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Nevada System of Higher Education, 2013
E-learning is a field of continuous improvement and change, and the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) institutions are constantly working to extend their offerings beyond their physical limits to meet the learning needs of students in Nevada. Without e-learning many students, especially those living in Nevada's extensive rural areas and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Electronic Learning, Educational Change, Annual Reports
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2012
Virtual school programs--especially online high school courses--are gaining traction in school districts around the country. While offering online courses was once the exclusive province of large state, nonprofit and for-profit organizations and companies, districts and even individual schools are now starting virtual schools of their own. Not…
Descriptors: Teachers, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses
Honebein, Peter C. – Educational Technology, 2009
"Transmergent learning" is a macro instructional strategy that increases the likelihood of exceptional educational experiences, where creativity and innovation reign. By blending the principles of transformational experiences with evolutionary and emergent properties of complexity theory, instructional designers are able to craft an…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Instructional Design, Educational Experience, Creativity
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Luetke, Barbara – American Annals of the Deaf, 2009
Some U.S. universities use Web-based formats to offer most of the course work required to become a certified teacher of the deaf. Yet little research exists on how students judge the content and delivery of such courses compared to on-campus instruction. Parton (2005) described previous research concerning this topic as descriptive rather than…
Descriptors: Education Courses, Distance Education, Deafness, Web Based Instruction
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Valet, Will – Community College Journal, 2003
The budget squeeze is battering both community colleges and their workforce development clients. But a unique network is helping those community colleges reel in clients through computer- and Web-based learning. In this article, the author describes the ACT Center network of Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Georgia. ACT Centers are designed…
Descriptors: Business, Labor Force Development, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Nevada System of Higher Education, 2008
This report focuses on distance education within the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) for the 2007-08 academic year and provides documentation of the substantial growth of distance education within all colleges and universities. Distance education is a field of continuous improvement and change, and NSHE institutions are constantly…
Descriptors: Technical Support, Nontraditional Students, Higher Education, State Colleges