Distance Learning

Magazine articles on distance learning and online education.

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T.H.E. Journal August 2003 Gaylord & Tolliver	Sharing E-Learning Services: Former Rivals Improve Education While Stretching Dollars Technology makes strange bedfellows. Archrivals on the football field and steely competitors for Ohio's best students, we at The University of Akron and Kent State University are joining forces to share an e-learning infrastructure.
CIO August 1, 2003 Stephanie Overby	The World's Largest Classroom It wasn't exactly smooth sailing when the IT department at the Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) in Pensacola, Fla., set out to develop its e-learning system, now the nation's largest.
T.H.E. Journal June 2003 Lynn Feist	Removing Barriers to Professional Development This article reports the results of a study to examine the types of professional development activities that met the needs of instructors who are involved in online course development.
Information Today May 19, 2003 Marylaine Block	Gates Foundation and OCLC Announce WebJunction On May 12, representatives from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and OCLC announced the creation of WebJunction. The site is intended to provide "a community-centered online space to share that knowledge through conversations, online classes, and instructional documents."
T.H.E. Journal April 2003 Linda Cooper	Interdisciplinary, Intercultural Online Courses Provide a Global Education Experience In an attempt to improve students' understanding of global issues, schools are seeking new ways to incorporate international education into their curriculum.
Fast Company March 2003 Bill Breen	The Hard Life and Restless Mind of America's Education Billionaire John Sperling was born dirt-poor, fell in with Communists, and became a union organizer who led a disastrous strike. Today, he runs the world's largest for-profit university -- and a company whose shares are defying gravity on Wall Street. So why do so many smart people seem to hate him?
T.H.E. Journal February 2003 Jaclyn Scott	Don't Forget the Little People: A Vision for an Online Kindergarten Learning Community Kindergarten students are unique because they are at the beginning stages of learning how to be independent individuals. They are dependent on adults to supervise, protect and guide them through life and learning experiences. These principles apply to a virtual learning community.
New Architect February 2003 Gordon Bass	Shoot to Sell Turn to Mandalay Entertainment for online education.
Information Today January 13, 2003 Paula J. Hane	Columbia University to Close Fathom.com Columbia University has announced that it plans to close Fathom.com, its money-losing online learning portal, as of March 31. The decision is part of a larger university plan to more closely integrate its wide-ranging digital media operations over the next several months.
T.H.E. Journal December 2002 Michael T. Eskey	Distance Learning With the Electronic Army University, each soldier is given the opportunity to receive a quality education, while the Army retains an educated member.
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