12 PM
I Wish I’d Said That Thanks, Ms. Sattler, for bringing up the “multiple paths” problem with common standards. I missed that one in my post, and it really is the most often-encountered practical concern that my clients and I experience when we are forced to teach to standards.