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"theory and Practice of Online Learning, edited by Terry Anderson and Fathi Elloumi, is concerned with assisting providers of online education with useful tools to carry out the teaching and learning transactions online."

This program offers an hour and a half of video content divided into Primary and Extra video segments. The Primary videos are offered to the left and the Extra videos are available once a Primary segment is selected

online activities of young adults, social networks statistics and charts

The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) is an institutional and professional leadership organization dedicated to integrating online education into mainstream higher education, helping educators improve the quality, scale, and breadth of their online programs so that education will become accessible and affordable for anyone in a wide variety of disciplines. http://twitter.com/SloanConsortium

A global network of centers | creating opportunities in research, scholarship, teaching and service | engaging across borders and across disciplines | expanding Columbia's mission as a global university

EUROPP' s central mission is to increase the public understanding of social science in the contexts of European governance and policy making, both at the European Union level and at the level of countries across Europe and within its neighbourhood.

"Available now: a guide to using Twitter in university research, teaching, and impact activities"

"Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality"

Established in 1972, the Barefoot College is a non-government organisation that has been providing basic services and solutions to problems in rural communities, with the objective of making them self-sufficient and sustainable. These 'Barefoot solutions' can be broadly categorised into solar energy, water, education, health care, rural handicrafts, people's action, communication, women's empowerment and wasteland development.

This collaborative workshop has brought together stakeholders from government, industry, educational institutions, and the education outreach, support and service sector in India 2012. especially: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/13/1/50477306.pdf

Science educator Arvind Gupta uses simple toys to teach. Arvind Gupta is an Indian toy inventor and popularizer of science for kids. Creating simple toys out of trash and everyday goods, he illustrates principles of science and design in a memorably hands-on fashion. He works at the Children's Science Centre in Pune, India.

Funding to support and develop the College's links with Indian universities, as part of a strategic intergovernmental initiative to foster closer scientific collaboration between UK and Indian scientists and industrial engineers. +++

E-mail updates inc blogs. The Guardian Higher Education Network brings together the latest insight, comment, advice and best practice for professionals working in and with higher education. http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network +++

Background Learning today happens everywhere But it's often difficult to get recognition for skills and achievements gained outside of school. Mozilla's Open Badges project is working to solve that problem, making it easy for any organization or learning community to issue, earn and display badges across the web. +++

Helix, a new tool that seeks to reinvent what learning-management software can do. It's a "learning environment" that uses personalized narratives to engage students and explain why learning is important. It's driven by a data-hungry brain, which helps the platform evolve as students use it. As part-technology company and part-educational institution, they can do things-like letting students adjust their semester schedules based on their learning goals.

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

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