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Sloan-C International Symposium on Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning

The Sloan-C International Symposium on Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning is designed to bring together individuals interested in the technological aspects of online learning.

Asynchronous Learning Networks: Policy Implications for Minority Serving Institutions and for Leaders Addressing Needs of Minori

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Author(s):

Janet K. Poley

Institution(s) or Organization(s) Where Research Occured:

American Distance Education Consortium

Asynchronous Learning Networks: Policy Implications for Minority Serving Institutions and for Leaders Addressing Needs of Minority

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• Volume 12:2 - July 2008
• MSIs and Minority Learners
• Multicultural Organizational Framework
• National and State Policies

Student Learning and Student Services: Policy Issues

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Author(s):

Claudine SchWeber, Chair, Doctor of Management Program

Institution(s) or Organization(s) Where Research Occured:

University of Maryland

An increasing number of students in the United States are involved in online education, according to research by the Sloan Foundation.

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• Volume 12:2 - July 2008

Overcoming the Financial Aid Barrier for E-learners

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Author(s):

Bruce Chaloux

Institution(s) or Organization(s) Where Research Occured:

Electronic Campus, Southern Regional Education Board

Financial aid systems help make higher education available to all who can benefit.

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• Cost Effectiveness
• Volume 12:2 - July 2008
• Direct Distribution
• Employer-Based Aid
• Financial Aid
• Part-Time Learners
• Policy
• State-Based Programs
• Tax Incentives

Using the "HyFlex" Course and Design Process

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• Cost Effectiveness

Determined to Learn: Accessing Education Despite Life-Threatening Disasters

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Author(s):

Claudine SchWeber, Ph.D, Professor, Graduate School of Management & Technology

Institution(s) or Organization(s) Where Research Occured:

University of Maryland University College

The ‘right to education’ proclaimed by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights requires access to learning as well as the support systems.

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• Volume 12:1 - February 2008
• Academic Continuity
• Crisis Management
• Distance Learning
• E-Learning
• Educational Access
• Educational Continuity
• Higher Education and Disaster
• Resilience
• Sloan Semester

Microfranchising Microlearning Centers: A Sustainable Model for Expanding the Right to Education in Developing Countries?

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Author(s):

Tiffany Zenith Ivins, Director of International Programs

Institution(s) or Organization(s) Where Research Occured:

Center for Open Sustainable Learning

While availability of information and access to it enables education in developing countries, information alone does not secure transmission of knowledge—especially to remote learners in low-tech, i

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• Cost Effectiveness
• Volume 12:1 - February 2008
• Development
• ICT4D
• Nepal
• Social Entrepreneurs
• South Asia
• Technology
• YMRC
• Youth

Comprehensive Academic Advising and Information System

Virtual Facilitators Help Students Become Rhetorically Savvy

Facilitation is an art. How much to post and precisely when is a dynamic and changing phenomenon. What guides us best is an attitude more than any rule.

Online Student Agreement

When Stark State students enter online courses, they know what to expect and how to succeed.