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All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:48:08 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 5669 | How IBM Plans to Win Jeopardy! http://en.redtram.com/go/214208218/top100/ 214208218 IBM's Watson will showcase the latest tricks in natural-language processing.Read the Full Article Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:41:00 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/214208218/top100/ 5669 | 7 Things You Should Know About Microblogging http://en.redtram.com/go/214208211/top100/ 214208211 Microblogging is the practice of posting small pieces of digital contentâ€"which could be text, pictures, links, short videos, or other mediaâ€"on the InterntRead the Full Article Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:40:59 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/214208211/top100/ 5669 | Top-Ten IT Issues, 2009 http://en.redtram.com/go/214208205/top100/ 214208205 How have the events of the past year affected the IT issues of top concern to technology leaders in higher education today? Is higher education IT experiencing an evolution or a revolution? Have new issues emerged on the top-ten list? Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:40:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/214208205/top100/ 5669 | Mergers could save NY $133M http://en.redtram.com/go/214208196/top100/ 214208196 What would happen if the number of school districts in Chautauqua County were reduced from 18 to 11?Read the Full Article Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:40:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/214208196/top100/ 5669 | Appellate Court Overturns Blackboard Patent; Blackboard To Press On http://en.redtram.com/go/213885091/top100/ 213885091 Blackboard's patent on learning management system technologies has been overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The court ruled Monday in favor of Desire2Learn and invalidated some claims in patent No. 6,988,138, also known as Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:11:48 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/213885091/top100/ 5669 | Assessing the relationship of student-instructor and student-student interaction to student learning and satisfaction in Web-based Online Learning Environment http://en.redtram.com/go/213885083/top100/ 213885083 This study shows the importance of interaction to student learning within Web-based online learning programs. The population of this study was students enrolled in multiple academic disciplines at a private university in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. A Web-based research Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:11:47 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/213885083/top100/ 5669 | An Exploratory Study into the Efficacy of Learning Objects http://en.redtram.com/go/213885081/top100/ 213885081 Learning objects have quickly become a widely accepted approach to instructional technology, particularly in on-line and computer-based learning environments. While there is a substantial body of literature concerning learning objects, very little of it verifies their efficacy. This research investigated Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:11:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/213885081/top100/ 5669 | Online Learner Authentication: Verifying the Identity of Online Users http://en.redtram.com/go/213885069/top100/ 213885069 This paper addresses how one university has partnered with a corporation to work on the verification of online student identity and describes ongoing efforts to best verify online student identity. Through this collaboration, the university seeks to enhance the credibility Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:11:40 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/213885069/top100/ 5669 | Attrition in Online and Campus Degree Programs http://en.redtram.com/go/213885065/top100/ 213885065 The purpose of this study was to examine how the mode of instructional delivery, campus face-to-face or online, affected dropout relative to students’ academic and demographic characteristics. A quantitative study was conducted to analyze the academic and demographic characteristics of Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:11:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/213885065/top100/ 5669 | Research Areas in Distance Education: A Delphi Study http://en.redtram.com/go/213885059/top100/ 213885059 This study had three purposes: Firstly, to develop a categorization of research areas in distance education; secondly, to identify the most important research areas in distance education; and thirdly, to identify the most neglected research areas in distance education. Based Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:11:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/213885059/top100/ 5669 | Founder Explains U. of the People http://en.redtram.com/go/201848808/top100/ 201848808 Shai Reshef has a big goal for his new venture: He wants to offer low-cost, quality higher education all over the world, and particularly in countries where options are limited and students have relatively little money. His solution is the Wed, 20 May 2009 20:55:49 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/201848808/top100/ 5669 | Faculty Opposition Derails Plans for New Online Programs at U. of Toledo http://en.redtram.com/go/201848807/top100/ 201848807 Faculty opposition has forced the University of Toledo to scrap talks with a private company to develop graduate online programs, The Blade, a newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, reported yesterday. Read the Full Article Wed, 20 May 2009 20:55:49 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/201848807/top100/ 5669 | Podcast trumps lecture in one college study http://en.redtram.com/go/201848805/top100/ 201848805 The ability to pause and rewind podcast lectures gave the upper hand to college students in a recent study that compared the performance of students who attended a lecture in person and those who viewed it from iTunes University. Read Wed, 20 May 2009 20:55:49 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/201848805/top100/ 5669 | Sharing the journey of facilitator and learner: Online pedagogy in practice http://en.redtram.com/go/201848804/top100/ 201848804 Read the Full Article Wed, 20 May 2009 20:55:48 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/201848804/top100/ 5669 | Ed Tech Funding Up in Newly Enacted Omnibus http://en.redtram.com/go/201848780/top100/ 201848780 Read the Full Article Wed, 20 May 2009 20:55:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/201848780/top100/ 5669 | Standards to Take ePortfolios Outside the Institution and into the Future -- Campus Technology http://en.redtram.com/go/201848781/top100/ 201848781 Read the Full Article Wed, 20 May 2009 20:55:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/201848781/top100/ 5669 | Survey: Higher Ed Can Still Make a Difference http://en.redtram.com/go/201848786/top100/ 201848786 While the majority of Americans see their country falling behind other nations economically, they also believe the nation can improve its standing with more college degrees, according to a new survey from Kaplan. The Kaplan University Education Insights Survey found Wed, 20 May 2009 20:55:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/201848786/top100/ 5669 | Top 10 Electronic Reminder Services - Reviews by PC Magazine http://en.redtram.com/go/201848785/top100/ 201848785 Read the Full Article Wed, 20 May 2009 20:55:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/201848785/top100/ 5669 | Evaluation of E-Portfolio Software http://en.redtram.com/go/201848779/top100/ 201848779 Read the Full Article Wed, 20 May 2009 20:55:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/201848779/top100/ 5669 | Online courses and how they change the nature of class http://en.redtram.com/go/201848778/top100/ 201848778 Read the Full Article Wed, 20 May 2009 20:55:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/201848778/top100/