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Article about online classes for high school students in Montana. Nice to see this option for students!

Good article about who can benefit from online learning

Good article about using technology to reach students quarantined due to H1N1 illness.

Good research study about the importance of social presence to student success in online courses.

Teaching the Quarantined

Teaching the Quarantined - good article about how the Univ. of Michigan is preparing to serve students who may contract the H1N1 virus this coming year

Interesting article about the impact of interaction in an online course. Note that this may only apply to intro courses at the 100-level.

This short article hits on a small portion of our course discussion material for the week-- academic integrity in online education. The article discusses some of the issues with cheating online, and makes some suggestions as to who the responsibility falls on. It also brings up some less-known issues surrounding online education, such as "diploma mills" and universities' negligence of their online students. Enjoy!

Mark, I found this article interesting. I totally agree that online learning has opened new avenues for con-men. I see ads and get spam mail regarding online degrees. I disagree with the last section on the cost of the online classes. Burks addressed this issue in a reply to someone on our class discussion board. It is more expensive than we realize to run an online class program. I wish I could call to mind some of the cost issues involved. Perhaps Burks will comment on this.