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Course Management Systems

Just in Time for Back to School!

Submitted by Michael Stephens on September 1, 2009 - 12:09pm

I got wind of a recent study by the department of education through the New York Times. The headline, which seems designed to grab an educator’s attention, reads: “Learning Online May be Better,” and the article details findings that “on average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.”

A press release at the Department of Education includes more useful background: Read More »


Unsucking Online Education, Part Two

Submitted by Michelle Boule on June 6, 2007 - 10:57am

This is the second part of a series and long in coming. Apologies are in order, and I hope I will be forgiven. In the previous segment, I discussed the Five Weeks to a Social Library project and why offering free online education was important. Today, I want to highlight a few of the tools that can make creating a free or cheap online education portal possible.
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