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Saul Carliner Appointed Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions

Saul Carliner, eLearn Magazine Advisory Board member and contributor, as well as one of the people I respect most in the field of e-learning, was just appointed Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. Please join me in congratulating him. […]

Online Education Favors Experienced Writers

A friend of mine enrolled in an online degree program this year, which is primarily asynchronous. As a life-long and avid reader, she is also a strong writer. When she began the course, she emailed me with the subject line […]

Crisis Communication: How to Reach Students and Faculty

Being an online student or teacher arguably has safety advantages after a number of killings in the news. One of the responses to these incidents has been an increased awareness of the need and plans for communication. Even though I […]

Wal-Mart Workers Prefer Online Over Classroom

In the ongoing debate about the relative advantages of online and classroom education, Wal-Mart employees have taken a stance. In a survey, nearly three-quarters “preferred online study to attending a local college”. The educational opportunities will be offered through American […]

Blue-haired Chef Jason Santos on e-learning

Jason Santos is appearing on the new season of “Hell’s Kitchen”, competing with other renowned chefs. This has nothing to do with e-learning per se; I interviewed him and Jody Adams at CHI a year ago and he had a […]