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		<title><![CDATA[Breaking down the laptop wall with conferencing software]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2730]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I've talked before about the so-called "laptop wall" that an increasing number of college lecturers and even secondary school teachers face.  The challenge, of course, is to turn those laptops into learning tools instead of distractions, machines that engage students rather than letting them disengage.    Last...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:02:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ADEC Brings Advanced Learning to K-20 Schools Via Internet2 in Even the Remotest Reaches of Alaska]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=381859]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Distance learning breaks down barriers for Alaska, a state that's more than twice as large as Texas - more than 586,000 square miles with only 12,200 miles of roads. Alaska Distance Education Consortium ADEC wanted to deploy network that enables distance education and collaboration across Alaskan villages and towns. To...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Design of a Real-Time Remote-Access Engineering Laboratory Using Integrated Web Service and Wireless Technology for Distance Learners]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=377746]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Web-based distance education has enabled university programmes to increase diversity within the student body by allowing non-traditional students and satellite campuses the ability to access a standard college education. However, for engineering distance education, students only have limited access to laboratory equipment to gain hands-on experiences. In this paper, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Baylor bucks the online trend]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://education.zdnet.com/?p=629]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Bucking the trend toward offering more distance education classes, Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has put the kibosh on offering online courses, reports The Lariat.  Most universities across the country are adding online courses to their curriculum as fast as they can develop them. Baylor University, however, is eschewing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:13:58 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Effects of Distance Education on K-12 Student Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=133084]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The community of K-12 education has seen explosive growth over the last decade in distance learning programs, defined as learning experiences in which students and instructors are separated by space and/or time. While elementary and secondary students have learned through the use of electronic distance learning systems since the 1930s,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Literature Review - Faculty Participation in Online Distance Education: Barriers and Motivators]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=133197]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Distance education is a medium of teaching and learning that has grown significantly in the past 10 years as indicated by the number of higher education institutions that offer courses and/or full degree programs via distance learning. The purpose of this paper is to examine the overall attitude of higher...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Thirty-Two Trends Affecting Distance Education: An Informed Foundation for Strategic Planning]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=133235]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent issues in this journal and other prominent distance-learning journals have established the need for administrators to be informed and prepared with strategic plans equal to foreseeable challenges. This paper provides decision makers with 32 trends that affect distance learning and thus enable them to plan accordingly. The trends are...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Current Trends in Distance Education: An Administrative Model]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=133243]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Current practices and procedures of distance education programs at selected institutions in higher education in Ohio were studied. Relevant data was found in the areas of: content of the distance education program's mission statement; needs assessment procedures; student demographics; course acquisition, development, and evaluation criteria and procedures; hierarchical approval of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Distance Education: Facing the Faculty Challenge]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=133282]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[For a variety of reasons, faculty resist efforts to force them into distance learning. They resist individually or as a whole, often seeking the guidance of union representatives. While individual faculty members may have individual reasons to resist participating in the latest wave of distance education, there are several reasons...]]></description>
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