The Technology Source Archives

Commentary // 102 articles

This section includes observations and opinions on the problems, issues, and challenges of using information technology tools to enhance education.

Projector Blues

by Robert Sommer, November/December 2003
The Brain, Technology, and Education: An Interview with Robert Sylwester

by Henryk Marcinkiewicz and Robert Sylwester, November/December 2003
Wanted: Course Revision Without Pain

by Jo B. Paoletti, November/December 2003
The Sustainability of Distance Training: Follow-up to Case Studies

by Zane L. Berge and Greg Kearsley, November/December 2003
e-Learning: It's More Than Automation

by James Kilmurray, September/October 2003
From "Paperless Classroom" to "Deep Reading": Five Stages in Internet Pedagogy

by Grover C. Furr III, September/October 2003
Opening a Can of Worms: A Conversation about the Ethics of Online Student Evaluation of Teaching

by Coralie McCormack, Andrelyn Applebee, and Peter Donnan, July/August 2003
Selecting Tools for Online Communities: Suggestions for Learning Technologists

by Eric Adams and Chris Freeman, July/August 2003
The Elementary School Principal as a Change Facilitator in ICT Integration

by John Schiller, July/August 2003
The Interactive Syllabus: A Resource-based, Constructivist Approach To Learning

by Sylvie L. F. Richards, July/August 2003
Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants: Some Thoughts from the Generation Gap

by Timothy VanSlyke, May/June 2003
Overcoming Educators' Digital Immigrant Accents: A Rebuttal

by Marc Prensky, May/June 2003
Ten Ways Online Education Matches, or Surpasses, Face-to-Face Learning

by Mark Kassop, May/June 2003
The Global e-Learning Framework: An Interview with Badrul Khan

by James L. Morrison and Badrul H. Khan, May/June 2003
Using WebCT Quizzes in a High-Demand Environment

by Thomas Brothen and Cathrine Wambach, May/June 2003
A Model for Effectively Supporting e-Learning

by Leslie P. Hitch and Pamela MacBrayne, March/April 2003
A New Challenge for Education: Addressing the Needs of Lifelong Learners

by Phillip G. Clark and Laurence Shatkin, March/April 2003
Adventures in Virtualand: The Challenges of Teaching an Online Children's Literature Course

by Holly Blackford, March/April 2003
Creating a Unified Digital Campus to Satisfy the Needs of 21st Century Learners

by Bob Moul, March/April 2003
Making Online Information Accessible to Students with Disabilities, Part II

by Janna Siegel Robertson and James Wallace Harris, January/February 2003
The Evolving Role of Course Management System Providers in the Transformation of Education: An Interview with Blackboard's Matthew Pittinsky

by Jonathan Finkelstein and Matthew Pittinsky, January/February 2003
Rewriting the Book on Education—Ivy League Style

by Jamus Jerome Lim, November/December 2002
The Campus Computing Project: An Interview with Kenneth C. Green

by James L. Morrison and Kenneth C. Green, November/December 2002
Extending the Pedagogy of Threaded-Topic Discussions

by William R. Klemm, September/October 2002
The Free Online Scholarship Movement: An Interview with Peter Suber

by James L. Morrison and Peter Suber, September/October 2002
Making Online Information Accessible to Students with Disabilities

by Janna Siegel Robertson, July/August 2002
What's Your Problem? Web-enhancement in the Humanities Classroom

by Susan Hussein, July/August 2002
Online Drop Rates Revisited

by David P. Diaz, May/June 2002
The Use of Web Instructional Tools By Online Instructors

by Lucio Teles, May/June 2002
Using Technology to Promote Success in PBL Courses

by George Watson, May/June 2002
Drafting a Faculty Copyright Ownership Policy

by Laura N. Gasaway, March/April 2002
Open Knowledge and Open CourseWare Initiatives: An Interview with MIT's Phil Long

by Steven W. Gilbert and Phillip Long, March/April 2002
Using a Web-Based Course Management Tool to Support Face-to-Face Instruction

by Nada Dabbagh, March/April 2002
Harnessing the Power of the Internet for International Student Recruitment

by Cheryl Darrup-Boychuck, January/February 2002
My PowerPoint Summer

by Robert Sommer, January/February 2002
New Times, New Rules: An Interview with Fathom's Ann Kirschner

by James L. Morrison and Ann Kirschner, November/December 2001
Toward More Effective Instructional Uses of Technology: The Shift to Virtual Learning

by Michelle A. Johnston and Nancy Cooley, November/December 2001
Computers and K-12 Education: A Different View

by Frederick Bennett, September/October 2001
Principals, Technology, and Change

by David Gurr, September/October 2001
The Distance Learning Playing Field: Do We Need Different Hash Marks?

by Stephen Ruth and Jiwan Giri, September/October 2001
Through the Looking Glass: Student Perceptions of Online Learning

by Linda Peters, September/October 2001
e-Learning for Adults: Who Has the Goods?

by Robert M. Burnside, July/August 2001
e-Learning in the Corporate University: An Interview with Jeanne Meister

by James L. Morrison and Jeanne C. Meister, July/August 2001
Lessons Learned: Do You Have to Bleed at the Cutting Edge?

by Thomas A. Marino, July/August 2001
One Size Will Not Fit All

by Peshe C. Kuriloff, July/August 2001
Creating Online Courses: A Step-by-Step Guide

by William R. Klemm, May/June 2001
How Are Dot Edu's Using the Internet?

by Jonathan Gueverra, May/June 2001
Instructional Television's Changing Role in the Classroom

by Dave Hendry, May/June 2001
Technology's Impact on the Faculty: A Perspective

by Richard Hoffman, May/June 2001
Electronic Tuition Rates Overcome Distance Learning Barrier

by Bracey Campbell, March/April 2001
e-Lobbying: Marketing e-Learning to the Legislature

by Ed Klonoski, March/April 2001
Satisfying Student Expectations: Connected Learning Environments

by Rodney L. Everhart, March/April 2001
A Drawbridge to the Ivory Tower: Online Recruitment Strategies in Higher Education

by Diann Schindler-Ender, January/February 2001
Distance Education Exam at the Pearly Gates

by John W. Hibbs, January/February 2001
Distance Educators Before the River Styx

by Stephen Downes, January/February 2001
Keeping Our Eyes on the Target: The "Other" Use of Technology in Education

by Ellen Chaffee, January/February 2001
Creating a Cost Framework for Instructional Technology

by Alton L. Taylor and Frank A. Schmidtlein, November/December 2000
Technological Minimalism in Distance Education

by Mauri Collins and Zane L. Berge, November/December 2000
Returning to the One-Room Schoolhouse

by Bethany M. Baxter, September/October 2000
Technology Needs Teamwork

by Peshe C. Kuriloff, September/October 2000
The Gap Between Preparation and Reality in Training Teachers to Use Technology

by Joseph Slowinski, September/October 2000
Why Can't We Just Get on with It? Forces that Complicate the Integration of Technology into Teaching and Learning

by Nancy Cooley and Michelle A. Johnston, September/October 2000
Beyond Teacher Bashing: Practical, Philosophical, and Pedagogical Influences on Educators' Use of Educational Technologies

by Nancy Cooley and Michelle A. Johnston, July/August 2000
Nine Rules for Good Technology

by Stephen Downes, July/August 2000
Distance Education's Best Kept Secrets

by Barry Willis, May/June 2000
The Internet and Transnational Education

by Stephen Downes, May/June 2000
Academic Scholarship in the Digital Age

by Joseph Moxley, March/April 2000
Carving a New Path for Distance Education Research

by David P. Diaz, March/April 2000
The Nature and Purpose of Distance Education

by Diana G. Oblinger, March/April 2000
Let the Games Begin

by Frederick W. Nickols, January/February 2000
Web-based Learning: Extending the Paradigm

by Dirk Rodenburg, November/December 1999
Back to the Future of Education: Real Teaching, Real Learning

by James Perley, September/October 1999
Back to the Future or Back to the Past?

by Mary Harrsch, September/October 1999
Enhancing Professional Education through Virtual Knowledge Networks

by Charles Morrissey, July/August 1999
Technology-Enhanced Learning in Industry and Higher Education: Preliminary Report on a "Gap" Analysis

by Joe Bocchi, Virginia Watson, and Frances Weyand, May/June 1999
Freedom from the Press: Alternative Academic Publication Strategies and the True Potentials of Information Technology

by Mike Sosteric, April 1999
Bringing Old Ideas to New Times: Learning Principles of Kurt Lewin Applied to Distance Education

by Steven Stahl, March 1999
Technology: To Use or Infuse

by Nancy Sulla, February 1999
Learner Success in Distance Education Environments: A Shared Responsibility

by Howard Major and Nancy Levenburg, January 1999
Facilitating Knowledge Construction and Communication on the Internet

by Maggie McVay Lynch, December 1998
Distance Learning: Implications for Higher Education in the 21st Century

by Nancy Levenburg and Howard Major, November 1998
Integrating Principles of Progressive Education Into Technology-based Distance Learning

by James L. Spira, October 1998
The Future of the Written Word

by Brett Swope, September 1998
Information Technology: Equalizer or Separator of Developing Countries?

by Subbiah Arunachalam, August 1998
"If I Were a...": Internet2 and its Possibilities

by Mihkel Pilv, July 1998
Does Using Technology in Instruction Enhance Learning?

by Ed Neal, June 1998
"It Pervades the Air": A Response to Peter Havholm and Ed Neal

by Glenn Ralston, May 1998
Sage-in-the-Box

by Peter Havholm, May 1998
Copyright Law and Fair Use: Why Ignorance Is Not Bliss?A Case for Using Guidelines

by Linda K. Enghagen, April 1998
A Perspective on Technology in Higher Education: An Interview with John Harrison

by James L. Morrison and John H. Harrison, March 1998
It's Not the Technology that Worries Me

by Peter Havholm and James Garner Ptaszynski, February 1998
Technology and Higher Education: An Interview with William Graves

by James L. Morrison and William H. Graves, January 1998
Higher Education and Information Technology: An Interview with Carol Twigg

by James L. Morrison and Carol Twigg, December 1997
Taking an Active Role in Educational Reform

by James Garner Ptaszynski, November 1997
The Merits of the Seminar Table

by Peter Havholm, November 1997
Microsoft Summer Scholars Meeting

by James Garner Ptaszynski, September 1997
Critical strategic and tactical elements for successfully integrating technology into teaching and learning

by James Garner Ptaszynski, August 1997
Technology Provides New Responses to Old Problems

by James Garner Ptaszynski, July 1997
Leveraging the Expense of Technology

by James Garner Ptaszynski, June 1997
Hands-on Training: No Substitute

by James Garner Ptaszynski, May 1997
Shared Misery/Shared Solutions: Major factors inhibiting the accelerated adoption of technology in higher education

by James Garner Ptaszynski, April 1997
Needed: A Beacon

by James Garner Ptaszynski, March 1997