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5/04

SHRINKING THE LARGE LECTURE & LAB COURSE: HOW PACE UNIVERSITY CONVERTED A CORE INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING COURSE INTO AN EFFECIVE BLENDED LEARNING FORMAT
At Pace University, an Introduction to Computing course (CIS101) has been a core requirement for all of its students for the past 20 years. Up until the Fall 2002 semester, CIS101 was offered strictly in a traditional face-to-face format. Today - after two pilot runs during the 2002-2003 academic year - CIS101 is offered strictly in a blended learning format. MORE

FIVE TIPS FOR MANAGING A DISCUSSION BOARD, COURTESY OF PACE UNIVERSITY
The discussion board is where a lot of activity takes place in the online learning environment. Students will (or may) post questions and respond to discussion topics each week. It’s a good idea to post a new discussion topic each week so the students can reinforce what they are learning in other sections of the class. Listed here are some ideas, created by the Pace University Computer Learning Center, that have worked well when developing discussion topics. MORE

DISCOVERING OUR INNER CHEFS: A STRATEGY FOR ADVANCING BLENDED LEARNING
Blended learning in higher education continues to progress in promising new directions. At a recent workshop on blended learning held this April by the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago, about 40 educators from around the country formed a general consensus that blended learning in higher education involves combining elements of online and classroom learning activities and is much more than simply "Web-facilitation," i.e., information and communication functions (syllabus, course announcements, and the like). MORE

EXAMPLES OF EFFECTIVE BLENDED LEARNING PRACTICES, COURTESY OF THE SLOAN CONSORTIUM
As noted on the Sloan Consortium’s (Sloan-C) Web site at www.aln.org/effective/index.asp: "To help make quality education online part of everyday life, accessible and affordable for anyone, anywhere, at any time, in a wide variety of disciplines, Sloan-C shares effective practices online." Below are links to some effective practices related to blended learning: MORE

SLOAN-C ANNOUNCES SUMMER ONLINE RESEARCH WORKSHOP
The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) is hosting an interactive online research workshop beginning on July 26. Developed with 40 researchers in the field of distance education, the workshop will cover critical information about online learning, including blended learning, assessment methodologies, improving student satisfaction, and increasing learning effectiveness. MORE

SYLLABUS2004 TO EXPLORE THE FUTURE OF CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY
The Syllabus2004 conference, to be held on July 18-22 in San Francisco, welcomes "administrators, IT professionals and faculty who want to explore the application of information technology in higher education institutions and discover how new media are best integrated into the teaching and learning process." MORE

FIRST ANNUAL OPEN SOURCE PORTFOLIO CONFERENCE
If you are planning to attend the Syllabus conference, noted above, you may also want to check out the Open Source Portfolio Initiative’s (OSPI) First Annual Users Conference to be held on July 16-17, also in San Francisco, on the day before the Syllabus Conference. MORE

NEWS FROM THE FOR PROFIT SPACE
Some interesting data related to the growth of online enrollments were recently reported in two press releases from for-profit providers of distance education, one from Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc., and another from Corinthian Colleges MORE

NEW JOURNAL FOR DISTANCE LEARNING LIBRARIANS
A new Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning specifically addresses the issues and concerns of librarians and information specialists in this rapidly growing field. This peer-reviewed quarterly publication delivers substantive articles, essays, book and literature reviews, and research reports. The large and inclusive scope of the journal covers programs and innovations throughout the international community. MORE

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON OPEN LEARNING
If you have some time to read lots of informative, asynchronous discussions from influential educators from around the globe, join a series of four e-mail-based virtual conferences currently in progress courtesy of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL). MORE

ANNOUNCING THE EQnomy. . .
"It is the dawn of the EQnomy; a fast-growing society based on the recognition that all human action is rooted in emotion. In that society we consciously deal with each other’s emotions. MORE

GET YOUR SUMMER READING GLASSES OUT
As if we did not have enough to read, right? If you are not reading novels this summer (Wouldn’t that be a pleasure?) and want to keep up with some of the latest developments occurring in the field of distance education and educational technology, please refer to our short list, in addition to reading Educational Pathways, of course. MORE

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