Could religion be headed for extinction or is something else taking its place? In a recent study presented at a meeting of the American Physical Society, scholars suggested that religion may be…
Category: Education
The State of Wikipedia
If you are an online educator, you probably have a love-hate relationship with Wikipedia. Regardless of your own opinion of the academic value of the online encyclopedia, no one can deny its…
Open Educational Resources
One of the more valuable trends within online education is the development of Open Educational Resources (OER). These resources are often described as “digitised materials offered freely and openly for educators, students and self-learners…
Online Learning Tips
Earlier this month, American Public University released a new web site called OnlineLearningTips.com. The site is described as “a great place to get started if you are currently pursuing a degree online,…
Online Education Grows by Almost a Million Students (in the US)
Just released – The 2010 Sloan Survey of Online Learning reveals that enrollment rose by almost one million students from a year earlier. The survey of more than 2,500 colleges and universities…
New Study: Online Education up 17% to 4.6 Million
The 2009 Sloan Survey of Online Learning reveals that enrollment rose by nearly 17 percent from a year earlier. The survey of more than 2,500 colleges and universities in the United States…
Faculty Videos, YouTube, and iTunes U – Presentation
Well, it has been a while, hasn’t it? Again. Apparently, I have had a busy fall … I gave a presentation at the 8th Hawaii International Conference on Education a couple of…
Introduction to World Religions now on iTunes U
Well, it has been a long time since my last posting. For a number of reasons. 🙂 However, I am pleased to say that there are nine world religion video summaries that…
Free Books! No, really, these are free books!
Just a quick posting today. Did you know that there are about a zillion books that are freely available/downloadable online? Of course you knew that. But … did you know that over…
Worldwide Classroom
Mixed in with all of the useless stuff on the Internet, there are occasionally some great resources. And Covenant Theological Seminary’s Worldwide Classroom is definitely one of the good ones! They provide…