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Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: A Case Study
White Papers This study involved an investigation of the practice of online teaching and learning in the Faculty of Education at the University of Southern Queensland. It examined this context at a particular point in USQ's history, namely at a stage where it...
[April 21, 2005, 0:00]
Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Learning
White Papers In fact, Elliott Masie, president of the Masie Center, a New York-based training think tank, estimated that 92 percent of large organizations will use some form of online learning this year. Never before in the training world have so many delivery...
[April 14, 2004, 0:00]
The (e)business of online learning
News OPINION: Online learning is a new business model that will create new jobs and will require new skills from developers and content creators. As learning is deregulated and becomes a commodity, the world has millions of learning shoppers browsing...
[February 7, 2002, 16:14]
Independent Testing Services for Online Learning Courseware
White Papers The client needed an unbiased view into the quality of their online learning products. These products are integrated with their core LMS (Learning Management System). Blue Star Infotech (BSI) was selected as its 3rd party inspection service...
[March 4, 2009, 0:25]
Technical University Delivers New Opportunities for Online Learning
White Papers During the last few years, the university has developed online learning resources, but these could no longer meet the requirements of professors or students effectively. Using the previous system, it was difficult to publish tests and learning...
[October 13, 2006, 0:00]
Six Factors to Consider When Planning Online Distance Learning Programs in Higher Education
White Papers In online distance learning, not only does the instruction occur via a computer system, usually over the Internet, but other educational processes occur via the computer as well. The transition to online distance learning, primarily driven by...
[April 20, 2005, 0:00]
ShareKnowledge Gives Instructors a Complete Solution for Rich Online Learning Portals
White Papers Competentum, a Russia-based conglomerate, provides e-learning solutions for online education and training. In 2007, the company developed ShareKnowledge, based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, as a complete solution for creating and...
[July 25, 2009, 1:18]
An Analysis of Online Education and Learning Management Systems in the Nordic Countries
White Papers This paper presents the results from an analysis of online education and Learning Management Systems (LMS) in the five Nordic countries. LMS systems seem to be widely used in Nordic education and there is a clear trend towards large-scale online...
[April 20, 2005, 0:00]
University Launches Online Courses, Measures Learning Outcomes With Education Portal
White Papers Queens is using Office SharePoint Server 2007 technology to collect student work and better measure learning outcomes over time, expand enrollment through online offerings, and acquaint students with collaboration technology used in the...
[October 11, 2008, 1:01]
Olly! (OnLine Learning for You!): Browser Based Instant Messaging for Online Learning
White Papers OnLine Learning for You! will produce a release candidate for use in a variety of online learning applications. is an open source, browser based instant messaging tool designed specifically for conducting classes online.
[November 3, 2008, 0:01]
CGA-Canada Delivers 24/7 Interactive Online Learning to Students Worldwide While Reducing Infrastructure Costs by 40%
White Papers As a non-profit, CGA-Canada needed the most value for its money and determined that the Akamai solution could help it affordably solve the challenges associated with online delivery of education. Certified General Accountants Association of Canada...
[January 21, 2009, 0:00]
The University of South Australia Makes Education More Accessible Through Online Learning
White Papers With up to 15 per cent of its students studying via distance education, the University of South Australia wanted to improve learning opportunities and extend its competitive advantage in the Asia-Pacific's lucrative tertiary education market.
[July 7, 2006, 0:00]
Guangdong's 10-Campus University of 18 Square Kilometers Goes Wireless to Boost Learning Outcomes and Share Resources Online
White Papers GuangZhou University City (GZUC), officially known as the Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre has big plans. Located in China's Guangdong Province, GZUC is home to 10 of the province's universities' campuses, many of whom also have campuses...
[April 25, 2007, 1:00]
Learning Unix for Mac OS X Tiger: Taking Unix Online
White Papers A network lets computers communicate with each other, share files, send email, and much more. Unix systems have been networked for more than 25 years, and the Mac OS has had networking as an integral part of the system design from day one.
[October 24, 2007, 1:00]
The Day Ahead: Can investors learn to love DigitalThink?
News DigitalThink, which provides online learning courses and services, is hoping that investors will learn to love e-learning and its initial public offering of 4.4 million shares. The list of related online learning companies that have underwhelmed...
[February 22, 2000, 11:34]
E-learning is a win-win technology
News That flexibility is just one of several reasons online learning technologies are gaining favour in the corporate enterprise. How e-learning helps IT David Gillespie, manager of Digitized Learning for the Honeywell group, credits the rapid and...
[February 18, 2003, 10:42]
A Framework for Design and Evaluation of Internet-Based Distance Learning Courses Phase One - Framework Justification, Design and Evaluation
White Papers The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for the development and evaluation of online distance learning courses, based on integrating an adaptation of Tyler's principles within the levels of cognitive learning in Bloom's Taxonomy.
[April 20, 2005, 0:00]
Select a Learning Management System
White Papers Many organizations are migrating to online Learning Management Systems (LMSs) as a way to contain employee training costs. Currently, there are dozens - some industry analysts cite more than 100 - learning management systems available.
[April 16, 2008, 1:02]
Real Security for a Virtual University
White Papers The University of Applied Science, Regensburg in Germany is a well-respected institution in the field of online learning. The University needed to maintain 24 hour access to online learning for over 17,000 students.
[November 11, 2008, 23:00]
Creating an Online Helpdesk: Supporting Teaching and Learning
White Papers As online education is growing into mainstream in higher education, one of the challenges is how to enhance students' online learning experience. In order to provide students good online learning experience and reduce faculty's teaching load, the...
[February 10, 2009, 0:20]
