I have been doing a review of 30 articles, which I requested, from Proquest via a search for quality in online education. No one can dispute the growth in online education, but the debate still exists as to what defines quality in online education. One may argue that if a course or program retains [...]
Great ideas spread..such is the case with the flipped classrooms. I will go back to my online university experience, in 2002 -2005 when I learned that an audio file could be embedded in a PowerPoint presentation. This audio file could be an embedded lecture or anything else that contributed to the course content. In 2007 [...]
It was online and distance education that provided me with access to achieving my educational goals. I first attended the University of Wyoming’s Educational Outreach centers in my hometown in Wyoming, this was before the Internet. We connected, across the state, via a real time interactive TV system. There were cameras and TVs in the [...]
I have had a lot of readers on this blog and it has been a very long time since I posted. I am not going to go into the details of what has happened to me. I will just say that sometimes you feel like you are dreaming that your house is on fire and [...]
I recently attended a conference that focused on accreditation. There are several regional accrediting bodies in the US that are sanctioned by the United States and you should know if the educational institution you are paying is accredited or not and you should also know whether or not that accrediting organization is recognized by the [...]
Yes I know sometimes my blog posts can take a tour of thing in a random manner, this post will be no exception. I have a lot going on lately but I wanted to blog and keep blogging throughout this #change11 MOOC. This week’s guest facilitator for #change11 was Ziraini Wata Abas from the University [...]
Yesterday I started participating in a MOOC. What is a MOOC? It is a Massive Online Open Course. And what is that? A course, it’s large, has course materials, a way to connect and collaborate in a networked . It is an event around which people who care about a topic can gather together and [...]
What is missing from online education, from the research, and what is, perhaps most difficult to measure in importance to the online student? In my opinion that would be institutional presence in online courses. This is, in my opinion, one of the most difficult elements of an online to define and identify as it means [...]
I started this blog with a focus on learning…in an effort to address student learning in online education. I thought great topic..because student learning is what it’s all about..what I didn’t know, at least for myself, what a difficult question this is to answer. We can make the assumption that students in online classes are [...]
Welcome to my world! By doing some research on the web you will find plenty of research, opinions and perspectives on what defines a quality online course or program. I am going to make this research easy for you by compiling the following list of researchers, online/distance education focused entities, and educational institutions that have [...]