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The persistence of distance (learning)

Learning with e's

In a formal sense, distance learning has been a familiar concept since at least 1837, when Sir Isaac Pitman began teaching his shorthand system using typed instruction cards mailed through the universal Penny Postal service to his students across England. m-Learning, or mobile learning focused on the use of personal technologies.

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TCC09: Evaluating Social Networking Tools for Distance Learning

Experiencing eLearning

Social networks for distance learning. How does it fit with distance learning. Student satisfaction lower for the online version than face-to-face. Distance learning can feel very lonely–social networking can give a sense of belonging. Three main points. Evaluating social networks. Their course.

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TCC08: Making Distance Learning Courses Accessible

Experiencing eLearning

Making Distance Learning Courses Accessible to Students with Disabilities. Kavita Rao, Educational Technology Specialist, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Honolulu HI. Electronic version of all reading materials, including textbook. Background. Legal Mandates. Four Scenarios. Conclusion. Electronic text.

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Top Four HOT Concepts in Distance Learning

E-Learning Acupuncture

Distance Learning itself. At my institution, we are scratching our heads a little bit wondering why we have an above average number of enrollments in our distance learning courses. So called ‘anytime, anywhere’ learning. So Distance Learning itself is a really hot concept.

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eCombat: Lessons from the Interactive Battlefields of Afghanistan

Vignettes Learning

According to the writer, this upgraded version is far better than previous Army digitized books. Vanguard of Valor also contains a compendium of lessons learned from past military engagements. The book version of the Vanguard of Valor is free and can be downloaded from iTunes. Command Sgt. This gets more interesting.

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Unravelling online training in 3 questions

KnowledgeOne

Online training, distance learning, open distance learning, digital learning, MOOC… are some of these terms one and the same? Is one the modern version of the other? Are we dealing with entirely different modalities of learning? ” Is digital learning a sub-type of elearning?

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Digital Badges for Educational Achievement

Web Courseworks

BadgeKit is currently in private beta testing, so a version of the web app hosted by Mozilla is not publicly available. The latest version of Blackboard Learn as well as recent versions of Moodle and our own CourseStage all have badging capabilities.

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