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Schorr, Jonathan; McGriff, Deborah – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
"Hybrid schools" are schools that combine "face-to-face" education in a specific place with online instruction. In this article, the authors describe school models which offer a vision for what deeply integrated technology can mean for children's education, for the way schools are structured, and for the promise of greater…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Blended Learning, Conventional Instruction
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Riedel, Tom; Betty, Paul – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2013
A pilot program to provide real-time library webcasts to Regis University distance students using Adobe Connect software was initiated in fall of 2011. Previously, most interaction between librarians and online students had been accomplished by asynchronous discussion threads in the Learning Management System. Library webcasts were offered in…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Cook, Susan; Germann, Clark – Online Submission, 2010
Online classroom management issues pose new problems for the online instructor and pose seductive communicative options for students. This exploratory group of studies examined Blackboard/WEBCT[TM] data as collected for the course designer of an online course as possible indicators of "whispering" or backchanneling between students with…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Grades (Scholastic), Course Content, Academic Achievement
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Kennedy, Paul; Ellis, Wade; Oien, Janet; Benoit, Steven – Mathematics and Computer Education, 2007
Mastery approaches with online Internet platforms have been shown to alleviate many students' deficiencies and open the door to higher mathematics. This paper details some current programs using online learning for precalculus courses, and detail how the research affected the design, development, and implementation of a new online approach…
Descriptors: Calculus, Online Courses, Distance Education, Computer Uses in Education
Protopsaltis, Spiros, Ed. – Colorado State Board of Education, 2007
This interim report produced by the Colorado State Board of Education Online Education Task Force examines key issues related to online education. Task force members agree that: (1) online education has become a viable element of Colorado's public education system; (2) the role of technology in educating our children will continue to grow; and (3)…
Descriptors: Definitions, Public Education, Accountability, Online Courses
WCET, 2002
Most campuses, recognizing the important role that student services play in learner success and retention, have a full range of student services in place to support their on-campus learners. Yet, many have failed to provide the same level of service to their off-campus learners who cannot come to campus. All students deserve access to a full array…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Technology, Guidelines, Information Systems