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

eLearning 24-7

An estimated 1 million students in K-12 took at least one online course in 2007-2008 (Piccano and Seaman, 2009). Clearly online learning in elementary and secondary schools were well on their way by the early 2000’s, which puts a big dent into the whole “new experience of learning online” argument. .

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The survival of higher education (1): Changing roles

Learning with e's

A few years ago I wrote a reflective essay to address that very question, based on two invited keynote speeches I gave in Norway and the Czech Republic, in May 2000. Such change and disruption has been in the background of my thinking about learning technology for the past decade. E-Learning Groups and Communities. McConnell, D.

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10 Great Moments in eLearning History

SHIFT eLearning

The term has always been used to refer to learning using the web or any other electronic medium. Professionals consider it as a type of distance learning since students are able to access materials and complete learning tasks even outside the classroom. Early 2000s: The Dot Com Boom.

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Hot List - April 1, 2009 to April 11, 2009

Tony Karrer

US surveys show e-learning on the rise as training budgets fall - Clive on Learning , April 2, 2009 Thanks to Kineo for pointing me to the Market Update recently released by Ambient Insight which forecasts a compound annual growth rate of 16.3% from 2008 to 2013 for learning technology products and services.

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Teaching Online Courses – 60 Great Resources

Tony Karrer

So we start the session and I’m sitting alone in front of my computer at Loyola Marymount (this must be before 2000). As always I do this by looking through eLearning Learning and related sites like Communities and Networks Connection. I looked at Virtual Classroom , Distance Learning , ILT , Teaching Distance Learning.

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

Some notes: Polls: Most attending work in L&D with some HR, IT, and learning services providers. Most attending work in organization with 2000+ ee’s but several were SMBs (under 2K ee’s for this presentation). An instructional model for Web-based e-learning education with a blended learning process approach.

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The fascinating potential of VR for medical training

KnowledgeOne

This technology also meets today’s learners’ need for flexibility and autonomy, giving them access to hyper-sophisticated distance learning that requires little setup time and practice space. Reduced medical-legal risk (Levinson et al, 1997, Moore et al, 2000). Reduced health care costs (Epstein et al, 2005).