scholarly journals COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND DISTANCE LEARNING

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Susan Ives
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Diverse Population ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Traditional Student ◽  
Environmental Scan

The goal of community colleges is to serve local needs. Community colleges’ low tuition helps keep higher education affordable for a diverse population. Distance learning holds the promise of providing yet another mechanism by which community colleges can bring education to a non-traditional student body. This paper explores the role of distance learning opportunities in community colleges within the context of today’s current environmental scan.

USE OF BLENDED LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION – SOME EXPERIENCES

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
R J Singh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Face To Face Learning ◽  
Made In

This article reports on the use of blended learning in higher education. Blended learning has become popular in higher education in recent years. It is a move beyond traditional lecturing to incorporate face-to-face learning with e-learning, thereby creating a blend of learning experiences. The problem is that learning in higher education is complex and learning situations differ across contexts. Whilst there is face-to-face contact at some institutions, others offer distance learning or correspondence learning. In each context, the mode of learning may differ. The challenge is to cater for various learning opportunities through a series of learning interactions and to incorporate a blended approach. The aim of this study was to examine various ways of defining blended learning in different contexts. This was done through an examination of experiences of the use of blended learning in different higher education contexts. The study presents a case of blended learning in a postgraduate course. The experiences from all these cases are summarised and conclusions and recommendations are made in the context of blended learning in higher education in South Africa.

Community Colleges in America and Distance Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 302-303
Author(s):  
Gary A. Berg
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
Common Mistake ◽  
External Pressures ◽  
Institutional Types ◽  
Four Year Institutions

Community colleges in the United States have played an important role in the development and implementation of various forms of computer- and media-based education. A common mistake made when discussing distance learning in American higher education is to fail to distinguish the policies and practices of different institutional types. Generalizations about distance learning are particularly misleading if one does not recognize the very large differences in mission, resources, stakeholders, and external pressures between community colleges and four-year institutions.

scholarly journals Peculiarities of distance learning in higher education: The teacher’s functions as a chat communication organizer

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 341-357
Author(s):  
Elena V. Maleko ◽  
Yuliya L. Kiva-Khamzina ◽  
Natal'ya A. Rubanova ◽  
Elena V. Каrpova ◽  
Natalya A. Plugina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
New Knowledge

The purpose of this article is to define the functions of the teacher as the organizer of chat communication, which has become one of the foundations of Internet communication. The leading method for the study of this problem is the method of situational modeling, which allows considering chat-communication as a process of new social interaction, requiring the leading role of the teacher-organizer, ensuring the maximum involvement of all participants-communicators in this process in order to assimilate new knowledge by the perceiver (learners). This article presents new methodological methods of teacher's work within the framework of chat-communication, defines the important functions of a teacher, who communicates knowledge in the changed socio-cultural environment. The presented methodological material is designed to help teachers of higher education to use chat-communication as a new channel of knowledge transfer from a teacher to a student to adapt to the new communicative realities, to give awareness of the continuity of the educational process, even in a situation of significant changes in conditions of its implementation.   Keywords: distance learning, higher education, internet communication, chatting, teacher functions

scholarly journals Voices from the Field

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Holland ◽  
Andrew Seligsohn ◽  
Ted Howard
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Sustainable Change ◽  
Place Making ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Campus Compact ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Changing Role

Urban and metropolitan areas face unique challenges in serving the multifaceted needs of their communities, but also have advantages that create some of the world’s greatest universities. Three scholars opened the 2017 CUMU Annual Conference with “Voices from the Field.” Each spoke to the changing role of urban-serving institutions and the place-based advantages CUMU members have in enriching their communities while strengthening the universities’ core commitments. CUMU advisor Barbara A. Holland, Holland Consulting, described the changing role of higher education and highlighted the distinct and powerful advantages urban-based higher education institutions have in shaping the success of the metropolitan areas they collectively serve. Ted Howard, The Democracy Collaborative, encouraged universities to move beyond current place-making initiatives and to adopt The Anchor Mission, distilling lessons from CUMU members who are pioneering new approaches to anchor mission work to have greater impacts on their institutions and communities. Andrew Seligsohn, Campus Compact, reflected on the inter-connected nature of two of higher education’s missions: (a) educating students for democracy; and (b) carrying out their anchor mission, as well as the impact of a civically-engaged student body on creating sustainable change in our communities.

The Role of Distance Education in Global Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 6412-6422
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Educational Performance ◽  
Traditional Schools ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Traditional Classrooms ◽  
School Based

This article indicates the overview of distance education and the importance of distance education in global education. Distance learning becomes an alternative to traditional classrooms. Students can benefit from the flexibility that comes with distance learning, and for students who do not have the time or money to attend the traditional schools, distance learning can provide a path to higher education. Distance learning can increase the opportunities for students across the globe, ensuring that students do not have to choose a school based on its location. Distance-based learning offers more flexibility to students in terms of how and when they take classes. The article argues that facilitating distance education has the potential to improve educational performance and gain sustainable competitive advantage in global education.

Technology-Enabled Learning Opportunities

2016 ◽  
pp. 561-582
Author(s):  
Amir Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Technology ◽  
Young People ◽  
Group Interaction ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Computing Environment ◽  
The Future

No generation is more at ease with technology than today's young people. This generation of students has grown up in an immersive computing environment and come to the school equipped with latest electronic gadgets such as smart phones, laptops and iPods. Educational technology supports meaningful learning and facilitates group interaction. The technology-based learning is especially useful in helping students conceptualize phenomena and processes. This chapter examines the role of technology in shaping the future of higher education by providing unique opportunities of learning. The chapter also discusses challenges of technology-enabled learning and offer specific recommendations to overcome these challenges.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow's Recognition of Industry Applications within Virtual Worlds

2010 ◽  
pp. 132-161
Author(s):  
Caroline M. Crawford ◽  
Marion S. Smith ◽  
Virginia Dickenson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Industry Applications ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Case Based

The primary focus of this chapter is to provide an analysis of business and industry case-based implementations of instructional opportunities within the Second Life three-dimensional virtual world environment, so as to delineate distance learning instructional achievements within virtual worlds and engage in a discussion related to potential implications for higher education. This provides the essential link between distance learning imperatives within the business and industry realm through a meta-analysis of industry’s virtual world distance learning case-based projects. This analysis offers a framework through which to emphasize the strengths and weaknesses of distance learning projects from yesterday and today, with implications towards tomorrow’s higher education distance education learning environments within virtual worlds. The framework through which this occurs is a focused presentation of the cases under review, followed by discussions related to: major areas of concern, integral distance activilearning considerations, successes of the business and industry world within virtual worlds; and potential implications for higher education distance learning within virtual worlds. As there is significant interest in the implementation of distance learning opportunities within virtual words displayed by the business and industry realm, there are innumerable “lessons learned” that will benefit higher education as institutions further enhance their distance learning opportunities within three-dimensional virtual world gaming environments.

scholarly journals A Qualitative Description Investigation of U.S. Higher Education Quantitative Datasets

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mia Ocean ◽  
Karon Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Degree Completion ◽  
Associate Degree ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Qualitative Description ◽  
Open Door Policy ◽  
Traditional Student ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Quantitative Metrics

Currently, the U.S. system of higher education is almost exclusively evaluated by quantitative data based on traditional student trajectories and university structured programs. This could be problematic for community colleges and post-traditional students, who are a growing population at all institutions. Therefore, we conducted a pilot, qualitative description analysis of three U.S. quantitative national datasets to assess their accuracy and identify factors that influence classifications. We interviewed individuals (n=13) who would qualitatively be considered success stories, specifically individuals who attended community colleges during their undergraduate studies and ultimately high ranking graduate programs, to gather information about their educational timelines. In some cases, the datasets would classify these individuals as completers but not always. Participants would be classified as non-completers for two major reasons: transfer prior to Associate degree completion and limitations with prescribed timelines. The latter is complicated by the perceived freedom of the open door policy at community colleges. The results from this study indicate a need to modify existing quantitative metrics to purposefully incorporate community colleges and their students, and the findings reinforce the importance of qualitative research in higher education.

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