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In a previous post, Will lecture capture replace asynchronous distance learning, I wrote: I come from a background where distance education courses are specifically re-designed for distance learners. In particular, they are designed to allow students to interact with instructor and other students any time and anywhere. They are designed to ensure [...] Harrison, D. (2010) Lecture capture helps Riverside meet nursing demand Campus Technology, March 10 From the article: What do you do when 500 applicants are competing for 60 seats in your two-year nursing program? That’s just what happened at Southern California’s Riverside Community College. Administrators there didn’t just want to turn those [...] de Vise, D. (2010) Wide Web of diversions gets laptops evicted from lecture halls Washington Post March 9 An article about instructors who have banned the use of laptops in class, and why. I liked the comments by Professor Vaidhyanathan: “If students don’t want to pay attention, the laptop is the least [...] Tapscott, D. and Williams, A. (2010) Innovating the 21st century university: It’s Time Educause Review, Vol. 45, No. 1 First of all, thanks to both Burkhard Lehmann and Clayton Wright for directing me to this article. I had however seen it myself a couple of weeks ago, and have hesitated to respond to it, [...] Regular readers will know that I believe that ‘real’ engineering is one of the tougher areas for e-learning, because of the need for hands-on experience with equipment and materials (see ‘Can you teach ‘real’ engineering at a distance?’). Simulations and animations are obvious uses, but often expensive and difficult to develop. So I was [...] |
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