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Today, it is the learner who seeks the learning opportunity, and connects these bits of learning into cognitively logical sequences, expanding personal learning experiences beyond the formal classroom. Professors are now "guiders" suggesting...

Formal learning used to involve sitting attentively in a lecture hall or classroom as close to the front as one could get, and listening to the professor, unlike learners of today. Today, it is the learner who seeks the learning opportunity, and...

At Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, a team of geographically distant virtual educators (D-team) has been created. This presentation will cover those D-team specifics that led to...

In the majority of academic settings, the student is now considered to be a consumer or client in the same way that the public is a customer in the business sector. Correspondingly, an education is viewed as a product or service to be provided with...

Higher Education is becoming easier to obtain thanks to the globalization of our economy, our resources and our cultures. As we move into increasingly borderless platforms for learning, the traditional programs of study and education pedagogies are...

In the nursing classroom of the past, knowledge emanated from the authoritative teacher lecturing about her experiences, theories, conceptions, and perceptions of appropriate actions. The classroom was built to reinforce this top-down authoritative...

In the nursing classroom of the past, knowledge emanated from the authoritative teacher lecturing about her experiences, her collected theories and conceptions about a topic, and her perceptions of appropriate actions. The classroom was built to...

There is not one day without a new interesting service popping up on the Web 2.0 sphere, which could not be integrated into the virtual classroom. Obviously, some applications will get more attention than others because of branding, and Google is no ...

Eighty-one percent of all higher education institutions now offer online classes. The National Center for Educational Statistics reported a 17% increase in students greater than age 25 between 1990-2004 (NCES, 2008) and projects an increase of 15%...