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Online Learning Works – So Why are Schools Failing at it?

eLearning 24-7

Here is some data to consider (about this supposedly new learning approach). 1996, the first high school for online learning was established (Partnership between Hudson Public schools and Concord Consortium). An estimated 700,000 students (K-12) took at least one online course in 2005-2006 (Piccano and Seaman, 2007).

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The survival of higher education (1): Changing roles

Learning with e's

Across Europe and other western industrialised nations, most universities now have their own corporate e-learning strategies, and most manage their own virtual learning environments (McConnell, 2006). Now students can assume more responsibility for their own learning and design their own study trajectories. McConnell, D.

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Value of an Online Degree

Tony Karrer

They are likely referencing my statement back in 2006: I personally hire mostly folks with undergraduate degrees and mostly they are technical. Given my passion around distance learning, it's a bit weird to admit this bias. It’s great to have someone willing to call you out.

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Mobile Learning: e-learningnext

ID Reflections

The Virginia Tech College of Engineering became the first public institution to require all students to purchase a tablet PC beginning with incoming freshmen in fall 2006. I would like to specially thank the Upside Learning team for their blog posts and resource links to mobile learning.

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Growth of online learning

eFront

These developments in online educational accessibility led to a greater number of students pursuing online learning. Research undertaken by the National Center for Education Statistics revealed that, between 2002 and 2005, 65% more K-12 students enrolled in online distance learning programs.

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knowledge and Learning In The News - 8/1/2006

Big Dog, Little Dog

August 1, 2006. Places to Go: The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning - Stephen Downes in Innovate.

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mLearning: The Latest Trends and Why You Should Care

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Rosie Hausler Mobile Learning (mLearning) has been around for quite a while now. As a subset of Distance Learning and eLearning it has promised a more immediate and more flexible approach to those bleeding-edge providers that have wanted to deliver more complete blended training programs.