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07 Jun 09

A critical examination of Blackboard's e-learning environment: Stephanie J. Coopman

Blackboard’s e–learning system dominates the online learning software market. In this essay I critically examine the structure of Blackboard’s two online learning delivery systems, Blackboard 8.0 and Blackboard CE6. I identify ways in which the platforms both constrain and facilitate instructor–student and student–student interaction. I addition, I delineate features that sustain and challenge traditional power relationships in the classroom. I conclude with implications for online pedagogy and practical applications for instructors and students.

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15 Jul 08

Top News - Gas prices fuel rise in virtual field trips

As schools grapple with budget cuts and rising fuel costs, many districts are finding it necessary to reduce or eliminate field trips, leaving students and teachers with a surprisingly attractive option--virtual field trips.

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As schools grapple with budget cuts and rising fuel costs, many districts are finding it necessary to reduce or eliminate field trips, leaving students and teachers with a surprisingly attractive option--virtual field trips.
Some virtual field trips are conducted through video or web conferencing, while others are available on individual computers by clicking a link on an organization's web site

High Cost of Driving Ignites Online Classes Boom (pg 1) - NYTimes.com

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This is what we need to change. Quality comes first and should be the driving factor for creating online courses, not just revenue. As competition in this area increases, quality will be the thing that sets one institution apart from another.

Step 2, find dynamic and savvy (or at least very willing to learn) faculty to facilitate. Online teaching is not the same as F2F and facilitating the online experience IS an art form. - edventures on 2008-07-15

Colleges from Massachusetts and Florida to Texas to Oregon have reported significant online enrollment increases for summer sessions, with student numbers in some cases 50 percent or 100 percent higher than last year.
the greatest surges have been registered at two-year community colleges,
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- Dr. Drake and officials at several other colleges expressed concern that mounting fuel costs could force some students to drop out of college altogether, especially since only a fraction of courses at most colleges are offered online. Dr. Drake has put Brevard on a four-day week to help employees and students save gas.
- “I don’t feel I get as much out of an online class as a campus course,” Ms. Miller said. “But I couldn’t afford any other decision.”
- Waiting lists for Web-based courses have lengthened at some institutions. At the University of Colorado, Denver, for instance, 361 students are on the waiting list for online courses for the fall term

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Critical for our higher ed admin to KNOW and UNDERSTAND. Quality of program and faculty are critical to setting an institution apart. - edventures on 2008-07-15
Must remember this - particularly here in NH, connections stlil run the full spectrum with a large number still on dial-up. This puts a serious crimp in courses requiring active, synchronous and virtual learning environments. - edventures on 2008-07-15

Distance education is no silver bullet that can alone solve the challenges posed for higher education by rising gasoline prices, officials warned.
many students, especially in rural areas, lack the high-speed Internet connections on which online courses depend.

High gas prices fuel boom in online classes - Boston.com

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John Bourne, director of the Sloan Consortium, an organization in Wellesley that studies online education, said he expects gas prices to bring about "a blended classroom -- half online, half in class."
"Retention in online classes is lower," school spokeswoman Kimberly Haschke said, pointing out that students who do not make the drive to campus may abandon their studies before the class term is over. "I kind of worry about that."
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- Karen Stevens, an early childhood education professor at the University of Massachusetts, said increased demand for online classes is forcing instructors to overcome doubts about the system.
  "They weren't sure it was good education," she said. "If they had their preference, they would teach live. But because of gas prices, that's not practical."