Learning Mandarin Chinese, Online, In the 6th Grade?
This Special Report appearing in Ohio’s Chillicothe Gazette jumped out at me because of its reference to the teaching of Mandarin Chinese via distance learning technology. As you may already know, that’s of interest here at UMassOnline and a topic that’s been featured in a previous post about UMass Boston’s programs for the study of […]
How do you take your learning?
We live in an age of choices. Just about any service or product on the market is expected to come with choices. Do you want 400 free minutes,150 text messages, and free calling within network, or 800 voice minutes, unlimited data and call your friends free on any network? […]
Academic Technology Expert Mark Schlesinger Previews UMass’ Instructional Technology Conference
[Editor’s Note: Mark Schlesinger, Ph.D. , is the Associate Vice President for Academic Technology in the Office of the President at the University of Massachusetts. He works with faculty and staff at the five University campuses to enhance teaching with technology. He is on leave from the Boston campus, where he is an Associate Professor […]
Online Cheating
Here’s a hot topic many might advise me to avoid: online cheating. Traditional marketing and public relations advisors tend to agree that by bringing up a troublesome issue a person runs the risk of having the issue associated with them and their institution. I, on the other hand, think the readers of this blog are […]
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