http://www.onlineeducationblog.org A blog about online education and distance learning degrees, classes and certifications for colleges, universities and the K-12 Markets Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:44:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/itunes-u-download-education-content-and-media http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/itunes-u-download-education-content-and-media#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:52:15 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/?p=475 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.]]> http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/itunes-u-download-education-content-and-media/feed 2 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/u-s-department-of-education-releases-study-advocating-distance-learning http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/u-s-department-of-education-releases-study-advocating-distance-learning#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:09:46 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/?p=450 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.]]> http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/u-s-department-of-education-releases-study-advocating-distance-learning/feed 1 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/game-based-history-class-offered-at-florida-virtual-school http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/game-based-history-class-offered-at-florida-virtual-school#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:37:31 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/?p=422 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/game-based-history-class-offered-at-florida-virtual-school/feed 0 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/floridas-online-middle-and-high-school-program http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/floridas-online-middle-and-high-school-program#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 16:25:40 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/?p=377 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/floridas-online-middle-and-high-school-program/feed 0 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/top-ten-online-high-schools http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/top-ten-online-high-schools#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:34:27 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/?p=362 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/top-ten-online-high-schools/feed 1 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/online-public-k-12-schools http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/online-public-k-12-schools#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:58:51 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/?p=318 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/online-public-k-12-schools/feed 0 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/us-news-boasts-online-education http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/us-news-boasts-online-education#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:16:21 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/?p=274 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/us-news-boasts-online-education/feed 0 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/twitter-in-school http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/twitter-in-school#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:21:45 +0000 serra http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/?p=197 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/twitter-in-school/feed 0 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/opencourseware-ocw-free-online-course-programs http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/opencourseware-ocw-free-online-course-programs#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:17:09 +0000 serra http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/?p=97 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/opencourseware-ocw-free-online-course-programs/feed 0 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/online-learning-significant-growth http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/online-learning-significant-growth#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:20:37 +0000 serra http://onlineeducationblog.org/?p=40 http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/k-12/online-learning-significant-growth/feed 0