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Stephanie’s speech on benefit’s of online education – Video
Posted: November 12, 2012 at 11:42 am
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FE News advertising opportunities. Site wide advertising, Exec Recruitment
Posted: November 10, 2012 at 3:45 pm
FE News advertising opportunities. Site wide advertising, Exec Recruitment conference coverage
FE News (www.fenews.co.uk) is the largest online news site in the Further Education, Skills and Welfare to Work sector. Here is a video explaining a couple of advertising options on FE News.... ranging from site wide online advertisements, conference video coverage through to Executive / Principal job advertising on FE News and FE Careers.From:fenewsViews:11 0ratingsTime:02:21More inEducation
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Student Engagement In Campus-based And Online Education – Video
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Student Engagement In Campus-based And Online Education
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DanceBizPresentation – Video
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This video is an online education of the software and is presented by a trained ThinkSmart consultant. It will show you through all of the main features and capabilities and if you need any further information, please visit http://www.thinksmartsoftware.com.From:Andrew LeighViews:0 0ratingsTime:29:53More inHowto Style
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CEDD Online Education Webinar #5 – Community Building and Open Educational Courseware – Video
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CEDD Online Education Webinar #5 - Community Building and Open Educational Courseware
Presented by: Mary Lou Forward Executive Director Open Courseware ConsortiumFrom:TheNCSEonlineViews:0 0ratingsTime:45:58More inEducation
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Ivy League 2.0 or Just Another Pets.com?
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The Minerva Project aims to create a high-status online university. Instead, it may be the sign of a venture-capital bubble in online education.
Harvard, by many measures the most prestigious college in the U.S., has been at it for nearly 400 years. Ben Nelson, founder of an online education startup called the Minerva Project, says he can do equally well in just three.
Minerva is one of the least-publicized but also most well-funded and audacious of the current crop of online education startups. Funded with $25 million from Benchmark Capitalone of the well-known venture-capital firm's largest-ever investmentsMinerva says it will begin accepting applicants in 2015 for an entirely Web-based college program. The resulting undergraduate degree, it promises, will have all the prestige of anything the Ivy League can offer, but at half the cost.
Many people would dismiss Minerva's notion of some sort of instant online Harvard as the fever dream of someone who had sat through one too many TED talks. But the for-profit company's assumptions about how the Internet will change education can be found, to varying degrees, in most of the scores of startups now getting venture money to do instruction online.
The level of venture-capital investments in education has nearly doubled in 2011, and now rivals figures last seen during the dot-com boom. Representative of the crop is Courseraformed by two Stanford computer scientistswhich offers a growing list of free online classes (see The Technology of Massive Open Online Courses). Even though Coursera has no clear plans for how to make money, an investor involved in its initial $16 million financing said other top VCs pleaded by phone and e-mail to get in on the deal, regardless of the price. It's the sort of enthusiasm that often signals a tech investing bubble.
Some of the new online startups are offering free "massive open online courses," or MOOCs, that lead not to a traditional college degree but to a "certification" in a specialized field like computer programming. Minerva, though, is an entirely different pedagogical species. The San Francisco-based company aims at a soup-to-nuts undergraduate education, resulting in a traditional bachelor's degree, but all via the Web, and with all of the social cachet of the country's priciest sheepskin.
It's that last claim that raises the most questions, especially since Nelson, its 36-year-old founder, has no experience in education; his previous gig was with Snapfish, a photo-sharing site bought in 2005 by Hewlett-Packard. But Nelson managed to not only score a huge investment from Benchmarkthe same VC firm that backed the likes of eBay, Yelp, and Mintbut also persuaded a group of A-list luminaries, including former Harvard president Larry Summers, to be on its board of advisors.
They no doubt responded to Nelson's high-energy personality, fully on display in a recent interview in a San Francisco coffee shop. (Minerva not only lacks an ivy-coated administration building; it doesn't even yet have a permanent office.)
Nelsons aim is nothing less than to remake higher education, in part via technology, but also by rethinking the college experience. For example, freshmen won't take traditional introductory classes, but instead will be trained in how to think. Topics will include the likes of complex systems analysis and "multi-modal communications," the latter, says Nelson, being a 21st century update on the ancient art of rhetoric.
After that, students will branch out, much as they do in a traditional liberal arts college, with a few differences. For one, Minerva won't offer anything resembling a lecture or introductory class; if students want to learn the history of philosophy, they will need to learn it themselves, perhaps by taking a class via Coursera.
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Online Degree Programs: How to Tell the Good From the Bad
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Checking accreditation and graduation rates can help students choose a reputable online degree program.
Advances in technology over the past decade have propelled colleges and universities into the realm of online education, creating a crowded market for students considering an online degree.
But not all programs are a safe bet.
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Online colleges have been criticized for putting profits over students; some have even been the subject of lawsuits claiming misrepresentation or fraud. To avoid scams, students need to be savvy consumers and do their research before signing up for an online degree program, experts say.
These indicators that can help students tell a good online program from a bad one.
Accreditation: Like a stamp of approval, accreditation tells students that a school or degree program meets certain academic standards. It also tells employers that graduates of the program are likely to be prepared for the workforce.
"If you really want a credential for a job, the most secure bet is to go to a regionally accredited institution," says Janet Moore, chief knowledge officer at the Sloan Consortium, a research organization specializing in online education.
While most colleges list their accreditation on their websites, students should do their legwork to ensure the school's credentials are legitimate. Some institutions tout phony credentials from accrediting bodies that either don't exist or aren't reputable, warns Anne Johnson, director of the advocacy group Campus Progress.
The Accrediting Council for Distance Education, for example, claims to be an "internationally recognized, independent and private education accrediting body," but is not recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or the Department of Education.
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USC Rossier School of Education Launches Online Master's of Education Program for Practicing Teachers
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education is proud to welcome its first online cohort of Master of Education in Advanced Instruction students. The program's inaugural class began in September. Modeled after the school's popular online Master of Arts in Teaching program, the immersive online program is designed for current teachers who are ready to develop advanced teaching methods. Working closely with fellow educators, candidates explore leadership opportunities in their own schools and communities. Unlike many other Master's of Education programs, USC Rossier allows teachers to expand their practice while participating in live, online face-to-face class sessions and completing fieldwork in their own classroom.
"At USC Rossier, we pride ourselves on bringing innovation to the way that teachers are prepared for the classroom, giving them the tools and skills to be the most effective teachers for today's diverse student body," said Karen Symms Gallagher, Ph.D., Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education. "Now, being able to offer the Master of Education in Advanced Instruction online means that we can educate current teachersand ultimately improve student outcomesall over the country and the world."
The Master of Education in Advanced Instruction prepares experienced kindergarten through 12th grade teachers to acquire the advanced research and effective teaching methods needed to help transform the lives of all students in three core subject areas: differing abilities, humanities and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Students also have the option to earn an additional Special Education Credential and Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Certificate. These specializations are designed to prepare teachers to develop and improve the specialized knowledge and skills needed to recognize and respond to individual differences among students with special education needs.
The online program, delivered through a virtual classroom environment and interactive platform developed by 2U, formerly known as 2tor, includes the same academically rigorous curriculum as the on-campus program, and classes are taught by the same USC faculty. Students benefit from an experience that is similar to a traditional brick-and-mortar classroom experience: a unique blend of live, face-to-face class sessions and self-paced coursework. Essentially, this program is the same online as it would be on-campus; it's simply offered through a different method of delivery.
When students enter the online classroom they see a "Brady Bunch" style grid of live-stream video that fosters interaction and collaboration among 10-12 other students and the professor. During class, students can take notes, view slides, discuss questions in a chat pod, break into groups, or "raise their hand" to answer a question. At any time, students can view their wall in a format that is similar to other familiar social media sites; check their class schedule or grades; catch up on missed reading; watch a supplementary video or join any number of the thousands of online social groups or communities.
This rich online experience is paired with critical hands-on field-based teaching experiences.
"I know my online students just as wellsometimes even betterthan I know the students I have in my in-person courses," said Dr. Laila Hasan, Associate Professor of Clinical Education at USC Rossier. "This program isn't just watching a few videos and taking a few quizzes. It's real, rigorous, graduate-level education."
Unlike nearly all other Master's of Education programs, USC's Master's of Education students complete their fieldwork in the context of their own classrooms, with their own students and within their own communities. They video record their practicum exercises and are evaluated by Rossier faculty. The program takes a unique approach to helping students apply their new skills to overcome relevant, real world challenges in education. Students are required to complete an action research project that identifies an education-related problem of practice and develop an action research project to address the problem. The Master's of Education program extends USC's ongoing commitment that USC Rossier graduates will enter their profession fully prepared and able to improve learning in urban education.
"Because of our successful online Master of Arts in Teaching program, we know that delivering high-quality teacher preparation online is possible with the right technology and the right mindset," says Dean Gallagher. "We will continue exploring new ways, like bringing the Master of Education online, to produce more well-prepared teachers."
For more information, visit http://rossieronline.usc.edu/academics/masters-of-education-program/
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CBSE Sample Paper 2013 – Video
Posted: November 8, 2012 at 11:40 pm
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Visit practicepapers.com for CBSE Sample Paper 2013 is a top online education portal which offers CBSE Practice Papers for class 10th and 12th all subjects. All sample papers packages are available online at our website at very reasonable price.From:Gurgaon SchoolViews:0 0ratingsTime:00:37More inEducation
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LeaseHawk Wings LMS – Video
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LeaseHawk, in partnership with National Apartment Association Education Institute (NAAEI), has launched a new Multifamily online education platform. Wings Learning Management System, powered by LeaseHawk, gives you access to cutting edge learning solutions from your device anytime, anywhere. See your productivity soar with higher closing ratios and reduced employee turnover.From:LeaseHawkViews:7 2ratingsTime:01:34More inEducation
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