Source for good research on online education
In our committee meeting today, a discussion of a rather ill-conceived distance learning study led me to recommend Educause as a reliable source of good research. Here’s the link, please […]
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New England Faculty Development Consortium Fall 2010 Conference
The theme for this conference is: “Better Teaching – Better Learning: Reflective Practices for Faculty and Students” The conference will be held on Friday, November 19th at the College of […]
Vision Project Feedback
At BCC, we need to collect information on the MA Secretary of Education’s Vision Project recommendations, and here are ways you can contribute. Read about the Vision Project here: http://bit.ly/anShKR […]
Gainful Employment Regulation Update
On September 24, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it would issue final regulations on gainful employment in early 2011, rather than by November 1, 2010. The Department made […]
Youtube now directly records from your webcam
This is a real breakthrough! Now you can open your youtube account, select Upload a video, and you will see at the top of the screen the option “Record from […]
White House Summit Closing Session
You can view the closing session here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2010/10/05/community-college-summit-closing-session Here is the “ideas” bulletin board again, on which you can post and vote on ideas presented. [Scroll down the page for […]
White House Summit on Community College
Will stream this in Room G10, starting at 12:15pm on next Tuesday, October 5. Bring your lunch! Dr. Jill Biden will chair the first-ever White House Summit on Community Colleges. […]
10 Rules of Teaching in this Century
One author’s view of teaching in the 21st century – with technology of course, since this comes from the Campus Technology Journal 10 Rules of Teaching in this Century — […]
Preventing Online Dropouts: Does Anything Work? – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education
The first study cited below seemed to indicate that engagement strategies did not affect the online retention rate. Further down in the article, another campus tried the intervention of informal […]
Massachusetts Higher Ed Commissioner Concerned About Public Higher Ed
The link below is a short audio of an interview played on WFCR Amherst, MA public radio this morning. The Commissioner focused on the gap between increasing public higher ed […]
