eLearning Blog
Following are some articles from various sources and authors about aspects of online learning that you may find interesting. If you’d like to respond or comment about anything you read or if you have an article, white paper or other writing you’d like to share with us, please contact us at your conveneince. Or if you’ve read an article that you’d like us to post on this blog, please let us know.
Attrition in DE Courses and How to Increase Retention
Have you heard your colleagues make the following statement? “Students are dropping out of my online course and the numbers are higher than I experienced in my face-to-face course. Why is the attrition rate so high? What can I do to increase retention?” Have you wondered if attrition rates are really higher in distance education (DE) courses? Do you want to know more? Then, read on! … [read more]
Added: February 16, 2010
An Exploratory Study into the Efficacy of Learning Objects
Research investigating the effectiveness of learning objects by comparing learning outcomes using
a learning object with outcomes using a traditional textbook-based method of instruction. From research by Nicholas W. Farha, in the Journal of Educators Online … [read more]
Added: January 12, 2010
Moodle is an Airport
Zaid Ali Alsagoff shares some of his experiences and ideas on how we can get the best from Moodle, and not fall into the pitfalls that he has faced over the years … [read more]
Added: November 21, 2009
A Virtual Revolution is Brewing for Colleges
Students starting school this year may be part of the last generation for which “going to college” means packing up, getting a dorm room and listening to tenured professors. Undergraduate education is on the verge of a radical reordering. Colleges, like newspapers, will be torn apart … [read more]
Added: November 14, 2009
Students Return to Online Classrooms
When students return to school this fall, more of them will find their classroom courses supplemented by online resources—the gradual fulfillment of the online education revolution promised a decade ago … [read more]
Added: November 7, 2009
ED: Blended Learning Helps Boost Achievement
Recent Dept of Ed study pointing to “blending learning” as more effective than traditional classroom instruction … [read more]
Added: October 31, 2009
Advice for Small Schools on the LMS Selection Process
Good points about considerations for LMS selection (not necessarily just for institutions migrating from one to another) … [read more]
Added: October 24, 2009
a learning object with outcomes using a traditional textbook-based method of instruction.
