Blitzing the glitz
A no-nonsense approach to distance learning has proved a hit in the Americas. Stephen Phillips reports from San Francisco. Recalibrating expectations of e-learning in the US following dotcom fever...
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Ten ways to scupper a VLE
Appalled by university managers' desperate scramble to install virtual learning environments, Peter Hartley has some top tips for diehard traditionalists intent on ensuring that not is all plain...
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ߣߣÊÓƵ sharpens focus on distance
Are online mega-universities the future or are local courses with internet support a better option? asks Geoff Maslen in Melbourne. James Norman doubts he could have graduated with an information...
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Ideal way to lighten the load
Classrooms can't cope with Asia's education needs. E-learning is a solution and is gaining popularity as Sars keeps students at home, writes Mark Rowe in Singapore. Asia is widely viewed as the world...
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A healthy e-volution
The NHS, the third largest employer in the world, plans to offer all staff, from consultant to porter, online training. Claire Sanders writes. It is a major prize in the e-learning world and three as...
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The perfect medicine for virtually all users
Flexibility is the key to creating a VLE that benefits students, lecturers and universities, says Gilly Salmon. Exposure to an allergen in early infancy can lead to serious and sometimes incurable...
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The ball's rolling but it needs a little push
Educators must do more to convince students and governments around the world that e-learning is the way forward, says John Beaumont. E-learning is no panacea for all unsatisfied educational needs but...
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Iron curtain's stuck on rails
Red tape and overambition have hindered online initiatives in the former Soviet bloc, writes Nick Holdsworth in Moscow. More than a decade after the domino collapse of eastern Europe's communist...
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A good way to keep students on a quality track
Tutors can have a closer rapport with students online than they have in class. It leads to higher attainment - music to ministers' ears. Tim Collin writes. Images of students in street protests over...
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World Education Market 2003
"Advancing the Millennium of Learning" is the theme of this year's WEM conference and exhibition (Lisbon, Portugal: May 20-23, 2003), of which The THES is a media partner. Now in its fourth year, WEM...
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Serial killer halted by headlines and hype
A vaccine for Sars may still be a long way off but, says Anna Fazackerley, the spread of the virus has been slowed by coverage in the press It might seem a classic media scare. A new and deadly...
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Blood-thirsty outsiders are coming out of the coffin
'Real vampires' have a taste for blood and nocturnal tendencies but are otherwise little like their mythical ancestors. Meg Barker reports Last Saturday, 19-year-old Alice headed out to a nightclub....
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Tempest in a teapot holds the front page
In a continuing legal battle over the censorship of student newspapers by college authorities, US courts are siding with journalists defending the freedom of speech. Walter Ellis reports Student...
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Bulls and blaspheming beasts
Frank Partnoy, who saw what the regulators missed in Enron's public accounts, tells Karen Gold that financial markets are spinning out of control and in danger of collapse Between 1996 and 2000, the...
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World Education Market 2003
"Advancing the Millennium of Learning" is the theme of this year's WEM conference and exhibition (Lisbon, Portugal: May 20-23, 2003), of which The THES is a media partner. Now in its fourth year, WEM...