This research aims to answer the question, “in what ways do mediated learning environments support or hinder learner autonomy?”Learner autonomy has been identified as one important factor in the success of mediated learning environments. The central aspect of learner autonomy is the control that the learner exercises over the various aspects of learning, beginning with the decision to learn or not to learn.

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Some Factors to Consider When Designing Semi-Autonomous Learning Environments – Paul Bouchard, EJEL

Content summary: FIR Interview with Silvia Cambie and Yang-May Ooi about their new book posted; the Clickable Gurus debut; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore with a follow-up on China and the Green Dam, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: back to the dark ages with NLA’s pay per link plan for PR agencies, AP proposes new article formatting for the web, MS&L launches influencer social media and community campaign management tool, blogs are biggest refe

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The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #465: July 13, 2009

Given the recent deadline for registering LEED v2.2 projects, we were reminded of a post we wanted to write: how construction project management software can be used to track LEED credits. Tracking LEED credits requires software functionality similar to that required for more traditional construction project management. Consequently, a few leading vendors have re-purposed their technology to make this possible; others have customers who have developed their own work-arounds

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Track LEED v3 Credits in Project Management Software

Part 3 of 4, By Fernando Melo In the previous post I covered a little about what we’re up to with the second Builder Event, and why it was important – in particular, calling out that collaborative development is going to greatly benefit the builder community, and is a focus of this event. In this post, I want to provide a closer look at the tutorials we covered, as well as how this related to our goal for the event. Backing up a little – once the initial intros and welcome was out of

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Dragon Age Toolset: Builder Event II, p3

Yesterday the New York Times published Mike Mergen’s article that implicitly painted all bloggers as paid PR stooges while claiming that the real journalists at newspapers would never engage in that. This started when the New York Times finally got around to noticing the proposed FCC rules on advertizing in dealing with published media, the internet media outlets had this issue months ago but the New York Times is a bit late to the party.

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Why the New York Times Mike Mergen is dead wrong on Blogger Ethics

When Todd Echols left his job at a small publishing company 3 years ago, his supervisor’s farewell was not exactly heartbreaking. "He was glad to see me go," Echols says. "He said something like, ‘Make sure you take your fake plants with you.’ The feeling was mutual." Echols left the company but not for another job.

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Want to be your boss’ boss? Get an MBA

To celebrate their 50th Anniversary, Island Records is teaming up with neufutur.com to give you a chance to win a pair of tickets to the annual Lollapalooza festival in Grant Park, Chicago and a $100 gas card to help get you there!If a weekend full of live music with mega-stars The Killers, Beasties Boys and Tool (to name a few) wasn’t quite enough then you’re in luck because Island Records is also hooking up the Grand Prize winner with the entire Killers’ catalog, as well as albums from Noisett

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NeuFutur Magazine Gives Away Lollapalooza Tickets

With millions of jobs lost this year alone, unemployment rates are at their highest in decades. The manufacturing and construction industries have been especially hard hit. Rather than stay in shrinking industries, however, many unemployed workers are turning to higher education to transition to industries with more plentiful career opportunities.

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Unemployed Get a Boost in Degree Programs

In ages past prior to the Internet, if you sought to rent computer games, you had to go down to the store, search through aisle after aisle of titles before getting to the one you were after, and then have to race to the shop the day after to avoid being stuck with late fees. With this state of the art service for online computer game rentals these issues are finally over and done with. This new type of facility grants you the freedom to have fun playing your favored choices avoiding all these

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Take the Full Advantage of Your Internet Gaming Rental Shop

General Motors Corp.’s (OTC: GMGMQ) emergence from bankruptcy Friday marks the beginning of the “new GM,” which will try to stay out of the ashes from which it emerged to become a leaner, customer-centric and modern company.The official ownership of the new GM is divided as follows:60.8%: U.S. Department of the Treasury, after a $50 billion taxpayer-funded investment.17.5%: United Auto Workers (UAW) Retiree Medical Benefits Trust.11.7%: Canada and Ontario governments.10%:

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What Will The New General Motors Be Like?

There has been a lot of research and press recently regarding WOM and how people can be influenced both online (Via social media) and off. Many of those articles you can find on this blog. The NYTimes featured an article this weekend looking at bloggers , and the spheres of influence they often have, which is why many “marketing companies are keen to get their products into the hands of so-called influencers who have loyal online followings because the opinions of such consumers help products s

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the multifaceted relationship between bloggers and brands.

Matthew Segal, founder and executive director of the Student Association for Voter Empowerment (SAVE) and national co-chair of the 80 Million Strong for Young American Jobs Coalition, submitted the following: Our higher education system is generally successful in training students who are capable of contributing their talents, ideas, and diverse skill sets to the American workforce. However, while colleges and universities provide students valuable career services support, these efforts are unable to overcome the fundamental economic challenges overwhelming recent graduates as they enter the labor force

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Lisa Caruso responded to How Can Colleges Help Graduates Pursue A Career? on July 13, 2009 07:53 AM

As a mother who paid for a college education for my recently-graduated daughter and who is about to pay again for my rising high school senior (I’m one of the lucky few who can continue to do so), this topic hits close to home. College students of all ages need to be more demanding of colleges about what they want from this product called “higher education”. Unlike years past, they can no longer be satisfied with buying a name brand and hoping for the best in the marketplace.  Buyers (college students) must be savvier consumers who better understand three variables…

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Margaret Spellings responded to How Can Colleges Help Graduates Pursue A Career? on July 13, 2009 07:52 AM

The current economic downturn has put a bottom-line focus on jobs for many Americans. As recent college graduates seek their first jobs, they are confronted with an unhappy truth — new entrants into the labor market are always at a disadvantage in an economic downturn. This is not to say that graduates are ill-prepared or that an economic slide is the time to put off pursuing a degree or additional job training

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Terry W. Hartle responded to How Can Colleges Help Graduates Pursue A Career? on July 13, 2009 07:52 AM

With unemployment in the US at a 26-year high, people who are just now entering the job market are finding employment to be a challenge. According to a recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, less than 20% of 2009 college graduates who applied for a job were successful (as compared to more than 50% in 2007). The great majority of these new baccalaureate holders are forced to adjust plans, and some may be questioning their investment of time and money.

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George R. Boggs responded to How Can Colleges Help Graduates Pursue A Career? on July 13, 2009 07:51 AM

Yes, new graduates often need career counseling and job-placement support as they enter a highly competitive workforce, especially during a time of economic crisis. But the most important thing colleges can do to make their students more attractive job candidates is actually to address their primary charge: ensure that students leave campus with the knowledge and skills they need to be successful.

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Kati Haycock responded to How Can Colleges Help Graduates Pursue A Career? on July 24, 2009 04:04 PM

This paper examines students’ efforts working together to solve problems and to document their solutions to those problems through online problem-based learning (PBL) projects. In particular, this paper focuses on studying patterns that students adopted in co-authoring project documents that their PBL experience required. This focus will help better understand and contribute to the literature on student paper co-authoring approaches in PBL

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Co-Authoring in Online Problem-based Learning: Collaborative Approaches and Challenges – Brenda I López Ortiz, Lin Lin & Mary Tipton; JOLT

The purpose of this paper is to report on the findings of a study examining the relationships between community and student success in online learning. The study was conducted on undergraduate students enrolled in online courses at an accredited university on the east coast of the U.S

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The Role of Community in Online Learning Success – William A. Sadera, James Robertson, Liyan Song, and M. Nichelle Midon; JOLT

Research to focus on critical needs of underserved students: flexible schedules, personalized mentoring, accelerated learning options. Today, Western Governors University (WGU) www.wgu.edu , one of the nation’s leading online colleges, announced a $1.2 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to examine how its flexible, competency-based degree programs can help improve the nation’s low graduation rates among low-income and minority students ages 18-26.

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Western Governors University to Study How Online Programs Can Boost College Completion Rates for Low-Income Students

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