Ed-Cast Design & Functionality Scoring Rubric

Many educators appear to be reluctant in creating Podcasts, or are readily jumping on the Podcast bandwagon without measuring effectiveness for students. Online Educators and Instructional Designer looking to "effectively" integrate Podcasts in their distance ed curriculum can turn to an assessment tool designed by the University of San Francisco for effectively creating podcasts titled Ed-Cast Design & Functionality Scoring Rubric. This valuable discovery was shared thanks to a class mate, Mawrin Britto.

An Explorative Study about Second Life, the Virtual World

If users accept Virtual Worlds as a new way and channel to communicate, collaborate, and cooperation, and if institutions arrive to provide value to users, Virtual Worlds might become the next generation platform for Internet users. The Virtual University of Edinburgh (VUE) group is a virtual educational and research institute bringing together all those interested in the use of
virtual worlds for teaching, research and outreach related to the University of Edinburgh.

However, in order to become mainstream, Virtual Worlds like Second Life have many challenges to overcome and where user acceptance is probably the most important one. In an Explorative Study about Second Life, this report assesses the user acceptance of Virtual Worlds, specifically Second Life. By means of a survey with almost 250 respondents this report provides first empirical results of the user acceptance of Second Life.

Course perceptions of distance education students.

This paper examines the levels of knowledge, motivation, and course preferences for students enrolled in both online and onsite management courses. Findings indicate that these students are much more similar with regard to these factors than previous research has indicated.

Horizon Report 2007

The annual Horizon Report describes the continuing work of the New Media Consortium’s (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE program. The Horizon Project, a research oriented effort that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies is likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression within higher education.

Designing Pedigogical Templates for DEdu.

The main objective of this report is to provide an overview for IoE academics who are interested in integrating e-learning into their courses. This report has been designed to guide practitioners on how e-learning can be used in the context of a course, and the description of each template focuses on the pedagogical aspects of using e-learning.

Questioning the Student Use of and Desire for Lecture Podcasts

Student IPod use. The use of audio files, specifically podcasts, has become more visible and accessible to students in higher education. Despite a lack of pedagogical research on the benefits of podcasting, several universities have adopted the technology of using audio for instruction outside of class and sharing of information.