Distance Learning

Magazine articles on distance learning and online education.

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T.H.E. Journal November 9, 2009 Scott Aronowitz	NASA Grant To Fund Online Professional Development for Climate Change Education PBS Teacherline has announced it has received a NASA Global Climate Change Education Grant to provide professional development courses and teaching resources to encourage the teaching of climate change topics in conjunction with science, technology, engineering, and math education.
T.H.E. Journal October 29, 2009 David Nagel	Q&A: iNACOL's Susan Patrick on Trends in eLearning At last count, there were more than 1 million enrollments in K-12 online schools in the United States.
T.H.E. Journal October 28, 2009 David Nagel	10.5 Million PreK-12 Students Will Attend Classes Online by 2014 More than 2 million preK-12 students take some form of schooling online right now -- whether attending a virtual school for all their classes or just taking one or more courses via the Internet.
T.H.E. Journal October 21, 2009 Ruth Reynard	Bridging the Gap Between Online and On-ground Teaching Increasing numbers of studies are being done that seem to support the notion that blended course delivery or program delivery really captures the best of every possible world and, as such, is an effective way of learning for students.
T.H.E. Journal October 6, 2009 David Nagel	iNACOL Publishes Standards for K-12 Online Programs The K-12 research and advocacy association iNACOL has published the first-ever standards for K-12 online education programs, National Standards for Quality Online Programs.
Fast Company September 2009 Anya Kamenetz	How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education Free online courses, Wiki universities, Facebook-style tutoring networks -- American higher education is being transformed by a cadre of Web-savvy edupunks.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2009 Chris Jones	Who's Head of the Class in Education? For-profit education companies should keep raking in money, but are their stocks worth buying?
T.H.E. Journal July 1, 2009 David Nagel	Meta-Analysis: Is Blended Learning Most Effective? The United States Department of Education reported recently that it's found some evidence to support the notion that blended learning is more effective than either face to face or online learning by themselves.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2009 Liz Peek	Will Uncle Sam Change For-Profit Schools' Rules? For-profit educators could face greater government intervention.
T.H.E. Journal May 2009 Rama Ramaswami	Even! But No Longer Odd Once regarded as an unconventional alternative for atypical students, virtual schools have achieved mainstream acceptance, and are now seen as providing an education equal to - if not better than - what their traditional counterpart offers.
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