September 2002, Vol. 1, Issue 9
BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE
EDUCATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
We talked with Vijay Kumar, MIT's assistant
provost and director of academic computing, and
Hal Abelson, professor of computer science and
engineering, to get a sense of some of the
things happening in the world of educational
technology at MIT.
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SHARING LAB EQUIPMENT ELECTRONICALLY
Another technological innovation that looks very
promising, among many others at MIT, is the iLab
project.
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS TOOL HELPS MAKE DECISIONS
ABOUT CMS VENDORS
The Western Cooperative for
Educational Telecommunications (WCET) recently
launched a web-based tool called EduTools that
helps educators analyze and compare course
management systems
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LESSON LAB SOFTWARE PLATFORM HELPS K-12 TEACHERS
LEARN HOW TO TEACH
An innovative web-base software platform is
being utilized to create video-case
instructional tools for pre-service K-12
teachers.
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NYU'S VIRTUAL COLLEGE BUILDING INTERACTIVE
ONLINE ENVIRONMENT
The development of NYU's Virtual College fully
online and technology-enhanced teaching and
learning strategies "came out of educators'
brains and ideas," says Robert Manuel, chief
information and technology officer.
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THE DIGITAL OPTIMIST: VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLS AND
HIGHER EDUCATION
The Digital Optimist: Virtual High Schools and
Higher Education Be it virtual 9th grade or
virtual grade 16, the numbers of educational
technology savvy students are moving up pretty
fast, and educators and both levels need to
maintain the pace.
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UCI CREATES FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND ONLINE MASTER'S
DEGREE PROGRAM
An online Master of Advanced Study in
Criminology, Law and Society is moving forward
at the University of California, Irvine.
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NEWS AND INFORMATION FROM SLOAN-C
Our friends at the Sloan Consortium are doing
some great things.
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