Just Another Glossary of Distance Learning Terms?
This link takes you to a glossary of distance learning terms and concepts. It’s not an exhaustive list, but mostly interesting because of the source. It’s offered by the World Bank. At first glance I didn’t make an immediate connection but after taking a peek around the site, makes perfect sense. The World Bank is […]
UMassOnline Students Post Great Comments at OnlineDegreeReview.Org
An individual in Ottawa, Ontario, who was frustrated by authentic, trustworthy and useful information on the Internet about online colleges decided in July, 2006, to single-handedly develop and launch a site where students could share their personal online college search, selection and course experiences with others.
Here’s a link to this site, which is called Online […]
Educational Marketplace Relevancy and Corporate Collaboration
This post is about the whole business of whether or not it is appropriate to customize a college-level curriculum to meet corporate requirements.
The very question has a tendency to leave traditional academics disgruntled. College faculties have a treasured sense of autonomy. They rightfully want little or no interference in how to teach their courses. They […]
Rent a Textbook, Plant a Tree?
This is about a new online site at Chegg.com offering over two million used books and 800,000 new book titles for students to rent, rather than buy. If you use this service, they’ll plant a tree for every text you rent. Thanks to the Environmental graffiti blog for bringing it to my attention.
For a couple […]
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