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Jana Döring

The 2010 Campus Computing Survey | The Campus Computing Project - 0 views

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    Report aboout the development of technology in american universities -the budget cuts for the IT units of universities are abating -exeption cummunity colleges, rising budget cuts -rising demand for IT services (LMS) -reductions harm the development if IT units/services -mobile (LMS) apps are seen as a part of future IT services (nearly all students own smartphones) -lecture captures are seen as a part of future IT services (access with smartphone) -social problems (cyber mobbing etc.) caused by student activities in social networks (facebook) are rising -eBooks are part of the future IT services ( at the moment no real alternative to normal books)
Jana Döring

"Mapping the terrain of Online Education" by Kenneth C. Green - 0 views

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    Summary of the two surveys " 2010 Sloan Consortium Report" and "Managing Online Education (MOE) survey" -use of online courses rises (more increase in future expected) -institutions make money on online education,others uncertain of profitability -students take "traditional" courses online -restructuring of universities´ online program are happening -> triggered by budget issues and change in leadership ... -objective assesment (comparison) of online/traditional courses not possible -half of faculties who teach online must complete a mandatory training program (for students?, 22 hours) -> awarness that online education is different from traditional education "Managing Online Education (MOE) survey" : http://www.campuscomputing.net/item/2010-managing-online-education-survey-wvideo%20
Jana Döring

Going the Distance: Online Education in the United States, 2011 - 0 views

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    Survey about Online Education in the USA ("leading barometer ") -nearly one third of students in higher education take at least one online course ( 6 Million) -wide variety in rate of growth of online programs in different universities and programs (for example: health science online programs are more developed than many other disciplines) -The 10% growth rate for online enrollments far exceeds 2% growth in the overall higher education student population -Academic leaders believe that the level of student satisfaction is equivalent for online and face-to-face courses -65% of universities think that online education is critical part of future plans there still exists a consistent minority of academic leaders that doubt the quality of online courses in contrast to face-to-face courses
Jana Döring

Class Differences: Online Education in the United States, 2010 | The Sloan Consortium - 0 views

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    Report about online Education in the United States -Rising number of students using online education/online courses -for-profit universities see online education critically -universities report that economic crisis increases demand for face-to-face courses and online courses -The 21%growth rate for online enrollments far exceeds the 2% growth in the overall higher education student population Jana
Jana Döring

The Campus Computing Project - 0 views

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    Welcome to The Campus Computing Project Begun in 1990, The Campus Computing ProjectTM is the largest continuing study of the role of information technology in American higher education.
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