...Implications of Online Learning for Educational Productivity U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology Prepared by: Marianne Bakia Linda Shear Yukie Toyama Austin Lasseter Center for Technology in Learning SRI International January 2012 This report was prepared for the U.S. Department of Education under Contract number ED01-CO-0040 Task 0010 with SRI International. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the Department of Education. No official endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education is intended or should be inferred. U.S. Department of Education Arne Duncan Secretary Office of Educational Technology Karen Cator Director January 2012 This report is in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce this report in whole or in part is granted. While permission to reprint this publication is not necessary, the suggested citation is: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, Understanding the Implications of Online Learning for Educational Productivity, Washington, D.C., 2012. This report is available on the Department’s Web site at http://www.ed.gov/technology On request, this publication is available in alternate formats, such as Braille, large print, or computer diskette. For more information, please contact the Department’s Alternate Format Center at (202) 260-0852 or (202) 260-0818. Technical Contact: Bernadette Adams Senior Policy Analyst Office of Educational Technology...
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...Creative Education 2012. Vol.3, Supplement, 61-66 Published Online December 2012 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ce) DOI:10.4236/ce.2012.38b014 Critical Success Factors for Online Distance Learning in Higher Education: A Review of the Literature Bussakorn Cheawjindakarn1, Praweenya Suwannatthachote2, Anuchai Theeraroungchaisri3 1 Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Email: bussakornonline@gmail.com, praweenya@gmail.com, anuchai@gmail.com 2 Received 2012 The aim of this paper is to specify the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for Online Distance Learning (ODL) in Higher Education (HE). Research methodology was analyzing and synthesizing the literature review. The literatures were reviewed to determine items relevant to online learning success as implementation, criteria and indicator. A total of 19 papers, published during 2000-2012, were selected from Chulalongkorn University reference databases. Data analysis method was using one of the popular analysis techniques for qualitative research works or the content analysis. The results on the CSFs for ODL can be grouped into 5 factors: 1) institutional management, 2) learning environment, 3) instructional design, 4) services support and 5) course evaluation. Each of these 5 factors includes several important elements that can assist to enhance efficiency of online learning courses in higher education institutions. It...
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...Healthcare Educational Resource Paper BSHS 375 Healthcare Educational Resource Paper Assistive technology makes the lives of disabled easier it allows for them to get back some control that with the technology that had or just makes things simpler. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was put into law and now resources are to be made available for employees and clients. Resources are available for the disabled in every state including Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania. In every one of these states resources could be found for the disabled with help finding technology that is available and helpful information about conditions or support for those who may want it. Each of these states had certain things that were different about where to find the resources one big difference would be where to go to find them. One thing that is the same about all these states is that there is still more work to be done in this area. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 “The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities and requires that businesses with more than 15 employees provide “reasonable accommodation” to allow the disabled to perform their jobs” (Burke & Weill, 2013,). For Health and Human Service workers, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is crucial to their jobs, the services they offer, and the manner in which they offer the services. Since more disabilities are added to the...
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...education has undergone so many changes is because of technological development. In 1990, computers and other forms of technology served a minimal role in the classroom. Today, many if not most college students attend class with a laptop. I am writing about some of the biggest advantages technology gave to education. Technology has made research much easier. Before online Encyclopedias, Google Scholar, JSTOR, and other online research tools were available, students were forced to spend numerous hours in the library. With the new tools, students can conduct research faster in the comfort of their homes. With Google and other search engines, students can find relevant information faster and more efficiently. Also, there is no more need for intensive memorization as information is more readily available. New also technology allows for a faster, more efficient, and more interactive classroom experience. With Powerpoint presentations and projectors, there is no need for blackboards and whiteboards. With clickers, students can take quizzes during the classroom. These developments also help improve tutoring services. Online tutoring programs are becoming available. One-on-one in-home tutoring programs are also being aided these developments. Tutors can bring laptops to sessions allowing them to look up information, and show examples to the student more easily. Wi-fi technology allows students to study in more comfort and a more ergonomic setting. New mathematical software such as Maple...
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...Online Education and the Adult Student Never before in the history of academics has it been so easy to attend an institution of higher learning. With advances in technology, people are interconnected on a global level. This capability to communicate over vast distances has enabled educational institutions across the world to offer what was once thought impossible… A college degree earned by way of online learning. This unprecedented offering would now offer an educational opportunity to adults who were previously unable to find the time or the necessary resources needed to complete a resident degree plan. However, with the dawning of online education came the realization that the subject matter and workload of traditional curriculums would have to be altered to suit online learning. In addition, online students would experience both the benefits and difficulties presented by this new and unique atmosphere. In today’s society, a college degree is more common than ever before. In fact, in 1982, only 58.3% of High school graduates attended college right after graduating. Today, more than 79% of high school graduates continue on to attend college. (http://www.besteducationdegrees.com/, n.d.). A major contributing factor to this jump is the availability of higher education by way of community colleges, on-line learning, and other distance learning methods. Adults who desire a college degree no longer have to worry about putting their lives on hold in order to do so. In fact...
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...It has become not only the hugest information resource in the world, but – what is even more important – the most rapid means of communication. People from different countries have got an opportunity to communicate with each other in quite a short time. In comparison with a snail-mail or even airmail, e-mail gets over distance and time, frontiers of the states with a lightning speed. Thus, people get closer to each other. They have got a chance to know each other better, to become aware of what is common among nations and can unite them and what is different, what peculiarities of culture and religion should be taken into account to achieve mutual understanding. They gradually come to realize the fact that we all are inhabitants of one planet – the Earth – and have to live together depending on each other, helping each other. But, the Internet is only one of the means to understand this and does not guarantee the comprehension of the people only by the technological and information opportunities that it provides. Everything depends on the people themselves, their mentality, their will and intellect. On the other hand, people in different countries, not only in the cultural and scientific centres, are able to get education in famous universities. Disabled children, invalids can learn at schools, colleges and universities by distance. Those who study at schools, universities, colleges can enhance their knowledge using the educational literature, encyclopaedia, references, dictionaries...
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...Online Learning Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3. Body 4. Conclusion 5. Recommendations 6. References Executive Summary Today in any educational system one of the biggest challenges is how to provide quality instruction to the students who require it. Online learning for the teachers and the students is considered as the fastest growing trends in the educational system. Online learning (digital learning) can achieve its objective of reaching greater number of students by making the educational system move beyond the traditional way of teaching i.e. face to face. High quality education can be made accessible through online learning to students living in rural areas as well as under high poverty. On the other hand, the courses which are unavailable at local schools can be made available through online learning. Introduction Online learning came into existence since 1999 when during a CBT seminar a new word was used i.e. e learning which meant a method to learn via new technologies through the utilization of internet, intranet, CD-rom etc. The e learning tools expanded in 20th century with the introduction of computers and internet. In 1980’s the first Mac made people use computers at their homes which helped them to develop certain skills and knowledge. In today’s era internet is regarded as the most important motivational tool of learning as well as technologies as it helps in making the online learning environment most...
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...Argumentative essay on the benefits of online education Do you know online education? Online education is one of the way to learn various subjects. We can take a lecture or hand in our assignments through the Internet. Therefore, people can learn what they want to learn whenever or wherever they want. In America, some colleges adopt this education. However, this new way to educate students is not prevailed in all countries because in some countries, they have enough educational system for students. Although some countries have enough colleges or educational system, the online education should be a part of educational system in all colleges for three reasons: cost, study environment, flexibility and student centered. First, online education can give a good influence in educational cost. To be sure, some people have enough money to go to college and online education is not necessary because there are many professors who teaches various kinds of subjects and we can ask directly what we want to know without paying money. However, when we think about the poor people with some problems, we can understand the thought that online education should be a part of educational system. For example in Japan, according to the research by Tokyo university, about ten thousand students retired from their colleges for lacks of money every year. To help such students solve their money troubles, if the online education is used by all colleges, we don’t need to pay for textbooks, facilities or transportation...
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...As subjective as it is, it was already influenced by insights from colleagues in the academia as well as students exposed to technology use in their classrooms. 1. Every Biology teacher is unique in terms of personal characteristics, educational background, attitudes, beliefs, and use of educational technology. 2. Biology requires a “discipline-specific” use of technology in the delivery of pedagogical content. Existing educational technology tools in schools which may be suitable for other fields of study will not always work efficiently when teaching Biology. 3. The level of Educational Technology use by Biology Teachers in the Philippines is low as even in rich/ industrialized countries, there is infrequent use of educational technology tools. 4. A Biology Teacher’s effectiveness and efficiency is directly proportional to his/her use of technology especially those focused on multimedia instruction. 5. Teachers cannot rely on schools to train them. They must start within themselves if they are competent enough or use an instructional video self-training package that can not only teach but also motivate...
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...CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES This chapter presents the pieces of literature and studies that were found relevant to the topic. An Integrated School Management System plays a great role in simplifying the task of employees at school and gratifying the needs of the customers and officials of the schools. There are different products from different companies that offered school management system to sustain the necessity and will handle jobs such as admission and marketing support, student information and enrollment system, student service management and student performance or the grading system. Foreign Literature Super Technologies Inc. is an innovative IT company which was established by Rehan Ahmed and Suzanne Bowen in Florida, USA. The company offered different software products for management services such as the school management system. According to the owner, a School Management System is a great on-line support that can help with the daily school management routines and also can save time and get a full control access with the school tasks. The main principle of the system is security – the security subsystem supports dividing users into several groups having its own set of rights for viewing and changing data. The systems’ highest reliability is based on transactions. Transactional system never allows data to be lost or corrupted because of accidents such as electricity failure and hardware malfunction and all the...
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...OER in the third sector Mimas’ expertise in the creation, management and storage of Open Educational Resources (OER) through services such as Jorum, the UK’s national repository for OER, has led to a strong and mutually beneficial partnership with one particular charity, through an essential online learning project. In the beginning OER is a term that has become familiar amongst the academic community and concerns such as, “Why should I share my resources?” or “My materials are not good enough to share” are, thankfully, fading. There is still some way to go, but programmes such as the HEFCE-funded UKOER programme which has encouraged 1000’s of academics to share resources, and the deliverance of events such as open education week and OER13 have instilled confidence in the fact that sharing is good. But what about those who need to transfer knowledge outside of the educational arena? Those for instance who work in the third sector? OER for all Most of us have benefitted from, or received support from some type of charity. Their work often continues under the radar as they offer help and support to millions of people and animals in need, but, with public-sector cuts on the rise, it is crucial they find ways of reaching target audiences through online tools to ensure the continuation of crucial funding. Cue the creation of OERs. Paws for applause An unlikely partnership? An unlikely partnership between Mimas and Cats Protection began almost a year ago...
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...Cloud computing is a significant alternative in today’s educational perspective. The technology gives the students and teachers the opportunity to quickly access various application platforms and resources through the web pages on-demand. N.NGQAYANA 2851522 9/27/2012 TABLE OF CONTENT Abstract…………………………………………………………………..3 Introduction…………………………………………………………..3 Overview………………………………………………………………3 Universities Implement Cloud Computing……………..............4 Software as a Service (SaaS)……………………………………...6 Platform as a Service (PaaS)………………………………………6 IBM cloud computing……………………………………………….7 Advantages…………………………………………………….8 Disadvantage: Unused resources……………………………………..9 Disadvantage: Interoperability issues………………………………..9 Challenges of cloud computing…………………………………………………………10 Security concerns………………………………………………………..10.1 Disaster recovery………………………………………………………..10.2 Data protection……………………………………………………………10.3 Examples and Experiences OF Universities and IBM …………11 Why Cloud Computing is Important for Business……………..11 Conclusion……………………………………………………………..13 References……………………………………………………………..14 Abstract Cloud computing is a significant alternative in today’s educational perspective. The technology gives the students and teachers the opportunity to quickly access various application platforms and resources through the web pages on-demand. Unfortunately, not all educational institutions often have an ability to take full advantages...
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...In today’s world, the internet has become a very important tool for many thing s in everyday life including education. The internet is a place of a vast wealth of knowledge and information, and is now an essential part of the research process in most students’ lives. However, there are both advantages and disadvantages to using the internet for educational purposes. Education these days has been the top priority for any family or individual person, and no doubt amongst the latest technologies to promote and maintain the education standards the internet comes first. Internet is not only an access to websites, these days there is knowledge and information on every aspect of the educational world over the internet. The resources provided on various web pages are indeed very informative and useful for professionals and students related to every field of work. The only pre-requisite is the research over the internet for a specific educational topic, and then this information just needs to be filtered to gain the basic knowledge of what you are looking for. Therefore, these are true internet resources which deal with every individual's educational needs. The main use of the internet in education is for research. Students of all ages use the internet to research topics for homework or assignments. It allows students to have easy access to information on a huge variety of topics whenever they need it. However, not all sources on the internet can be trusted. This may lead to students...
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...Fleming Library Scavenger Hunt and Gathering Resources Worksheet Overview: The GCU Fleming Library will be a vital resource for you during your academic career. The Library contains a wealth of resources that will help you find, research, and broaden your understanding on any given topic. Learning to correctly use resources to support your writing is an essential component of your academic success. Directions: Each step of this assignment will ask you to navigate and explore different components of the GCU Fleming Library. There are seven steps, each containing a question. Record your answers to the questions in the appropriate sections. Before starting this Scavenger Hunt, review the short walk-through tutorial on the GCU Fleming Library. This tutorial consists of five short segments: http://tutorials.gcumedia.com/libraryWalkThrough/vp02.swf If you have time, you can also attend the GCU Library Introduction Webinar. Sign up on this page: http://www.gcu.edu/Student-Life/Library/Webinar-Sign-Up.php Step 1: How to Access the Library There are a number of ways to access the library’s website. Use one of these to reach the Library Research & Resources page: 1. Go directly to the GCU Library Research & Resources page by typing http://www.gcu.edu/Student-Life/Library.php into your Internet browser and clicking “Enter”. 2. Under the “Access Library Resources” section on the right, select the “Library Research and Resources Page”. Question 1: List three ways you can contact...
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...Continued Academic Success Continuing academic success is achieved through hard work, study and dedication. It is important to remember when seeking higher education to use the resources that are provided by the associated school, library, professors, and the plethora that are available online to achieve the greatest benefit. It is to a student's advantage while in college to continually keep the goal of academic success at the forefront of their minds in order to complete a degree and achieve their ultimate goal. There are many goals, ideas, processes, skills and resources that are needed in reaching this goal. Educational and Career Goals There are many educational and career goals that a student will set in the beginning of their higher education experience. Goals are an important component to achieving success in any endeavor. A set goal can serve as a guide to staying on a predetermined course when times get tough, and prevent distractions by unimportant matters. It is also important to note that preset goals can provide benefits in areas like planning, motivation and the attainment of rapid results. Goal setting costs little or nothing, and can aid successful results in our lives, both in academic and nonacademic settings(Shah & Gardner, 2008). Setting goals helps in achieving the best results possible, for example my most important educational goal is to acquire my bachelors of arts degree in elementary education and ultimately earning my teaching certification...
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