Online Education Blog

Laptops are not the only way to bring your distance learning experience to your fingertips anymore. Thanks to Apple’s iPod Touch and iPhone, online learners now have another mobile tool capable of bringing their education to them wherever they go.

The use of iPods in the education industry started years before the introduction of the iPod Touch, however. Music teachers utilized the iPod for their lectures; students used them as storage devices between computers; colleges even offered students the ability to download lectures into a sound file compatible with their iPod so they could listen to their lecture on-the-go.

The iPod Touch and iPhone bring a whole new level of interactive education to the distance learner, starting with iTunes U.

A study released last Friday by the U.S. Department of Education found that distance learning–or blended learning (also known as hybrid learning), where campus study is combined with online study–is considered a more effective approach than traditional learning behind the desk.

Florida Virtual School (FLVS), one of the leaders of high school online education, released an online history class done completely through a computer game. The game, called “Conspiracy Code,” is meant to aid students that otherwise have difficulty learning through an interactive and entertaining environment. The game was designed in cooperation with 360Ed. It is [...]