Virginia.Petitt's blog

OregonLive article on Online Education
Submitted by Virginia.Petitt on September 22, 2007 - 3:51pm.Did everyone see this OregonLive article from Friday, September 21?
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1190343330127710.xml&coll=7#continue
Virginia

CoSN issues new resources for ed-tech leaders
Submitted by Virginia.Petitt on June 19, 2007 - 12:24pm.(from eSchool News):
Internet safety, emergency planning, digital identity management, Internet2, and the role of chief technology officers in K-12 districts are among the topics covered in a new resource for education technology leaders from the Consortium for School Networking.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstoryts.cfm?Articleid=7175

NACOL publishes online learning primer
Submitted by Virginia.Petitt on May 29, 2007 - 1:12pm.Last week, the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) published a guide for online learning: http://www.nacol.org/docs/national_report.pdf
IMO the guide provides a pretty good description of the nuts and bolts of online learning, and I think that it provides a good introductory explanation for those who are new to the concept (yes, they're still out there!).
Anyone care to share their evaluation of the report?
Virginia

$3 software suite aims to bridge digital divide
Submitted by Virginia.Petitt on May 2, 2007 - 10:28am. IntroductionsI'm curious to learn if we will have access to this resource? http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstoryts.cfm?Articleid=7069
Virginia

Ed Tech Research
Submitted by Virginia.Petitt on January 4, 2007 - 1:37pm.Happy New Year!
In doing some research for a project on which I am working, I came across two excellent resources that I'd like to share.
One is a fascinating research review conducted for Cisco Systems by the Metiri Group's Cheryl Lemke, on the topic of the effectiveness of the use of educational technology: http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/docs/education/TechnologyinSchoolsReport.pdf
The second resource is an online course evaluation protocol from Michigan Virtual University: http://standards.mivu.org/index.tml

Angel LMS
Submitted by Virginia.Petitt on November 8, 2006 - 2:51pm.Cool announcement from Angel Learning via eSchool News:
ANGEL Learning Announces Partnership with Florida Virtual School to Increase Student Access to Quality Online Learning Content
From ANGEL Learning, Inc., Nov. 6--ANGEL® Learning, recognized innovator of enterprise elearning software and services, announced that courses created and delivered by Florida Virtual School (FLVS), a leading statewide public virtual school, will be available to students in the ANGEL Learning Management Suite (LMS). Under the terms of the agreement, schools that use ANGEL LMS will be able to integrate courses created by Florida Virtual School into their online learning programs...
http://www.angellearning.com

Recent comments
44 weeks 6 days ago
44 weeks 6 days ago
45 weeks 1 day ago
1 year 18 weeks ago
1 year 18 weeks ago
1 year 19 weeks ago
1 year 19 weeks ago
1 year 19 weeks ago
1 year 19 weeks ago
1 year 19 weeks ago