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ONLINE SELF-PACED LEARNING WITH A MENTOR WORKS WELL INSIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES PROVIDED BY IU SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
K-12 teacher professional development courses come in a wide variety of forms, but perhaps some of the most innovative and accessible to busy teachers are more than 45 courses developed by the Learning To Teach with Technology Studio (LTTS) from the Indiana University School of Education. MORE
A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS DEDE
Christopher Dede is the Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies at
Harvard's Graduate School of Education. He is also Chair of the Learning &
Teaching Area in the School. Recently, Educational Pathways talked briefly with
Dede about blended learning, or, as he calls it, "distributed
learning." MORE
COLLABORATION BETWEEN ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES AND MSU GLOBAL BRINGS SUCCESSFUL NON-TRADITIONAL ONLINE LEARNING APPROACH TO CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTS
FCIB, an association of executives in finance, credit, and international
business, and Michigan State University Global (MSU Global) recently formed an
innovative partnership that has resulted in a new online certification program
in international credit and risk management. MORE
THE IMPORTANCE OF "TEACHING PRESENCE" IN AN ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
The Rochester Institute of Technology Online Learning Department regularly hosts workshops in which invited experts talk about online learning and teaching. It’s most recent workshop featured Director of the SUNY (State University of New York) Learning Network (SLN)* Peter Shea, who, among a number of topics of interest, talked about "teaching presence" in online learning environments. MORE
THE DEFINITION OF TEACHING PRESCENCE
The following is excerpted from Shea, P., Fredericksen, E., Picket, A., & Pelz, W. (2004). Faculty Development, Student Satisfaction, and Reported Learning in the SUNY Learning Network. In T. Duffy & J. Kirkley (Eds.). Learner-Centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education: Cases from Higher Education. (pp. 354-360) Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. MORE
WINTER READING
Three suggestions are headlined as follows: On Being Learner-Centered in Distance Education, Can the Internet be Organized?, and Agreements from Project Sail. MORE
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