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White Papers
Gain the Business Skills Necessary to be an Effective Leader in IT
Oct 2011
With courses such as Strategic Leadership in IT, Managerial Decision-Making Using Quantitative & Qualitative Data, & Business Process Management, Creighton's online Master's in Information...
Provided by Creighton University
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White Papers
Get the skills you need with an Information Assurance degree or certificate
Oct 2011
Information Assurance Programs - Online or On-Campus Organizations of all types need to ensure that the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data are protected at all times. Graduate...
Provided by Regis University
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White Papers
Designing the e-Learning User Interface
Jan 2004
With the demand for Distance Education (DE) steadily growing and the ongoing struggle to convince the skeptics of the potential of e-learning and online virtual classrooms, quality design is the...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Scenario Based e-Learning: An Alternative to Traditional e-Learning
Sep 2006
The author chose scenario based e-learning as an alternative to traditional e-learning as his topic because he believes that scenario based e-learning can lead to higher levels of learning and...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Implementing Educational Technology in Higher Education: A Strategic Approach
Jul 2008
Although the move toward implementing technology in higher education is driven by an increasing number of competitors as well as student demand, there is still considerable resistance to embracing...
Provided by Purdue University
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White Papers
IDEL - A Simple Instructional Design Tool for E-Learning
Jun 2009
Today's Information and Knowledge Society has placed new demands on education and a new paradigm of education is required. Learning, facilitated by educational systems and the pedagogic process,...
Provided by World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
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White Papers
Resolving the New Challenges of Crisis Response, Learning Experience and Higher Productivity
Jan 2009
Higher education institutions today face significant issues which require a greater reliance on IT and communications for increased anytime, anywhere connections. At the same time, higher...
Provided by Avaya
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White Papers
The Power to Know You're Making a Difference: Embracing Insight Initiatives in Education
Nov 2007
Education is a modern imperative - so much so that insight initiatives are emerging in all sectors and at all levels of education. And as noted here, it is not alone. The corporate, government and...
Provided by SAS Institute
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Case Studies
Accessible, Engaging e-Learning Supports Customer-Focussed Service at Oxfordshire County Council
Oct 2009
The county of Oxfordshire is internationally renowned as a centre of academia and research as well as a place of architectural and natural beauty. They wanted to help embed a new way of working...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
A Perspective on ELearning in the K-12 Classroom
May 2008
In the traditional classroom, teachers control the content, delivery, and processes students go through in learning a topic. However within the last decade, emerging technologies have begun a...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Angel Versus Moodle: In Search of an LMS
Jan 2008
City College of San Francisco is part of the Community College system serving over 100,000 students. In the past few years City College has opted to expand its distance learning offerings by...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Applications and Issues of the HyFlex e-Learning Model
May 2008
The HyFlex e-learning course model has been pioneered by Dr Brian Beatty at San Francisco State University to meet the needs of Masters students in Instructional Technologies. The basis of the...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Applying Bono's "Perception and Patterns" Theory in Online Learning: What Online Learning Could Be in the Future
Nov 2007
As an educational student, the author's favorite quote is "Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school" - Albert Einstein. So, what is left after one has...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Articulate or Captivate?
May 2008
Over the past two years the author has been uncertain whether to complete his Master's thesis, a communication skills e-learning program, in the software program Captivate or Articulate. The...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Building Motivation into Online Education
Nov 2006
The Internet has become a popular delivery route for distance learning. Even with the capacity to reach a large audience and make learning widely accessible, dropout rates for online education...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Cultivating 21st-Century Learners Through an e-Classroom in K-12th School
May 2008
Before discussing the challenges facing 21st-century learners in the current education system, the e-classroom needs to be defined. Electronic classroom have various definitions. Electronic...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
White Paper: DE & Online Simulations
Oct 2006
According to the ASTD Handbook, a simulation is a representation of a piece of equipment or a system that allows the user to give inputs and see the system's typical response. Simulations allow...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Distance Education and Relevance of Information Architecture
Feb 2008
Many corporations have come to this realization that they have a huge need to make usability assessments for Websites, Intranets, interaction designs, and do research (prior to implementation of...
Provided by IA Design & Usability
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White Papers
Distance Education and Web Accessibility
Nov 2007
As an assistive technology instructor in the disability department at a junior college, the author is asked to evaluate distance education courses to make sure that persons with disabilities can...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Distance Education as an Anti-Racist Tool in Australia
Apr 2007
Distance education can be a powerful educational tool, as it is far-reaching, having the ability to stretch its influence way beyond the confines of a single, physical classroom in a single town...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Distance Education in the K-12 Systems
Apr 2007
The main idea of distance education in this paper is simple enough: students and teachers are in different places for all or most of the time that they learn and teach. The main learning...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
E-Learning Distance Education
Sep 2005
The Conference Board of Canada's Education and Learning Group undertook an e-learning survey on the current e-learning issues and practices. Canada's Education and Learning group found that 77% of...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
E-Learning Vs. Instructor-Led Training
May 2006
When organizations consider training options for their employees, they have to consider offering an e-learning training format or an instructor-led training format. One major factor in determining...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Evaluation of Distance Education
Oct 2006
Many of the instructors have traditional classroom training backgrounds and delivery of distance education is new to them. They struggle with the issues of an online classroom where they don't...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
How Do Instructional Designers Create a Learning Environment That Engages the Learner and Creates a Memorable Learning Experience?
Jan 2008
Learning has shifted from instructor-centered to learner-centered. It is important for designers of instruction to remember the audience plays a key role in the success of achieving understanding....
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
How Online Learning Can Enhance & Reinforce F-2-F Instruction
Oct 2006
Over the past several years the author has been trying to find ways to reinforce and enhance his face-to-face delivery of training for his client's employees. It is well known that learning...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Information Architecture and the Design and Development of e-Learning
May 2008
The goal of this white paper is to provide a resource for e-Learning designers to create training modules. In carrying out this goal, this paper will provide a thorough examination and discussion...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Instructor Strategies for Motivating Students in Distance Education
Apr 2007
Learning requires a great deal of effort. Reading, writing, studying, and collaborating can be time consuming, tiring, and often unexciting in any learning setting. Self-motivating can be even...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Learning Management Systems Effects on Distance Education
Jan 2007
In this white paper, the author will breakdown and give a brief description for a few of the major learning management systems currently in the market. He then gives a brief overview and cite...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Levels of Interactivity and Meta-cognitive Control in Learners
Jan 2008
What is most important is to create a self paced course where adults can self-assess and self-correct. This can be accomplished by including questions or self-checks, practice exercises, and or...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Methods of Delivery for Distance Education
Nov 2007
The methods of delivery for distance education are diverse and expansive. There are four major categories into which most of the systems fall. They are audio, video, data and print. As a course...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
mLearning Emergence
Apr 2008
mLearning - what is it? In the last four years 'Mobile learning' has gone from a possibility to a near certainty as a medium for delivering instruction. The proliferation of cheap, portable...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Moodle Usage as a Constructivist Tool
Oct 2006
Moodle is an open source e-learning development tool that has been growing in popularity, contending with other popular learning management system tools such as Blackboard, WebCT, Edumate,...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Multiple Users Virtual Environments
Apr 2007
The greatest potential for online Multiple Users Virtual Environments (MUVEs) is that they can be used in distance learning in a 3-D world simulation online in which the learner is represented as...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
No Tire Left Behind: Solving the Problem of New Hire Training and Loss of Tacit Knowledge in One Fell Swoop
Apr 2007
Using wiki's as a learning tool is strongly supported by research in the field of learning theory. The social dynamic of learning is arguably one of the most essential elements in drawing the...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Podcasting in Education
Oct 2007
Podcast Alley, a podcast distribution website, distributes 1,533 podcasts that include education, information for educational institutions, or podcasts about educating. The education podcast...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Practical Means for e-Learning Development
Jan 2007
Flash is useful if doing software simulations. However, for other training needs, it is better to not use flash. A decision needs to be made early on whether the e-learning training will be...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
White Paper on a Current DE Topic - Pull Theory
Apr 2007
Some of the monetary costs associated with push systems derive from the fact that they require organizations to specify, monitor and enforce detailed activities and tasks. To accomplish this...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Rapid e-Learning
May 2006
Many companies are recently spending effort on developing training that would follow fast changing market demands. Corporate environment is very fast paced and lots of companies have broad product...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
State of e-Learning in the Enterprise Software Industry
Jan 2008
With the availability of more advanced multimedia e-learning tools and rich Web 2.0 features that allow for collaborative learning environments on-line, e-learning is gaining popularity across...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Social CM Solution Brief
May 2012
Today's society has evolved to be highly social, extremely adept at engaging with ever-evolving systems of communication for self-expression and the exchange of ideas. We have naturally gravitated...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Textual Conversation Agent for Enhancing Attraction in E-Learning
Jan 2012
E-Learning is one of the most pervasive applications of computer technique. Usually, the application presents textual knowledge through web-browser, others are implemented by real-time video...
Provided by International Association of Computer Science & Information Technology (IACSIT)
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White Papers
Clustering Methods Applied to the Tracking of User Traces Interacting With an e-Learning System
Mar 2012
Many research works are carried out on the analysis of traces in a digital learning environment. These studies produce large volumes of usage tracks from the various actions performed by a user....
Provided by World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
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White Papers
Modern Approach to the Procedures of Maintenance With Software Support and Its Application in Education
May 2011
The area of maintenance has for long not been simple replacement of a part after its failure. The trend in maintenance today is to keep up with the development of computer technologies, which are...
Provided by Informing Science Institute
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White Papers
An Analytical Approach in Education for Teacher Development Using Information and Communication Technologies
Nov 2010
In this paper, an effort has been made to determine what kind of role Information Communication Technology is played in teacher Education and development. The fully skilled and equipped teacher...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Science and Telecommunications
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White Papers
Analysis of the Effectiveness of Traditional Versus Hybrid Student Performance for an Introductory Computing Course
Oct 2011
This paper investigates the performance of students enrolled in traditional versus hybrid Introductory Computing course at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC). For this paper, the authors collected and...
Provided by EDSIG
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Case Studies
Bentley's ECommerce Site Sells More Bags With Help From PEER 1 Hosting, Magento and Demac Media
Oct 2011
The Bentley Group is a Canadian chain of retail stores. Bentley knows a strong online presence is needed to stay competitive. Today's consumers are educated, savvy and most of all want choice....
Provided by PEER 1 Dedicated Hosting
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Case Studies
Teachers Boost Test Scores With Virtual Tutoring
Jul 2010
Ed2Net Learning their challenges are captivate and motivate students using online meeting tools, improve student achievement and test scores and provide secure and easy-to-use learning...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
Web Conferencing Boosts Learning and Administration
May 2011
Al Jouf University is the first university in Saudi Arabia to implement e-learning. Their challenge is the integration of geographically diverse sites, more efficient use of teaching resource and...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Designing e-Assessment in Massive Online Courses
Jan 2012
Massive Online Courses (MOC) are challenge to be addressed using ICT enabled learning environments and they contain learning communities in thousands. Learners' expectation in these courses is to...
Provided by International Association of Computer Science & Information Technology (IACSIT)
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White Papers
A Study of Investigating Learners Attitudes Toward e-Learning
Jan 2012
In an attempt to study and explore individual's attitudes and behaviors in using e-learning, this research proposes gender difference, computer related experience, self-efficacy, and motivation...
Provided by International Association of Computer Science & Information Technology (IACSIT)
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White Papers
Possible Development and Future Directions of Distance Learning
Jan 2012
This paper describes the definition and content of distance learning, and analysis why distance education has become so popular. At the same time, the way of evaluation distance education course...
Provided by International Association of Computer Science & Information Technology (IACSIT)
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White Papers
Adaptive and Intelligent E-Portfolio Architecture for Learning
May 2010
E-learning system is gaining more and more importance in the new millennium for imparting education and training. In this paper, a novel E-portfolio architecture is being proposed and a model was...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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White Papers
A Web-based E-learning Platform for Physical Education
May 2011
The major purpose of this paper is to develop a Web-based E-learning Platform for physical education. The Platform provides sports related courseware which includes physical motions, exercise...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
Research of Place-based 3D Augmented Community-Taking The 3D Virtual Campus as An Example
May 2011
Place-based virtual community is the trend of recent researches on pervasive computing. The purpose is to enable users in a physical place to receive ubiquitous services from the environment while...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
The Effect of Online Training on Employee's Performance
Mar 2011
The new telecommunication technology has opened educational opportunities to learners who are having difficulty participating in traditional instruction. Enhanced educational technology has played...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
A Distance Computer Vision Assisted Yoga Learning System
Nov 2011
As computers and networks have been developed vigorously, distance learning could be integrated with computer vision techniques for the purpose of better learning effects. In this paper, the...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
Illustration Watermarking: A Novel Concept for Dissemination of e-Learning
Jan 2012
Demand on permanent availability and fast access to learning material competes with the reluctance to new and maybe unconventional concepts as well as the belief in traditional and familiar...
Provided by Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
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White Papers
Adoption of E-Learning Technology for Anti-Money Laundering Training
May 2010
E-learning technologies provide an ideal platform for corporate-wide compliance training for employees. This paper contributes in developing a complete model for studying diffusion of e-learning...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
On-line Education, More Than One-way Education?
Aug 2009
The aim of the evaluation research described is by critically examining an in-service education course, to give 25 university teachers a foundation for developing and improving their activities...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
Remote Presence: Technologies for "Beaming" Teachers Where They Cannot Go
Aug 2009
There are schools where good teachers do not want to go. The reasons for this are discussed in the context of both developing and developed economies. It is proposed that learning in such areas,...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
A Hybrid Recommender System Guided by Semantic User Profiles for Search in the E-learning Domain
Nov 2010
Various concepts, methods, and technical architectures of recommender systems have been integrated into E-commerce storefronts, such as Amazon.com, Netflix, etc. Thereby, recently, Web users have...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
Applying IRT to Estimate Learning Ability and K-Means Clustering in Web Based Learning
Apr 2009
E-learning provides a convenient and efficient way for learning and enriching people's lives. But there is no appropriate way to estimate and diagnose people when they learning with e-learning...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
A Semantic FAQ System for Online Community Learning
Apr 2009
Knowledge is a product out of interaction. In online community learning, learners are encouraged to ask questions and discuss answers with each others. The value of participation and sharing...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
Automatic Video Segmentation and Story-Based Authoring in E-Learning
Apr 2009
In e-learning, video is widely used in many course domains. The authors address the problem of the lecture recording and the organization of visual information through user's interaction at...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
Developing an Interactive Video Game-Based Learning Environment
Apr 2009
With advanced computer and network technologies of nowadays, learners could benefit from well-developed distance learning systems for obtaining vast learning content, as well as performing...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
A Chinese Handwriting Education System With Automatic Error Detection
Apr 2009
The authors build a distance education application of a Chinese handwriting education system that allows students to do practice at anytime and anywhere. As an intelligent tutor, the system can...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
Integrated Multimodal Copy-Paste Checking
Aug 2009
Although the use of advanced computing and communications technology has made learning a significantly richer experience for learners, it also introduces greater ease in committing academic...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
Affective Modeling and Recognition of Learning Emotion: Application to E-learning
Oct 2009
Affective computing has been the focus of artificial intelligence for several years. The amalgamation of affective computing and facial expression recognition technique has lead to the possibility...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
The Design of Adaptive E-Learning System Based on Student's Learning Styles
Oct 2011
This paper discusses the design of adaptive e-learning system based on student's learning styles. The system adaptivity is based on two learning style models, which are VAK and Felder. The VAK...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies
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White Papers
An Item Selection Strategy Based on Association Rules and Genetic Algorithms
Dec 2010
The online learning and testing have been as important topics of information education. The main purpose of academic testing is to improve learning. Students could take online test to evaluate...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
A Collaborative Algorithm for Ontological Matching in E-Learning Courseware Domain Knowledge Network
Nov 2011
Domain Knowledge is the content repository of a courseware system consisting of a series of learning objects. However, the unstructured and inconsistent naming of domain knowledge components does...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Science Issues
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Webcasts
The Future of Learning
Apr 2011
In this Webcast, the presenter explains about the future of education. One of the assumptions on which the presenter has built is that the future of education is about learning, not about...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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White Papers
A Model for Teaching Distributed Computing in a Distance-Based Educational Environment
Dec 2010
Due to the prolific growth in connectivity, the development and implementation of distributed systems receives a lot of attention. Several technologies and languages exist for the development and...
Provided by University of South Africa
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Case Studies
Improving Training Productivity and Implementing Online Learning to Manage Rapid Growth
Mar 2011
HDFC Standard Life (HDFCSL) believes that establishing a strong and ethical foundation is an essential prerequisite for long-term sustainable growth in the insurance industry. The company has...
Provided by SumTotal Systems
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Case Studies
How SumTotal Helped Cegos Become a Leader in E-Learning and Blended Learning Marketplace
Mar 2011
The Cegos Group is Europe's largest learning and development company, business Challenges is to keep pace with the rapid change in e-learning and blended learning, to focus on educational side of...
Provided by SumTotal Systems
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White Papers
Gain the Business Skills Necessary to be an Effective Leader in IT
Oct 2011
With courses such as Strategic Leadership in IT, Managerial Decision-Making Using Quantitative & Qualitative Data, & Business Process Management, Creighton's online Master's in Information...
Provided by Creighton University
-
White Papers
Get the skills you need with an Information Assurance degree or certificate
Oct 2011
Information Assurance Programs - Online or On-Campus Organizations of all types need to ensure that the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data are protected at all times. Graduate...
Provided by Regis University
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Case Studies
Turkey e-Government Research and Application Center Showcases Connected Virtual Classroom With Cisco and Intel
Aug 2009
Education is a key factor in Turkey's national e-transformation initiative and ascension to the European Union (EU). Turkey's schools face persistent challenges in making Information and...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Accreditation of a CS Program Under Emerging Criteria
Apr 2008
The undergraduate computer science program in the School of Computer Science at UNLV has undergone five cycles of accreditation visits from teams appointed by CSAB or ABET/CAC. The program has...
Provided by University of Nevada
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White Papers
Gain the Business Skills Necessary to be an Effective Leader in IT
Oct 2011
With courses such as Strategic Leadership in IT, Managerial Decision-Making Using Quantitative & Qualitative Data, & Business Process Management, Creighton's online Master's in Information...
Provided by Creighton University
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White Papers
Resolving the New Challenges of Crisis Response, Learning Experience and Higher Productivity
Jan 2009
Higher education institutions today face significant issues which require a greater reliance on IT and communications for increased anytime, anywhere connections. At the same time, higher...
Provided by Avaya
-
White Papers
The Power to Know You're Making a Difference: Embracing Insight Initiatives in Education
Nov 2007
Education is a modern imperative - so much so that insight initiatives are emerging in all sectors and at all levels of education. And as noted here, it is not alone. The corporate, government and...
Provided by SAS Institute
-
Case Studies
Accessible, Engaging e-Learning Supports Customer-Focussed Service at Oxfordshire County Council
Oct 2009
The county of Oxfordshire is internationally renowned as a centre of academia and research as well as a place of architectural and natural beauty. They wanted to help embed a new way of working...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
A Perspective on ELearning in the K-12 Classroom
May 2008
In the traditional classroom, teachers control the content, delivery, and processes students go through in learning a topic. However within the last decade, emerging technologies have begun a...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Angel Versus Moodle: In Search of an LMS
Jan 2008
City College of San Francisco is part of the Community College system serving over 100,000 students. In the past few years City College has opted to expand its distance learning offerings by...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Applications and Issues of the HyFlex e-Learning Model
May 2008
The HyFlex e-learning course model has been pioneered by Dr Brian Beatty at San Francisco State University to meet the needs of Masters students in Instructional Technologies. The basis of the...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Applying Bono's "Perception and Patterns" Theory in Online Learning: What Online Learning Could Be in the Future
Nov 2007
As an educational student, the author's favorite quote is "Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school" - Albert Einstein. So, what is left after one has...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Articulate or Captivate?
May 2008
Over the past two years the author has been uncertain whether to complete his Master's thesis, a communication skills e-learning program, in the software program Captivate or Articulate. The...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Building Motivation into Online Education
Nov 2006
The Internet has become a popular delivery route for distance learning. Even with the capacity to reach a large audience and make learning widely accessible, dropout rates for online education...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Cultivating 21st-Century Learners Through an e-Classroom in K-12th School
May 2008
Before discussing the challenges facing 21st-century learners in the current education system, the e-classroom needs to be defined. Electronic classroom have various definitions. Electronic...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Designing the e-Learning User Interface
Jan 2004
With the demand for Distance Education (DE) steadily growing and the ongoing struggle to convince the skeptics of the potential of e-learning and online virtual classrooms, quality design is the...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
White Paper: DE & Online Simulations
Oct 2006
According to the ASTD Handbook, a simulation is a representation of a piece of equipment or a system that allows the user to give inputs and see the system's typical response. Simulations allow...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Distance Education and Relevance of Information Architecture
Feb 2008
Many corporations have come to this realization that they have a huge need to make usability assessments for Websites, Intranets, interaction designs, and do research (prior to implementation of...
Provided by IA Design & Usability
-
White Papers
Distance Education and Web Accessibility
Nov 2007
As an assistive technology instructor in the disability department at a junior college, the author is asked to evaluate distance education courses to make sure that persons with disabilities can...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Distance Education as an Anti-Racist Tool in Australia
Apr 2007
Distance education can be a powerful educational tool, as it is far-reaching, having the ability to stretch its influence way beyond the confines of a single, physical classroom in a single town...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Distance Education in the K-12 Systems
Apr 2007
The main idea of distance education in this paper is simple enough: students and teachers are in different places for all or most of the time that they learn and teach. The main learning...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
E-Learning Distance Education
Sep 2005
The Conference Board of Canada's Education and Learning Group undertook an e-learning survey on the current e-learning issues and practices. Canada's Education and Learning group found that 77% of...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
E-Learning Vs. Instructor-Led Training
May 2006
When organizations consider training options for their employees, they have to consider offering an e-learning training format or an instructor-led training format. One major factor in determining...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Evaluation of Distance Education
Oct 2006
Many of the instructors have traditional classroom training backgrounds and delivery of distance education is new to them. They struggle with the issues of an online classroom where they don't...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
How Do Instructional Designers Create a Learning Environment That Engages the Learner and Creates a Memorable Learning Experience?
Jan 2008
Learning has shifted from instructor-centered to learner-centered. It is important for designers of instruction to remember the audience plays a key role in the success of achieving understanding....
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
How Online Learning Can Enhance & Reinforce F-2-F Instruction
Oct 2006
Over the past several years the author has been trying to find ways to reinforce and enhance his face-to-face delivery of training for his client's employees. It is well known that learning...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Information Architecture and the Design and Development of e-Learning
May 2008
The goal of this white paper is to provide a resource for e-Learning designers to create training modules. In carrying out this goal, this paper will provide a thorough examination and discussion...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Instructor Strategies for Motivating Students in Distance Education
Apr 2007
Learning requires a great deal of effort. Reading, writing, studying, and collaborating can be time consuming, tiring, and often unexciting in any learning setting. Self-motivating can be even...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Learning Management Systems Effects on Distance Education
Jan 2007
In this white paper, the author will breakdown and give a brief description for a few of the major learning management systems currently in the market. He then gives a brief overview and cite...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Levels of Interactivity and Meta-cognitive Control in Learners
Jan 2008
What is most important is to create a self paced course where adults can self-assess and self-correct. This can be accomplished by including questions or self-checks, practice exercises, and or...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Methods of Delivery for Distance Education
Nov 2007
The methods of delivery for distance education are diverse and expansive. There are four major categories into which most of the systems fall. They are audio, video, data and print. As a course...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
mLearning Emergence
Apr 2008
mLearning - what is it? In the last four years 'Mobile learning' has gone from a possibility to a near certainty as a medium for delivering instruction. The proliferation of cheap, portable...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Moodle Usage as a Constructivist Tool
Oct 2006
Moodle is an open source e-learning development tool that has been growing in popularity, contending with other popular learning management system tools such as Blackboard, WebCT, Edumate,...
Provided by San Francisco State University
-
White Papers
Multiple Users Virtual Environments
Apr 2007
The greatest potential for online Multiple Users Virtual Environments (MUVEs) is that they can be used in distance learning in a 3-D world simulation online in which the learner is represented as...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
No Tire Left Behind: Solving the Problem of New Hire Training and Loss of Tacit Knowledge in One Fell Swoop
Apr 2007
Using wiki's as a learning tool is strongly supported by research in the field of learning theory. The social dynamic of learning is arguably one of the most essential elements in drawing the...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Podcasting in Education
Oct 2007
Podcast Alley, a podcast distribution website, distributes 1,533 podcasts that include education, information for educational institutions, or podcasts about educating. The education podcast...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Practical Means for e-Learning Development
Jan 2007
Flash is useful if doing software simulations. However, for other training needs, it is better to not use flash. A decision needs to be made early on whether the e-learning training will be...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
White Paper on a Current DE Topic - Pull Theory
Apr 2007
Some of the monetary costs associated with push systems derive from the fact that they require organizations to specify, monitor and enforce detailed activities and tasks. To accomplish this...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Rapid e-Learning
May 2006
Many companies are recently spending effort on developing training that would follow fast changing market demands. Corporate environment is very fast paced and lots of companies have broad product...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Scenario Based e-Learning: An Alternative to Traditional e-Learning
Sep 2006
The author chose scenario based e-learning as an alternative to traditional e-learning as his topic because he believes that scenario based e-learning can lead to higher levels of learning and...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
State of e-Learning in the Enterprise Software Industry
Jan 2008
With the availability of more advanced multimedia e-learning tools and rich Web 2.0 features that allow for collaborative learning environments on-line, e-learning is gaining popularity across...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Strategy for Learning Projects
Jan 2007
In this white paper the author addresses three phases of strategy needed in developing online course work: overall organizational strategy, climate implementation and online course strategy. The...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
Textbook Publishing in the 21st Century: Changing the Higher Education System
May 2008
There is a lot to indicate that the college textbook publishing system is broken. Students complain about textbook prices. The sales of used books, for which publishers receive no revenue, reduce...
Provided by San Francisco State University
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White Papers
The "Googlization" of Learning
Apr 2006
It turns out that there is a lot of stuff "Out there" on the web about AI (Artificial Intelligence) collaborative networking, social networking, and the future of the internet. The tough part is...
Provided by San Francisco State University
