Feb. 23, 2010

Praise for Cyberschools: An Education Renaissance

Endorsements for the 2010 edition of Cyberschools:

“Cyberschools helps us see the centrality of technology in education reform at all levels. Its message is the transformation of worldwide interaction and learning. Glenn Jones shows us how a nation at risk can become a nation of promise and accomplishment.”
Dr. Milton Goldberg, recognized leader in education policy and former executive director of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, which issued the landmark report, A Nation at Risk

“Cyberschools is a...

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Feb. 01, 2010

Acceptance of Online Education Is Growing

Business and labor leaders recognize the importance of retraining workers with skills that meet 21st century employment needs. And online learning is an increasingly acceptable, some say even better, way to become retrained.

John Zogby, the famous pollster, wrote a provocative book entitled The Way We’ll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream. In a poll Zogby conducted, 43 percent of 1,545 CEOs and small business owners nationwide agreed that a “degree earned through an online or distance-learning program is as credible as a degree earned through a...

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Feb. 01, 2010

Does Technology Offer a Better Way to Learn?

In the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow project, Apple Computer, Inc., investigated how teaching and learning change when people have constant access to state-of-the-art technology. The project began in 1985 and is ongoing.

After the first 10 years, the project reported that students became re-energized and more excited about learning when using information technology. Grades improved, standardized test scores went up, and dropout and absenteeism rates decreased, according to Apple’s report on “Teaching, Learning and Technology.”

The study reported that during the first 10 years...

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Jan. 27, 2010

Online Education and Adult Students

Traditionally, most North American universities target graduating high school students as their prime market for recruitment.

But people who earned their degrees or began earning them in the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s are now changing careers, seeking more training and education to sustain and excel in their chosen fields, and making plans to work beyond the once-mandatory retirement age of 65.

To do this, they are looking for accessible degree completion programs and new career education opportunities.

Adult learners need flexible scheduling, affordable prices and...

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Jan. 26, 2010

Distance Education Is Booming

In the fall of 2000, there were 45,000 enrollments in fully online or blended-online courses. That number grew nearly 22 times to one million enrollments by the fall of 2007.

While that amount represents only one percent of all courses in 2007, Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen in his provocative book, Disrupting Class, predicts that by 2019, about 50 percent of high school courses will be delivered online.

Consider these other statistics:

  • 42 states have significant supplemental or full-time online learning programs.
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