The Network Education Ware Project (NEW).
NEW is a powerful and robust Internet teaching and conferencing environment based on open-source Internet conferencing software.
Florida District Implements Learning Management System District-wide
The District School Board of Collier County in Florida is adopting a learning management system in an effort to move educational materials (such as lessons and class notes) away from paper and into electronic formats.
Education, Version 2.0
Now, things are different. Erik takes four courses each semester through Washington Virtual Academy, an online public school free to all Washington state residents. He said he’s “learning more than (he) ever did” at Gig Harbor High.
Internships Help Prepare Future Online Teachers
As virtual schooling continues to surge in popularity, there is a growing need for new K-12 teachers who understand how to teach in an online environment successfully. To help meet this need, the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is teaming up with area colleges to pair teachers-in-training with its online instructors in a first-of-its-kind internship program.
Tennessee launches Electronic Learning Center
The Tennessee Department of Education announced the launch of its
electronic learning center to give students, parents and educators
access to learning and professional development resources anytime,
anywhere.
Tennessee launches Electronic Learning Center on The Murfreesboro Post
California Community College System Gets Expanded Collaboration Tools
CCC Confer, a project out of Palomar College
in San Marcos, CA, is expanding its Web collaboration capabilities. The
organization, which provides Web-based conferencing capabilities for
the massive California Community College System (CCCS) enterprise-wide, has upgraded to the Elluminate Learning Suite unlimited license.
California Community College System Gets Expanded Collaboration Tools — Campus Technology
U of M moves from distance learning to online learning digital campus
Minnesota State Colleges Plan to Offer One-Fourth of Credits via Online Learning by 2015
Do Instructional Design Training Programs in India Need a Revamp?
I have been looking at some of the training programs that are being offered for aspiring Instructional Designers (ID) in India. I looked at these courses from the perspective of:
- An aspiring Instructional Designer who has no clue about Instructional Designing and wants to quickly gain instructional designing skills
- An Instructional Designer who has started with Instructional Designing at work, but has lots of queries and needs lots of inputs to improve his/her instructional designing skill.