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Information Today
October 1, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Google Gives MOOC Development a Major Push Google and edX announced a partnership to "jointly develop the edX open source learning platform, Open edX, and expand the availability of the Massive Open Online Course platform and its learning tools to individuals and institutions around the world."   |
Information Today
August 30, 2012
Abby Clobridge |
MOOCs and the Changing Face of Higher Education Massive Open Online Courses can expand access to learning opportunities, eliminate many geographic and economic barriers to education, create more diverse learning communities, transform lifelong learning, and augment face-to-face and traditional education in new ways. |
Information Today
April 15, 2013
Abby Clobridge |
The Wild West of MOOCs Massive Open Online Courses are the subject of many recent headlines. The issues cover everything from the future of higher education to using technology to deliver courses and textbooks on a global scale. |
Searcher
May 2006
Barbie E. Keiser |
Beyond ERIC: The Early Years (Part 3) As education moves us from the realm of the child to the adult, the emphasis of the resources shifts from education to learning, with greater responsibility placed on the student for finding, using, sharing, and expanding knowledge in a particular discipline. |
D-Lib
July 2001
Hans Roes |
Digital Libraries and Education: Trends and Opportunities This article attempts to identify strategic issues for libraries wishing to pursue a more active policy with regard to the changes affecting higher education due to the increased use of information and communication technologies... |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2000
Richard Peregoy |
Developing Strategies for Networked Education The raging growth of distance learning extends the reach of traditional educational approaches. Assessing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, one institution has developed a progressively expanding, networked distance education program.... |
Mother Jones
February 2001
Eyal Press & Jennifer Washburn |
Digital Diplomas Welcome to the brave new world of higher education, where profesors are 'content experts,' classes are 'courseware,' and students are customers. But just what is a dot-com degree worth? |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2002
Judy A. Serwatka |
Improving Student Performance in Distance Learning Courses This article concentrates on the problems encountered and the solutions developed while teaching two college networking courses in the distance learning format... |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2001 |
Faculty and Reference Librarians A Virtual Dynamic Duo At Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) in Gainesville, Fla., continuous steps are underway to facilitate the redesign of teaching and learning environments as a proactive measure for remodeling old styles of instruction in order to blend newer styles of education effectively in a digital age... |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2002
Christopher Hons |
Big Ten School in Cyberspace Penn State University's "World Campus" initiative has grown steadily -- not only in terms of its size and scope, but also in the level of respect accorded it... |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2000
Nancy M. Short |
Asynchronous Distance Education A Five Step Approach to Eliminate Online Problems Before They Happen |
D-Lib
March 2003
Susan Gibbons |
Building Upon the MyLibrary Concept to Better Meet the Information Needs of College Students Librarians cannot afford to be complacent in the knowledge that college students consider it easier to find resources using the Internet than by using the library. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2001
Gregory Farrington & Stephen Bronack |
Sink or Swim? Higher education online: how do we know what works --- and what doesn't? |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2000
Jacquelyn Barker Tulloch |
Sophisticated Technology Offers Higher Education Options Ironically, the use of traditional terminology associated with distance learning is diminishing at a time when the use of technology is gaining ground. Meanwhile, the lines are blurring between distance education and traditional classroom learning... |
D-Lib
October 2003
Marcum & George |
Who Uses What? Report on a national survey of information users in colleges and universities |
Information Today
May 7, 2012 |
MIT and Harvard Launch a `Revolution in Education' Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) joined forces to offer free online courses in a project aimed at attracting millions of online learners around the world. |
Fast Company
Dec 2013/Jan 2014
Max Chafkin |
Udacity's Sebastian Thrun, Godfather Of Free Online Education, Changes Course The wonky term for the Professor's work, massive open online course, goes into such wide use that a New York Times headline declares 2012 the "Year of the MOOC." |
D-Lib
December 2000
Carol Ann Hughes |
Information Services for Higher Education: A New Competitive Space For at least the last ten years of my professional life in academic libraries we have seen higher education recognize itself as an important economic sector for our country's continued prosperity, and we have heard repeatedly that the new economy is based on knowledge... |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2012
Paul McFedries |
I'm in the Mood for MOOCs To describe new massive open online college courses, we need new words. MOOCs are free, open to anyone, and designed to handle an extremely large number of students. |
CAUSE/EFFECT
Vol 22 Num 2 1999
Dorothy A. Frayer |
Creating a Campus Culture to Support a Teaching and Learning Revolution How can a college or university best support the faculty in the process of rethinking courses and curricula to unleash the truly revolutionary potential for technology to enhance learning?... |
Searcher
March 2011
Matarazzo & Pearlstein |
Survival Lessons for Libraries: Educating Special Librarians -- "The Past Is Prologue" When we began writing this series of articles addressing survival lessons for special libraries, we had more questions than answers; this is still the case. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2012
Tekla S. Perry |
John L. Hennessy: Risk Taker Stanford University's president predicts the death of the lecture hall as university education moves online |
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. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2002
Brawner et al. |
Partnerships Increase Access to Engineering Education: North Carolina's Two+Two Experience There are a number of benefits to this distance education model as it currently exists. Foremost, people from around the state are provided with increased access to engineering education. |
Information Today
February 25, 2013 |
EdX Expands Internationally EdX, the not-for-profit online learning enterprise, announced the international expansion of its X University Consortium with the addition of six new global higher education institutions. |
Searcher
September 2002
Marylaine Block |
Doing it Right How some universities encourage the creation of prime research web sites |
D-Lib
Sep/Oct 2015
Mary Wu |
The Future of Institutional Repositories at Small Academic Institutions: Analysis and Insights While all institutional repositories have experienced the same obstacles relating to a lack of faculty participation, those at small universities face unique challenges. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2001
Joshua D. Baron & Mercedes M. McKay |
Designing and Delivering an Online Course for K-12 Educators The design and delivery of a distance education course are complex undertakings. This is partly because the development process involves many interrelated elements that must work in unison to form a single system for learning... |
D-Lib
October 2006
Tyler O. Walters |
Strategies and Frameworks for Institutional Repositories and the New Support Infrastructure for Scholarly Communications An examination of emerging IR developments and explore how IRs can help create a new infrastructure to support scholarly communications and digital research. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2002
Anita Coleman |
Interdisciplinarity: The Road Ahead for Education in Digital Libraries This article reviews the state of education in digital libraries and curriculum planning documents from professional associations in two areas: Library and Information Science; and Computing. |
Job Journal
November 9, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Postsecondary Teachers College-level instructors enjoy a class of students more eager to learn. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2004
Patricia Deubel |
Guidelines for Selecting Quality K-12 Online Courses The guidelines presented in this article will prove helpful for key stakeholders involved with or considering K-12 online learning. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2002
Colleen Brandao |
Teaching online: Harnessing Technology's Power at Florida Virtual School With modest beginnings in 1996, FLVS has evolved from an instructional experiment based on distance learning to a successful mainstream educational alternative serving the students of Florida and beyond... |
Searcher
August 2002
Carol Tenopir |
Educating Tomorrow's Information Professionals Today It is a great time to enter the information professions, but one that poses challenges for LIS schools and employers, as a new generation of information professionals comes on the scene and prepares to tackle jobs in a variety of environments. |
Job Journal
December 13, 2009
Lauren Baumbauer |
Could Your Career Use a Little Class? Expand your knowledge while broadening your network and your horizons. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2013
Fowler & Smith |
Drawing the Blueprint As We Build: Setting Up a Library-based Copyright and Permissions Service for MOOCs The rapid growth of Massively Open Online Courses in higher education has raised the question of what services libraries on campus can, and should, provide for these courses. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2004
Peg Pankowski |
Faculty Training for Online Teaching Experts agree that faculty need training to teach online, yet a survey of faculty who teach undergraduate mathematics courses online indicates that most faculty at two-year colleges are still not receiving adequate training. |
Information Today
August 26, 2014
Abby Clobridge |
New MOOC Teaches Educators and Librarians About Copyright Copyright for Educators & Librarians is one of a few new courses directly related to the work of librarians and information professionals. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2000
Chris Zirkle |
Preparing Technical Instructors Through Multiple Delivery Systems: A Working Model Instructors in all educational circles are in need of constant professional development and technical updates. In response to these pressures and many others, several institutions are seeking to improve their educational programs with new information technology tools... |
Information Today
February 25, 2014
Barbie E. Keiser |
Evaluating the Laura Bush 21st Century Grant Program Launched in 2003, the grant was designed to address a range of challenges facing libraries throughout the United States. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2001
Sylvia Charp |
E-Learning E-learning is seen as an alternative to taking courses in the traditional classroom setting, providing flexibility and convenience in education... |
D-Lib
October 2000
William Y. Arms |
Editorial: Digital Libraries for Distance Education The latest fashion in higher education is distance education. Like most fashions, this is not a new idea. Modern technology -- notably the Internet -- provides opportunities for really high-quality distance education, including digital libraries... |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2004
Geoffry Fletcher |
The Future of E-Learning An editorial on the direction distance learning and educational technology programs are taking. |
Information Today
April 23, 2001
Richard W. Wiggins |
MIT Launches OpenCourseWare Initiative on the Web MIT administrators expect that other universities will use MIT course materials to enhance their own curricula, particularly those in developing countries... |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2000
Julie Reinhart, Tiffany Anderson & Joseph Slowinski |
Creating a Pre-Service Teachers' Virtual Space Issues in Design and Development of Cross-Country Collaboration... |
CAUSE/EFFECT
Vol 22 Num 2 1999 |
Campus Profile: Raritan Valley Community College ...Since 1995 RVCC has been honored with six national awards for its integration of technology into the classrooms, its outreach with international businesses and community agencies, and its effective teaching and learning practices.... |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2010
Albert Cervera |
Document Management in the Open University of Catalunya Classrooms Through its document management services in Universitat Oberta de Catalunya classrooms, the UOC Library acts as a true learning and teaching facilitator and plays a central role in the university's learning model. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2001
Neil Terry |
Assessing Enrollment and Attrition Rates for the Online MBA The purpose of this paper is to examine enrollment and attrition rates associated with online courses, based on the experience of a regional MBA program that has been offering instruction over the Internet for three years... |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2015
Sam Searle |
Using Scenarios in Introductory Research Data Management Workshops for Library Staff This case study describes the inclusion of a scenario-based group learning activity in introductory research data management workshops for librarians at two Australian universities |
D-Lib
November 2001
Jola G.B. Prinsen |
A Challenging Future Awaits Libraries Able to Change Highlights of the International Summer School on the Digital Library... |
