Administrative Controls in Internet Courses

2011 ◽  
pp. 56-63
Author(s):  
Gary Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
State University ◽  
Delivery Vehicle ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Remote Locations ◽  
The World ◽  
Penn State ◽  
Limited Basis ◽  
Mail System

Distance learning is a term used to describe a learning experience in which the instructor is in a location remote from that of the student. For centuries, distance learning has been used to educate students and, in the late 1800s, Penn State University utilized the new “Rural Free Delivery” mail system to offer correspondence courses to students in remote locations (Banas & Emory, 1998). During the 1990s, developments in technology offered a new delivery vehicle for distance learning courses. A student anywhere in the world who has a computer and an Internet connection can now complete an e-course and communicate, on a limited basis, with their instructor online.

A Case Study of Developing Suitable Mobile Learning Technology for a Distance Learning Masters Programme

2015 ◽  
pp. 1208-1232
Author(s):  
Tracey Dodman ◽  
Terese Bird ◽  
David Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
International Development ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Learning Capacity ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Mobile Learning Technology ◽  
Apple Ipad

In 2012, following some development work, the Department of Criminology launched a new distance-learning course: the MSc Security, Conflict, and International Development (SCID). The target profile for students looking to enroll in this course were living or working in and around conflict regions; they may be forces personnel or professional staff stationed in areas of conflict or recent conflict. Therefore, reliable Internet connection (broadband or cellular) is often rare or intermittent. The course was designed to give learners a rich learning experience in such a way that their learning could remain largely uninterrupted when they experienced loss of Internet connection. Learners in this course were sent an Apple iPad as part of their course fees and given instructions to download a Course App comprising multimedia-rich learning resources. The programme enabled students to study and learn whilst on the move and provided an opportunity for study where otherwise it would have been very difficult, if not impossible for some. The authors believe they have widened participation and enhanced learning capacity through the innovative programme design. This programme is explored in this chapter.

scholarly journals 50th Anniversary Celebrations of Atomic-Resolution Imaging

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 46-47
Author(s):  
Thomas F. Kelly ◽  
Allan J. Melmed
Keyword(s):  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Atomic Resolution ◽  
State University ◽  
Pennsylvania State University ◽  
Field Ion Microscopy ◽  
The World ◽  
Penn State ◽  
History Of ◽  
Resolution Imaging ◽  
Ion Microscopy

October 2005 marks 50 years since the first images achieving atomic resolution were obtained by Erwin Miiller and Kanwar Bahadur at the Pennsylvania State University using field ion microscopy. An image from that seminal work is shown in Figure 1. Two separate meetings were held this year to commemorate this important event in the history of microscopy; the 50th Anniversary of Atomic Resolution Microscopy, held June 15-17, 2005 at Penn State and the Golden Anniversary of Atomic Resolution Imaging, a symposium at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2005 in Honolulu held July 31 to August 4, 2005. These celebrations were timed to coincide also with the World Year of Physics 2005 http://www. wyp2005.org/.

scholarly journals Lessons Learned in Leaving the Library and Coming Back Again

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-102
Author(s):  
Meg E. Massey
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
State University ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Interlibrary Loan ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Penn State ◽  
Remote Services

In early March 2020, libraries across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania began to close in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. On March 19, staff members in the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Department at Penn State University Libraries pivoted to providing remote services to Penn State users and library partners from around the world. In addition to describing the difficulties of transitioning to and the realities of working from home, this piece describes the challenges experienced in returning to the library. Considerations for the future are also discussed.

scholarly journals A Silver Lining of Coronavirus

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-148
Author(s):  
Khaleel Bader Bataineh ◽  
Mohammed Salem Atoum ◽  
Lama Ahmad Alsmadi ◽  
May Shikhali
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Great Effort ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The World ◽  
Content Design ◽  
Silver Lining

Jordan, like other countries in the world, is facing the Coronavirus pandemic and is making a great effort to continue education in Jordanian schools and universities through distance education. To evaluate this novel experience, this study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of distance education in Jordanian universities in light of the Coronavirus pandemic and identifying the obstacles faced by university students. To reach the research objectives, a questionnaire was developed by the researchers followed by semi-structured interviews. A sample of 1000 students was selected randomly from public and private universities. The results revealed that the majority of the Jordanian university students are not pleased with this distance learning experience as most of the students encountered some obstacles such as internet speed, technological difficulties, and online content design.

scholarly journals The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Student’s E-Learning Experience in Jordan

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 1404-1414
Author(s):  
Anas Ratib Alsoud ◽  
Ahmad Ali Harasis
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
The World ◽  
Contingency Plans ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Impact

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic Universities around the world are taking rapid actions to ensure students learning continuity and secure the well-being of their students. This study aims at exploring the student’s e-learning experience in Jordanian Universities as well as e-learning readiness during the pandemic. While each university is unique, we hope our assessment can provide some insights into how well the student’s e-learning experience was during the pandemic. A structural online questionnaire was distributed, followed by descriptive analysis. Students from remote and disadvantaged areas primarily faced enormous challenges such as technological accessibility, poor internet connectivity, and harsh study environments. This study also highlights the role of electronic commerce in transforming distance learning. Further investments and contingency plans are needed to develop a resilient education system that supports electronic and distance learning throughout Jordan.

A Case Study of Developing Suitable Mobile Learning Technology for a Distance Learning Masters Programme

2015 ◽  
pp. 35-59
Author(s):  
Tracey Dodman ◽  
Terese Bird ◽  
David Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
International Development ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Learning Capacity ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Mobile Learning Technology ◽  
Apple Ipad

In 2012, following some development work, the Department of Criminology launched a new distance-learning course: the MSc Security, Conflict, and International Development (SCID). The target profile for students looking to enroll in this course were living or working in and around conflict regions; they may be forces personnel or professional staff stationed in areas of conflict or recent conflict. Therefore, reliable Internet connection (broadband or cellular) is often rare or intermittent. The course was designed to give learners a rich learning experience in such a way that their learning could remain largely uninterrupted when they experienced loss of Internet connection. Learners in this course were sent an Apple iPad as part of their course fees and given instructions to download a Course App comprising multimedia-rich learning resources. The programme enabled students to study and learn whilst on the move and provided an opportunity for study where otherwise it would have been very difficult, if not impossible for some. The authors believe they have widened participation and enhanced learning capacity through the innovative programme design. This programme is explored in this chapter.

Collective Dreams: Political Imagination and Community

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 261-262
Author(s):  
Colin Mooers
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
State University ◽  
Political Imagination ◽  
Paris Commune ◽  
English Revolution ◽  
Social Activists ◽  
The World ◽  
Penn State ◽  
The Many ◽  
New Social Order

Collective Dreams: Political Imagination and Community, Keally D. McBride, University Park PA: Penn State University Press, 2005, pp. 157.Political imagination is greatly underrated, not least because there is so little of it in what passes for “official” politics these days. But it is also understudied by political theorists whose domain encompasses the many imagined but rarely realized versions of the “good society” handed down from the past. And yet political imagination is arguably central to every vision of an alternative political order. Plato never lived in his Republic; Hobbes never wandered through the state of nature; and Marx never knew the rule of the “associated producers.” But, all of them may have felt that they had glimpsed elements of these alternate futures in their own time. Hobbes, after all, lived through the English Revolution which he may have thought resembled a “war of all against all” and Marx witnessed the heady days of the Paris Commune. This is surely as true today. Social conservatives may espy the glimmerings of a heavenly utopia in their local church group. Progressive social activists may see a new social order prefigured in their food co-op or trade union. Political imagination, in other words, is just as much a part of the world we inhabit as it is of those we dream of inhabiting. However, as Keally McBride observes, “Imagination itself, as opposed to its products, is generally not studied in political science. But it is our best tool for changing the world” (1).

scholarly journals Education of international migrants’ children during the pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Е.А. Омельченко
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
The World ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
International Migrants ◽  
The Way

Весной 2020 года, когда мир охватила пандемия новой коронавирусной инфекции, многие дети из семей мигрантов, как и другие школьники, столкнулись с необходимостью перехода на дистанционное обучение. Для многих маленьких мигрантов переход на освоение знаний в режиме онлайн оказался невозможным из-за отсутствия гаджетов и компьютеров, нестабильного интернета или его полного отсутствия. Но, кроме чисто технических проблем, возникли и другие препятствия на пути к получению этой категорией детей качественного образования. Среди них – невозможность получения дополнительных консультаций, сокращение сферы коммуникации на новом для них языке и социальная изоляция. В статье анализируется влияние, которое оказало распространение коронавирусной инфекции, на сферу обучения и интеграции детей из семей международных мигрантов. During the spring 2020, when the world was captured by the new coronavirus contagion, many children from migrants’ families along with other students, faced the need of transition to a distance learning. For many little migrants the process of gaining knowledge online appeared to be unreal because they do not have any gadgets or computers, their internet connection is unstable or absent. But, besides clear technical problems, there arose other obstacles on the way to good quality education for this category of children. The obstacles involve the impossibility to get supplementary language consultations, a cutback of the sphere of communication with the use of a language that is new for such children, a social isolation. The author of the article analyzes an influence that the spread of coronavirus infection has made on the sphere of education and integration of children from the families of international migrants.

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