Monday, February 09, 2009

Designing Online Courses in the Light of Learning Styles

The need to offer distance learning courses has led to instructional designers rushing to deliver content through web-based systems and little or no thought has been given to the quality of this content. This paper (published Jan 2008 by Learning Technology of IEEE Computer Society), argues that the way forward lies in addressing different learning styles when developing learning objects.

Using Technology to Improve the Graduation Rate


In an increasingly and globally competitive world, education is the key to advancement and people without high school diplomas are not likely to do well. This Tech&Learning eBook provides insights and solutions for increasing high school completion and solving the urban dropout crisis in effective and cost-effective ways.

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Learning Management System Self-Efficacy of online and hybrid learners in Instructional Technology


The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a new instrument that measures students’ confidence levels with LMS and how it helps them become self-regulated learners.