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Keeping Online Asynchronous Discussion on Topic:(1999) by Bart Beaudin. Research on techniques used by online instructors to keep online learners on topic during asynchronous discussion. Web Site | |
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Knowledge Transfer and Collaboration in Distributed U.S.-Thai Teams:(2005) Saonee Sarker. The author reports on a study on the factors influencing knowledge transfer in the context of cross-cultural distributed teams engaged in information systems development. She examines the “4 C framework” which proposes that capability, credibility, communication, and culture of the source significantly affects knowledge transfer in the context of US-Thai distributed teams and within the local subgroups. Web Site | |
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KQED - Quest:KQED's most ambitious local offering ever, QUEST utilizes all of our media platforms, educational resources and extraordinary partnerships. QUEST includes a half-hour weekly HD television program, weekly radio segments, an innovative website and unique education guides. QUEST's geographic coverage spans from Mendocino to Monterey and from Sacramento to Santa Clara, and focuses on nine content areas: astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, environment, geology, health, physics and weather. Web site | |
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KU Writing Center:This support center from the University of Kansas offers an assignment planner, e-consulting, online appointment scheduling, writing guides and tutorials, a writing support group for graduate students writing dissertations and thesis papers, frequently asked questions, tips on evaluating Web sites, and instructor guides. The site opens to a series of video clips with student testimonials, and includes an online photo gallery and a short film, “A Week in the Life of the KU Writing Center.” Web site | |
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Kuali: The Next Open Source Movement:“While the open source movement has taken off in course management systems, with Moodle and Sakai as alternatives to the dominant Blackboard, the administrative side of the house has been almost entirely corporate. While some colleges use home-grown systems, the norm has been to use any of a number of vendors for systems that allow colleges to manage and report on budgets, billing and many other functions crucial to running a college. These administrative software systems cost millions of dollars to install and manage, and any malfunctions can be hugely frustrating to institutions.” . . . “The colleges involved say they have the potential to achieve millions in savings while gaining more control over technology systems that are essential to the smooth functioning of their institutions. The fact that two institutions have now moved from the idea stage to actual use -- and a number of other prominent institutions are preparing to do so -- could enable Kuali to become a major force in administrative systems, say not only those behind the project but some other observers as well. That's because many colleges are anxious for open source alternatives, but don't want to be the pioneers who are taking the potential risk of going first.” . . . “Kuali was founded as a nonprofit in 2004 -- the name is a Malaysian word for a small wok, consistent with the group's idea that it is creating tools that can be used for many purposes. The basic idea is applying open source to the administrative side of operating systems, with consortium members contributing their expertise and helping one another with the creation of tools, fixing problems, adding new applications and so forth. Participating colleges pay membership fees (with a sliding scale based on their annual budgets) with no individual fee topping $25,000, which is a relatively modest amount when compared to the sums spent on major administrative computing systems, and then they pay costs of installing systems and training people to use them. Further, colleges pledge to help other members on projects, sharing expertise as appropriate.” . . . Web site | |
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