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Nature of distance education is changing, notes Financial Times’ report on Distance Learning
Internet and other new media developments are changing the very nature of management education offered thru a ‘distance’ education model.
So much so that some of the leading global institutes that are engaged in distance learning courses are ready to drop ‘distance’ from their nomenclature itself. Financial Times (FT), in his report on Distance Learning (published on March 19) quotes James Fleck, dean of UK based Open University Business School (OUBS) saying: We are trying to drop the term ‘distance learning. I don’t think it accurately portrays what OUBS does.’
So much so that some of the leading global institutes that are engaged in distance learning courses are ready to drop ‘distance’ from their nomenclature itself. Financial Times (FT), in his report on Distance Learning (published on March 19) quotes James Fleck, dean of UK based Open University Business School (OUBS) saying: We are trying to drop the term ‘distance learning. I don’t think it accurately portrays what OUBS does.’
Source: MBAUniverse.com
Researchers explore new internet design
Researchers at several universities are working to design a new internet to replace the current global network. The new version would address many of the problems inherent in the design of the current network, including the security, mobility, and ubiquity of internet-connected devices. But for schools, businesses, and other institutions, the cost of transitioning to the new network-replacing routers, switches, and other gear to accommodate the new internet architecture-could be enormous, though any such transition would be at least a decade away.Source: eSchool News
Making the Grade in Podcasting Class by Leah Etling, The Tribune
Gary Bissell, a high school computer science teacher in Atascadero High School California, has proposed a new class where the students will be learning about — public speaking, script writing, audio editing — in a new podcasting class likely to launch next school year. Source: MacNewsWorld
