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The Impact of Design and Aesthetics on Usability, Credibility, and Learning in an Online Environment
Winter 2010 - Volume 13 Issue 4 by Alicia David and Peyton Glore Previous studies conducted on dropouts within online courses have found inconsistent factors affecting attrition. A literature review was performed, focusing on eight main studies. These studies were performed at both national and international universities. The methodology, participants, resea […]
The Context of Distance Learning Programs in Higher Education: Five Enabling Assumptions
Winter 2010 - Volume 13 Issue 4 by Don Chaney, Elizabeth Chaney and James Eddy Over the past ten years, a significant increase in courses and programs taught through distance education technologies has occurred both in non-for-profit and for-profit colleges and universities. During this time, there have been many successes and failures. The researchers hypot […]

The future of music production: Home studio recording
In the 60's, 70's and 80's, recording producers and engineers relies on analog systems for music production. All of these gears such as the mixing console, effects units, etc are analog based. Many expensive and big studios are still using... […]
Put the Blame on Name
Hi everyone, I am Oksana from Ukraine and my name is pronounced as AKH-SAH-NAH. You would probably wonder why do I describe this in detail. The thing is that my paper is focused on names and the reasons why... […]

TEDx Duke Talk is Posted!
Here is the talk I gave at TEDx Duke ” Preparing Your Children for a World you can Barely Imagine.” Some of the images are a bit pixelated but you can get a copy of the slides in my previous post. For those who prefer text….here ’tis: CHART 1: TITLE Today I want to share […]
TEDx Duke was Fantastic
Just back from a jam-packed day at TEDx Duke. The speakers were fantastic, insightful and inspiring. Here is a picture someone took of me as I riffed about the Third Derivative Rate of Change (Jerk) and how technology is literally Jerking Humanity around. Many of the folks who came up to me after my talk […]

On the home stretch – reflecting on the MITx pilot
As our regular readers know by now, I have been a participant in the MITx pilot course “Circuits and Electronics” since it launched in March. The course is now moving into week 10 of 14. In my last update, I was forecasting that I would score a […]
CIT Showcase 2012 recordings and pictures now available!
The 2012 CIT Instructional Technology Showcase was held on April 27, 2012 at the Bryan Center. Sessions held in the Griffith Theater during this year’s Showcase were recorded and are now available for viewing. Check out the video of the panel on using iPads with a class of students, teaching with Sakai, […]

From Open Access to Open Learning: How Emerging Technologies are Leveling the Learning Landscape
I authored an article for the Spring issue of OnCUE magazine, which is available only to members of CUE. But the great folks at CUE (thanks, Sara Armstrong!) have provided me with a PDF of the article to make it more accessible to my educational network. I hope you enjoy it. It's written from the heart and I welcome your comments. :)I hope this artic […]
Learning to Unlearn
This month in my GETInsight blog post* explores the value of unlearning in changing education. Like fish swimming fluidly through water, we become so accustomed to the patterns that inform our educational processes that we are unable to see them. Without the ability to see them, we are paralyzed and unable to change them. This post examines connections -- […]