Gatlin International » Higher Education http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk A World of eLearning Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:50:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Improvements to Scotland’s Glow http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2011/10/28/improvements-to-scotland%e2%80%99s-glow/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2011/10/28/improvements-to-scotland%e2%80%99s-glow/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:46:27 +0000 jcohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=828 Scotland has a very technologically forward thinking way of incorporating Information and Communication Technology, or ICT, into its educational system: an intranet.  This intranet is referred to as “Glow” and it is the national intranet used by Scotland’s educational community.  According to Education Scotland’s website, “the main purpose of Glow is to enhance the quality [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2011/10/28/improvements-to-scotland%e2%80%99s-glow/feed/ 0 eLearning Resources: Institute of Education Sciences and the What Works Clearinghouse http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2011/10/18/elearning-resources-institute-of-education-sciences-and-the-what-works-clearinghouse/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2011/10/18/elearning-resources-institute-of-education-sciences-and-the-what-works-clearinghouse/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:44:54 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=815 In the field of education, you will often hear the term “best practices” when it comes to teachers and policy makers creating curriculum.  This term essentially refers to the interventions that have been proven to be successful by research and case studies.  While wading through the vast amount of education research can be daunting, implementing [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2011/10/18/elearning-resources-institute-of-education-sciences-and-the-what-works-clearinghouse/feed/ 0 Stanford University Plans for Expansion, Physically and Virtually http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2011/10/13/stanford-university-plans-for-expansion-physically-and-virtually/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2011/10/13/stanford-university-plans-for-expansion-physically-and-virtually/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:26:08 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=810 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is soliciting proposals for science and engineering education facilities.  Bloomberg and the city of New York aim to expand the city’s economy by increasing its range of business sectors.  New York City already has a strong footing in the finance, media, and arts industries and would like to add technology [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2011/10/13/stanford-university-plans-for-expansion-physically-and-virtually/feed/ 0 United States High Schools Including Online Coursework as Graduation Requirement http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2011/09/22/united-states-high-schools-including-online-coursework-as-graduation-requirement/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2011/09/22/united-states-high-schools-including-online-coursework-as-graduation-requirement/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:32:34 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=782 The Indiana State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Bennett, is making news this week with his announcement that every high school student in the state of Indiana should be required to take at least one online course before being granted a high school diploma.  Mr. Bennett explained his rationale for an online course requirement by [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2011/09/22/united-states-high-schools-including-online-coursework-as-graduation-requirement/feed/ 0 eLearning Research: The Sloan Consortium Finds Growth in eLearning http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2011/09/08/elearning-research-the-sloan-consortium-finds-growth-in-elearning/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2011/09/08/elearning-research-the-sloan-consortium-finds-growth-in-elearning/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:00:11 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=756 On our blog, we write a lot about the benefits of eLearning.  We have talked about topics such as the many conveniences of distance learning, the return on investment students get with choosing online coursework, and reasons providing eLearning opportunities to employees is beneficial to businesses and organizations among other things.  But what does the [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2011/09/08/elearning-research-the-sloan-consortium-finds-growth-in-elearning/feed/ 0 Does you’re eLearning Stack Up? http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2010/07/16/does-you%e2%80%99re-elearning-stack-up/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2010/07/16/does-you%e2%80%99re-elearning-stack-up/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:03:14 +0000 Administrator http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=539 eLearning is fast becoming a popular classroom alternative for college students and for companies in need of flexible training options. To meet this growing demand for alternative learning options, colleges are finding that to satisfy this need in their markets, they need to be offering the in-demand courses these students need. With more than 67% [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2010/07/16/does-you%e2%80%99re-elearning-stack-up/feed/ 0 New Report Gives Reasons for College drop-outs http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/12/14/new-report-gives-reasons-for-college-drop-outs/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/12/14/new-report-gives-reasons-for-college-drop-outs/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:32:13 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=404 Statistics may build case for taking shorter, online certificate programmes “With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them: Myths and Realities About Why So Many Students Fail to Finish College”, a Public Agenda report, has recently been released. Underwritten by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the study looks at all the reasons behind two important [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/12/14/new-report-gives-reasons-for-college-drop-outs/feed/ 0 How Online Digital Books are Forever Changing Education http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/10/16/how-online-digital-books-are-forever-changing-education/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/10/16/how-online-digital-books-are-forever-changing-education/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:16:14 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=391 Remember when classes required you to purchase a hardcopy textbook? Those days are coming to an end. Today, the Internet world is changing the way we purchase books, and it is progressing similarly to the way we now purchase music and buy episodes of our favorite TV programme. It’s all moving online. Electronic readers like [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/10/16/how-online-digital-books-are-forever-changing-education/feed/ 2 The Cost of Not Having Higher Education http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/09/29/the-cost-of-not-having-higher-education/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/09/29/the-cost-of-not-having-higher-education/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:49:42 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=387 If you’ve considered going to school for a college degree, then you’ve considered tuition costs, textbook fees and travel expenses. People also turn to online education to extend and expand their career options. Online classes eliminate textbook and travel costs and offer an economical solution to rising tuition of traditional education. While it’s true that [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/09/29/the-cost-of-not-having-higher-education/feed/ 0 Professors Seek Support for Online Education http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/09/14/professors-seek-support-for-online-education/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/09/14/professors-seek-support-for-online-education/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:37:01 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=382 Recently, the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and the Sloan National Commission on Online Learning released a benchmarking study that found that professors are open to teaching online courses, but do not believe they are receiving adequate support to do so. Let’s look at some specific findings: The consensus from more than 10,700 [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/09/14/professors-seek-support-for-online-education/feed/ 0 The Advantage of Online Learning http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/07/09/the-advantage-of-online-learning/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/07/09/the-advantage-of-online-learning/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:40:10 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=315 Online learning courses are among the fastest growing trends in educational uses of technology. Recently, the U.S. Department of Education released the Online Learning Evaluation that now proves online learning courses to be more effective than face-to-face education. The study states, “classes with online learning (whether taught completely online or blended) on average produce stronger [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/07/09/the-advantage-of-online-learning/feed/ 0 Recession: Higher Education in Specialty Domains is the Answer http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/05/13/recession-higher-education-in-specialty-domains-is-the-answer/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/05/13/recession-higher-education-in-specialty-domains-is-the-answer/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 19:34:44 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=277 This article from The Times of India says that the recession has taken a toll on the entire world. India is encouraging people to study in specialty fields such as nuclear engineering and nanotechnology or to pursue IT management certification.  The slump in career prospects in the back drop of the global recession can be [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/05/13/recession-higher-education-in-specialty-domains-is-the-answer/feed/ 0 UN agencies launch much needed literacy programmes across Afghanistan http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/20/un-agencies-launch-much-needed-literacy-programmes-across-afghanistan/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/20/un-agencies-launch-much-needed-literacy-programmes-across-afghanistan/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:38:30 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=252 UN News Centre The United Nations today announced the launch of a literacy initiative in Afghanistan, which has some of the lowest rates of reading and writing in the world. An estimated 90 per cent of women and 63 per cent of men in rural areas of Afghanistan, where the large majority live, are illiterate, [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/20/un-agencies-launch-much-needed-literacy-programmes-across-afghanistan/feed/ 0 From Survival to Sustainability http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/17/from-survival-to-sustainability/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/17/from-survival-to-sustainability/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:41:13 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=250 Inside Higher Ed You may think things are bad now — and you’re right, they are. But today’s economic concerns are obscuring what may prove to be even bigger strategic challenges ahead for higher education. Everyone knows that we’ve entered a period of profound anxiety and uncertainty. Everywhere we look — from this publication’s own [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/17/from-survival-to-sustainability/feed/ 0 Vital Lessons in the Role of Lifelong Learning http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/15/vital-lessons-in-the-role-of-lifelong-learning/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/15/vital-lessons-in-the-role-of-lifelong-learning/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:56:06 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=245 Yorkshire Post THE Learning and Skills Council has made a right mess of managing the Government’s Building Colleges for the Future programme, putting the future of 140 further education colleges in real jeopardy. But look on the bright side, skills minister John Denham has recently announced that he intends to see at least 7,000 rooms [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/15/vital-lessons-in-the-role-of-lifelong-learning/feed/ 0 Madagascar Education Sector in Danger http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/14/madagascar-education-sector-in-danger/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/14/madagascar-education-sector-in-danger/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:58:43 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=243 Afrol News Madagascar’s new President, Andry Rajoelina, could be heading for a collapse of the Malagasy education sector as donors keep assets frozen, teachers’ May salaries are not secured and a French language reform alienates pupils and teachers. Donors are expressing concerns over Malagasy children’s right to an education as lack of funds and discontinuity [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/14/madagascar-education-sector-in-danger/feed/ 0 Arabia and the Knowledge Gap http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/09/arabia-and-the-knowledge-gap/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/09/arabia-and-the-knowledge-gap/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:11:46 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=233 Reuters Think big. Think global. Spare no expense. That could be the motto for an ambitious effort by the United Arab Emirates to close the knowledge gap with the West and eventually restore Arab learning to its former glory. Headlines from Dubai, the second-largest and most flamboyant of the seven emirates that make up the [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/09/arabia-and-the-knowledge-gap/feed/ 0 Want a Master’s Degree in Facebook or Twitter? http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/01/want-a-master%e2%80%99s-degree-in-facebook-or-twitter/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/01/want-a-master%e2%80%99s-degree-in-facebook-or-twitter/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:03:15 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=215 College News “It’s not what you know.  It’s who you know.” Birmingham City University is proving its faith in the renowned saying by offering a Master’s degree in Social Media. The British university’s one-year program will offer courses will teach students how to set up blogs, publish podcast and build up their social network using [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/04/01/want-a-master%e2%80%99s-degree-in-facebook-or-twitter/feed/ 0 Cuts Hurt Education Quality http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/03/30/cuts-hurt-education-quality/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/03/30/cuts-hurt-education-quality/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:11:59 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=208 USA Today Budget-cutting measures being pursued in higher education are often based on faulty premises and insufficient information. These measures too quickly cut to institutions’ educational core, unnecessarily compromising quality and productivity. To many people, it makes sense that faculty should be major targets for savings. They share the widespread beliefs that higher education has [...]
]]> http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/03/30/cuts-hurt-education-quality/feed/ 0 Profs Fret That Quality of University Education in Ontario Falling http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/03/23/profs-fret-that-quality-of-university-education-in-ontario-falling/ http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/2009/03/23/profs-fret-that-quality-of-university-education-in-ontario-falling/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:26:01 +0000 Jacky Cohen http://blog.gatlininternational.co.uk/?p=195 The Canadian Press TORONTO – Students at Ontario’s universities are getting short-changed when it comes to their education as their schools struggle with larger class sizes, outdated facilities and less full-time hiring, according to a new report. A survey of faculty and academic librarians to be released Monday finds a significant degree of concern that [...]
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