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Direct linkKorolov, Maria – T.H.E. Journal, 2011
Unhappy with conditions in Second Life, educators are migrating to a developing virtual world that offers them greater autonomy and a safer platform for their students at far less a cost. OpenSimulator is an open source virtual world platform that schools can run for free on their own servers or can get cheaply and quickly--the space can be up and…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Computer Simulation, Social Systems, Internet
Puzziferro, Maria; Shelton, Kaye – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2009
Since 2005, the landscape of online teaching and learning has changed as well as the landscape of the academy, and continues to transform before our eyes. These changes are not only a product of technological innovation, but also a result of new and reconceptualized "values" of higher education, and so we must reexamine what changes to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Values, Quality Control, Competition
Versluis, Arthur – Academic Questions, 2004
The president of a vastly profitable virtual education corporation asserted that customers flock to him, not for an education, but for the material comforts that an education provides. Compelled by technology and supported by the World Trade Organization, such huge credentialing agencies employ lowpaid contractors to dish out homogenized info…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Computer Uses in Education, Public Education, Educational Technology
Lancaster, S.; Yen, D. C.; Wang, J-C. – Industry and Higher Education, 2003
Online education has become a highly debated topic. While some educators see it as a commercialized and prepackaged form of education, one that limits the verbal skills of students, others see it as breaking down the geographical and financial barriers that many students face. Online delivery has changed education in a number of ways, increasing…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Internet, Distance Education, Online Courses
Download full textInternational Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
