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Bryant & Stratton College Online Adds Specializations to Bachelor of Business Administration Program

Bryant & Stratton College Online today announced the addition of four new specializations to its Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in General Management degree program. The specializations include eCommerce, Human Resources, Marketing and Project Management. Each BBA specialization will provide students the opportunity to not only benefit from a solid business foundation with related courses in management, finance,…

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Added by Crystal T on December 20, 2011 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Blackboard Collaborate : First Impressions

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Reform Symposium 29-31 July 2011

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The Third International Online Conference, "Opening Gates in Teacher Education, 2011: Teacher Education in the Age of Globalization,"

The Third International Online Conference, "Opening Gates in Teacher Education, 2011: Teacher Education in the Age of Globalization," will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 25-26,…

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Added by Reuven Werber on March 25, 2010 at 12:20am — No Comments

The web education

At present, we are seeing a lot of innovations combining web 2.0 and Education. There is a new social network .com or platform coming up every day. I, as a teacher wonder which one will make a difference to my teaching and work as an effective collaborative online resource for students and teachers?

With some research, I have identified an good online collaborative learning platform . Here, you can see teachers and students learning together and fantastic use of Web2.0. FunnelBrain… Continue

Added by Judy Jacob on November 14, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

Educating yourself to hone your memory skills

Education of today is validated after an exam, and most exams expect students to have the ability to retain matter taught to them and reproduce the same. Is this method right? This is a question which has been asked by many educationalists and more importantly, till the time the answer is determined, we need to ensure that every student has one method through which this exam can be conquered. Studies have shown, 48 hours after a… Continue

Added by Judy Jacob on September 29, 2009 at 4:07am — No Comments

Advanced methods for more effective learning

Technology has made its advent into various day to day aspects in the past few decades; one of the most important among them has been the innovative educational techniques being implemented today at schools, universities and also in the form of study guides to those students who require it. We have on one end universities which offer complete online degree programs for those who cannot fit a campus program into their schedule, and on the other end, many websites serve to help teachers cater to… Continue

Added by Judy Jacob on September 22, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Are we ready for electronic books and study materials in classrooms?

The latest news is here, that Sony has also entered the E-Book reader market. The mobile eBook applications are not far behind, Safari's bookbag application for iPhone is one such example. This indicates that the eBook technology is definitely gaining momentum.

Combining eBooks technology with the collaborative social learning platforms will definitely changing the way we… Continue

Added by Judy Jacob on September 21, 2009 at 2:32am — 1 Comment

A move forward towards online education

In a recent study US Department of education indicates that the students who use online learning in addition to the classroom are more productive. This is definitely a move forward towards the use of online learning in mainstream education. Online learning is fun and interactive, the students who experience this are encouraged to use it more often. The ability to share and learn from other students anywhere in the world is a definite plus point.

According to the study… Continue

Added by Judy Jacob on September 15, 2009 at 10:15pm — No Comments

FastCompany-How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education

How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education

Anya Kamenetz

Free online courses, Wiki universities, Facebook-style tutoring networks -- American higher education is changing.

......The online University of the People, founded by Shai Reshef, who made his fortune in for-profit education, signed up its first class this fall -- 300 students from nearly 100 countries. While it has yet to get accreditation, the not-for-profit plans to offer bachelor's… Continue

Added by Shai Reshef on September 1, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

Mashable.com- In the Future, the Cost of Education Will Be Zero

In the Future, the Cost of Education Will Be Zero

July 24th, 2009 | by Josh Catone

The average cost of yearly tuition at a private, four-year college in the US this year was $25,143, and for public schools, students could expect to pay $6,585 on average for the 2008-09 school year, according to the College Board. That was up 5.9% and 6.4% respectively over the previous year, which is well ahead of the national average rate of inflation. What that means is that for many people,… Continue

Added by Shai Reshef on July 26, 2009 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

Tutoring Match goes ONLINE

Experience why TM is the faster, better way to learn.

Since 1999 Tutoring Match has been “match-making” one-on-one in-home tutorials in Fairfield, New Haven and Westchester Counties. Our network of over 100 pre-screened professionals personalizes academic assistance in all subjects for all ages.

With a state-of-the-art website, TM now offers instant, online tutoring with whiteboard technology and live customer support 24/7. All you need is a computer with a broadband… Continue

Added by Henry Lane on July 21, 2009 at 1:17pm — No Comments

The Jakarta Post-Learning goes the distance

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/07/15/learning-goes-distance.html

Learning goes the distance

Anissa S. Febrina , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 07/15/2009 12:30 PM | Features

A passion for knowledge can be limited by neither time nor space, especially with distance learning helping people to indulge that passion, wherever they might be.

For eight years, 41-year-old housewife Ida Rahayu has been juggling her daily house chores and her… Continue

Added by Shai Reshef on July 15, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

Students Love Moodle

PC World Article - Students Love Moodle

Earlier this week, a friend of mine, Phil Shapiro, wrote an article in PC World entitled, Students Love Moodle.I was surprised and pleased to learn that Phil's article chronicled my experience using Moodle with my sixth grade students on Long Island. As teachers we all have many , many stories about our classrooms and students throughout the years. Every year is… Continue

Added by Sheila Gatling on May 24, 2009 at 9:09am — No Comments

Free 5-day Online Workshop for Educators

Join a free 5-day online workshop on how to integrate technology into your classroom by learning to use and collaborate on Wikieducator !

Every educator is welcome!!!

Added by Nellie Deutsch on April 12, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

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