RIT'S ONLINE LEARNING DEPARTMENT SHOWING GRADUAL MOVEMENT
TOWARD SUPPORTING MORE FACE-TO-FACE TEACHING AND LEARNING
Our cover story is a thorough and informative look inside
how an online learning support unit has developed over the
years, including how RIT converted to a new course
management system (Desire2Learn), how it launched a
successful blended learning initiative, and how it has
started initiatives related to building mobile learning
environments, using Macromedia Breeze, and facilitating
peer-to-peer remote learning.
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SEVEN THINGS TO WATCH IN 2006 AND BEYOND
What will educators focus on in 2006? Which educational
technology trends deserve more attention than others? What
“will likely have enduring impact on the university campus
beyond the current hype?” For the answer to these questions,
and more, see "“Bytes From Lev,” a blog from Lev Gonick,
vice president for Information Services and chief
information officer at Case Western Reserve University in
Cleveland, Ohio. In particular, Lev’s December 27, 2005 post
titled “The View from the University Campus: The Top 10
Technology Stories of 2005,” is an interesting piece that
helps to answer such questions. Educational Pathways
recently interviewed Lev to further expand on his “Top 10”
musings. In addition to getting Lev’s point of view, we
added a few of our own and compressed it all into seven
things to watch in 2006 and beyond.
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eCORNELL REACHES CORPORATE TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT MARKETPLACE WITH WELL-DESIGNED, COMPRESSED
COURSES AND PROGRAMS
Delivering and marketing online non-credit corporate
training and professional development courses and
certificate programs has always been a challenging, and
often unsuccessful, endeavor for many colleges and
universities. eCornell, however, looks like a dynamic,
knowledgeable, on-the-road-to-success enterprise that has
figured this space out.
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