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DOES DISTANCE LEARNING WORK? A LARGE SAMPLE, CONTROL GROUP STUDY OF STUDENT SUCCESS IN DISTANCE LEARNING
This paper moves us several steps forward in terms of our knowledge by means of a very large distance education sample (76,866 individual student observations) and an invaluable control group of students who took the identical course at the same time from the same instructor, but did so "in person" in a conventional "bricks and mortar" location. From eLearnopedia on August 28, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

How To: Use the Moodle Course Management System
If you have ever thought about using such a system in your school or district, you may have been put off by the cost of commercial packages. In that case, Moodle may be for you. From eLearnopedia on August 28, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

en face=> open ... and the business
I don't have a TV-set for many, many years now. What Business Can Learn from Open Source: "Nor is there [in the media - tnb] anything new, except the names and places, in most 'news' about things going wrong. A child is abducted; there's a tornado; a ferry sinks; someone gets bitten by a shark; a small plane crashes. And what do you learn about the world from these stories? Absolutely nothing. They're outlyi From thomas n. burg | randgänge on August 28, 2005 at 6:46 p.m..

Girls just want to rock out
A week-long camp gives budding Gwen Stefanis a chance to refine their rock 'n' roll chops. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on August 28, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

ReiseplÃ¤ne September
Etwas Werbung in eigener Sache: Am 20. September bin ich auf dem Kongress "Campus Innovation 2005: Visionen der vernetzten Hochschule" in Hamburg zu hÃ¶ren. Thema: "E-Learning zwischen Low Budget und No Budget". Wer Zeit hat, sollte unbedingt vorbeischauen! Mich wÃ¼rd's... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on August 28, 2005 at 5:51 p.m..

Blogs: ein neues Zaubermittel der Unternehmenskommunikation?
Ich muss zugeben: Das Thema "Weblogs in Unternehmen" oder auch "Corporate Blogging" interessiert mich kaum. Vor allem, da ich nicht weiÃŸ, wie der - im Idealfall - individuelle Charakter eines Blogs mit strategischen Unternehmenszielen vereinbar sein soll. Wenn sich... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on August 28, 2005 at 5:51 p.m..

The last day of summer
Since it's on a schoolish theme -- the end of summer, the need to get back to learning -- I'll share this week's radio essay here. From Weblogs in Higher Education on August 28, 2005 at 4:52 p.m..

The problem of authority
In "Show Me the Science," an essay in today's Times, Daniel C. Dennett looks at the problems with treating intelligent design as science. While... From Weblogs in Higher Education on August 28, 2005 at 4:52 p.m..

Watching Katrina
I've pointed before to Wikipedia as a great source of information about disasters, natural or otherwise, and already that seems to be true with Hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately, this looks to be a pretty catastrophic event in the making, and as we've been watching the tv coverage of the event and trying to school our kids on hurric From weblogged News on August 28, 2005 at 4:47 p.m..

What's happened to the Week in Review?
When I was young, I used to be able to make up for a week's newspaper avoidance by reading the NY Times Week in Review on Sunday. There I would find, well, the week in review. Now what's in it? Page 1: Two thirds of the page are devoted to an article on statistics vs. intuition in baseball. The other article is an interesting one on our worries about distributing better weapons to the Iraqis. Page 2: Occupying the the top third is a piece on the Pat Robertson embarrassment, presented comic-strip style. The middle is an article with accompanying... From Joho the Blog on August 28, 2005 at 3:46 p.m..

Another Tool For Phishing Fights - Tim Gray, Internet News
Microsoft plans to help users of its Internet Explorer browser slow down tricky "phishing" attacks by making a security tool available that warns about possible scams. The anti-phishing filter was originally slated to run exclusively with the Internet Ex From Techno-News Blog on August 28, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

California shelves RFID ban - Alorie Gilbert, CNET News
California legislators have shelved a closely watched bill that would temporarily ban driver's licenses and other state documents that incorporate wireless identification technology. The Identity Information Protection Act of 2005, or SB 628, is designed From Techno-News Blog on August 28, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Maturing net growing more slowly - BBC
After years of huge increases, the rate at which net traffic is growing is slowing down, say analysts. During 2004 the amount of net traffic travelling on backbone cables between nations grew by 104%, reported the consultancy Telegeography. By contrast From Techno-News Blog on August 28, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

The psychology of search
John S. Rhodes has written a series of articles on the psychology of search. To quote: Search is a killer application on the web and in the enterprise. Perhaps it is the killer app. Therefore, by definition and practice, it... From Column Two on August 28, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..

RIAA v. The People, Now in Blog Form
Via Brad Hill comes this new blog: "I am a lawyer in New York City. I am a member of Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP. "Through the Electronic Frontier Foundation I and my firm have undertaken to represent people in our area who have been sued by the Recording Industry of American (RIAA) for having computers whose internet accounts were use From A Copyfighter's Musings on August 28, 2005 at 12:47 a.m..

IDT academic programs database
AECT has published a database of academic programs in instructional design and technology. A nice effort—would be more valuable if it were easier for multiple individuals to keep it current and accurate. Curricula Data of Degree Programs Technorati Tags: AECT From Martindale Matrix on August 27, 2005 at 11:49 p.m..

If the Law Is a Ass, the Law Professor Is a Donkey
Professors at the best law schools are generally assumed to be overwhelmingly liberal, and now a new study lends proof. From New York Times: Education on August 27, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

A High School Counts Its War Dead
In the last two years, four Brentwood High School graduates have died in Iraq or Afghanistan. From New York Times: Education on August 27, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..