Who Says eLearning Doesn't Work?

Here's an example of a composite ("blended") approach to education that is succeeding. Design makes a difference! To quote the course author:

"The national average for online retention hovers about 50%. 71% of my fall (201) section completed with grades of "C" or better. Since 201 is pre-req to this 202 section, I predict AT LEAST this same level of success and quite probably higher. Additionally, students tend to score higher than national norms on standardized testing items. I believe this is due to the complete lack of time constraints with regard to completing their lessons. Although they must complete weekly work as dictated by a schedule, they may take as much time as needed to reach mastery."

-- BB

Anatomy & Physiology: Integrating Interactive Technologies With WebCT. This online Anatomy & Physiology II course (BIO202) integrates the best of textbook, CD technology, and the World-Wide Web. Each lesson includes critical focus points and questions that guides student work and provides multiple self-assessment opportunities. [Maricopa Learning eXchange (MLX) Newest]

6:13:04 PM    

Weblogs and Networks.

Summary of research on social networks and how it relates to weblogs. -- BB

Jim Moore: "Blogs are weak tie machines!" [Scripting News]

6:04:54 PM    

More on Weblogs and RSS in eLearning.

Blogging and RSS in Education. Will Richardson look into Blogging and RSS � The "What's It?" and "How To" of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators : "Educators have been slower to adopt Weblogs for a variety of reasons, among them access, privacy, and security issues. But as more and more people get on the blog bandwagon, more and more teachers and schools are starting to experiment with the technology as a way to communicate with students and parents, archive and publish student work, learn with far-flung collaborators, and "manage" the knowledge that members of the school community create. In fact, many are seeing Weblogs as a cheaper alternative to course management systems. /../ The collaborative aspect of Weblogs is what has brought ... [Diablog]

10:45:00 AM    

Open Access Journals and Copyright.

In case you don't have enough to read online, here is a list of peer-reviewed journals to fill up your copious free time. Probably most of these don't have anything to do with e-Learning, but if you are keeping up with what's going on in education as part of your intelligence collecting, they would be worth scanning every so often. -- BB

Open access journals in education. David Wiley's introduction to the Pitch journal links to this huge list of open access journals in education. "Pitch is at least the 140th completely open access, peer reviewed journal in educational research".

If open access is your cup of tea, also don't miss this page on copyright and open access from the kickass Collaborative learning environments sourcebook .
[Seb's Open Research]

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