Top 10 Distance Learning Tweets

The admission for the #distance #learning courses are offered by #IMT twice in a year : (@Indiaedu)

[ed note: Entrance exam and Eligibility Criteria for the distance learning program at The Institute of Management Technology.]

Case Study- The Impact of Distance Learning on U.S. Navy Voluntary Education: via @addthis (@USDLA)

[ed note: Research by the US Navy Postgraduate School. "Woosley analyzed educational and manpower records for nine enlistee cohorts from 1994 to 2008, finding that the growth of DL over this period led to a doubling in overall TA participation rates."]

New Article: Do Potential Employers Value Distance Learning Degrees? (@toparticless)

[ed note: "However, despite all of the negative talk about the value of distance learning degrees, many such colleges and universities offer valid online learning degrees and diplomas. The students and instructors are held to the same standard of educational excellence as those in the traditional classroom."]

New Article: How You Can Succeed With Distance Learning Education While You Work? (@dirmenese)

[ed note: "Without a lot of discipline and intrinsic motivation, distance learners can easily get sidetracked by life and fail to keep up with the coursework needed to pass the class."]

Distance Learning (@georgia3187)

[ed note: "In recent years, there has been an ever-increasing demand for salaried agricultural and food scientists for conducting lab research in a variety of areas that directly impact the food and agriculture industry."]

Autism Curriculum – Distance Learning Homeschool Curriculum For Autistic Students (@keepfit16)

[ed note: "They can make the choice for a variety of very personalized reasons, but the majority of families choose homeschooling as it supplies a guarded environment for the children."]

Revisiting gender in open and distance learning (@distedres)

[ed note: "Through a qualitative inquiry, undertaken within the constructivist framework, aimed at uncovering the perspectives of learners and counsellors associated with five programmes of Indira Gandhi National Open University, the present paper attempts to revisit gender in open and distance learning (ODL)."]

studying the human rights of migrants… HREA have excellent distance learning courses (@thepearlgirl)

[ed note: "This distance learning course explores the human rights of migrants under international law, concentrating on the application of these international legal regimes on migrants and their families, both regular and irregular."]

Making a difference online: Facilitating service-learning through distance education: Publication year: 2010Source… (@edjournals)

[ed note: "This article explores service-learning pedagogy delivered in an online format, specifically a case study describing the way one institution, University of Illinois at Springfield, successfully uses the internet to provide such instruction."]

Distance Learning Online Degree – A Great Way to Obtain Higher Education: James Sholis asked… (@degreeasap)

[ed note: "Distance learning online degree programs add just the right of flexibility that you need continue your normal daily activities."]

Success or Failure: Research Paper Conclusion of Distance Learning (#Conclusion #Distance #Failure #Learning #Paper (@buzzent)

[ed note: How effective is Distance Learning? This paper explores the different sides to this question.]

New blog post: Online Distance Learning : A Dynamic Way of Getting a Degree. (@edufetch)

[ed note: A blog post that covers a little about the evolution of distance learning approaches and how Internet technology is changing the face of distance education.]

Distance Learning Benefits and 5 Steps to Evaluate an Online School ( (@collegereport)

[ed note: An article about distance learning, which explores "What are the benefits of distance learning?" and "How to evaluate distance learning colleges and universities."]

Distance Learning Wisconsin Course Listings (@mylearningspace)

[ed note: A distance learning course about distance learning offered by University of Wisconsin-Stout, Outreach Services.]

Distance Learning Awards: Excellence in Distance Education Awards (EDEA) (@ci_ict4d)

[ed note: The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is requesting submissions for awards in Distance learning to be presented at the Sixth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning in Kochi, India, in November 2010. Very interesting.]

Some Interesting Facts About Distance Learning Law Schools (@buynetbooksnow)

[ed note: An article about distance learning law school. At the present I'm not very convinced about the efficacy of distance learning for the study of law. It seems to me that one of the benefits of the classroom in law school is that you get specific training in how to think like a lawyer and I'm not so sure that training can be very effective by distance learning. ]

RT @LearnCSU: Past, Present and Future Access: A history of distance and online learning: #education (@danibabb)

[ed note: An exploration of the history of distance and online education. Nicely done, well worth the read.]

New Concept: Website for Distance learning, Doctorate, Master, Bachelor (@conceptfeedback)

[ed note: The author is requesting feedback about the concept of a new site. this specific site is about distance learning for doctorate, masters, and bachelors levels of education. This request for feedback is about layout, design, and the overall "concept" of the page (Not about the content). But I thought you might find it interesting to see how site designers are approaching our field.]

New post: Distance learning Updated 24hrs a day (@PattayaOneNews)

[ed note: A BBC article about the 50-year history of Queensland's School of the Air as it reaches its 50th year (Austrailia). ]

Make E-learning and Distance Education Easy for Every Person – PRLog (free press release): P.. (@jamiewalkernz)

[ed note: An announcement about "Online E-learning Software" by Study8home. This package is an online platform for developing and offering online educational programs.]