Learning Solution – Online Education

Survey finds widespread interest in California’s digital textbook initiative.

Scientists share their research and details of their work with students through blogs and other Web 2.0 tools.

A new national study suggests that high-quality child care early in life can blunt the negative learning effects normally associated with growing up poor.

If you haven’t seen the “Did You Know; Shift Happens” video created by Karl Fisch, the director of technology for Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., and modified by Scott McLeod of Iowa State University, it’s worth checking out.

A working group of experts on policy for English-language learners is conducting a survey to find out how states and school districts plan to use stimulus funds for the education of ELLs, and what obstacles might prevent them from doing so.

Word comes via Twitter that the work of the Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement is winding down.

Dear Deborah, I am glad to see that you are trying to draw us back to the issues where we have genuine differences! You and I agree that testing and accountability—as currently practiced under NCLB—have become enemies of good education….

Margaret Garcia Dugan, the deputy superintendent for the Arizona Department of Education, is running for superintendent of public instruction in Arizona.

A new guide on the legal rights of undocumented students in schools does a good job in spelling out where courts have ruled on a particular issue and where they have not.

A study released last week of New York City’s charter schools prompts an endorsement from The Washington Post and draws debate in the blogosphere.

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GUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF ON-LINE EXAMINATION FORM

1. Students are required to pay examination fee @Rs.50/- per course if the student is appearing for the first time or failed in earlier examinations for theory as well as practical. A late fee of Rs.300/- from 1st October to 20th October also needs to be included, if submitted during this period.

2. Mode of payment – Credit Card and Bank Draft . Please select mode of payment.

3. In case of payment through bank draft, please keep the bank draft particulars ready with you before you proceed further. After filling all the particulars including the bank draft details, please submit the examination form on line and note the auto generated control number. You should quote the auto generated control number, your name, enrolment number and programme on the reverse of the bank draft and send the bank draft by registered post/speed post to the Registrar, Student Evaluation Division, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068.

4. If you wish to submit on-line form and make payment through Credit Card, please note the auto generated control No. for reference. In case you wish to make payment through credit card, a transaction fee of Rs.5/- will be charged extra.

5. No Examination Fee is required to be paid for the courses, where results of Jun 2009 Term-end examination are awaited on the date of submission of examination form. Results of Jun 2009 Term-end examination are available on University website www.ignou.ac.in. Please see result status before filling examination form. Click here to see the result status of Jun 2009 Examination. However, if the student does not secure minimum pass marks in June, 2009 TEE, he/she will be required to pay examination fee for these courses for appearing in December, 2009 TEE.

6. Select and enter Programme code and Examination Centre Code from the options available. If the centre opted by the student is not activated as examination centre or not allotted for any other reason, alternative examination centre will be allotted.

7. Select courses carefully. Courses for theory as well as practical needs to be selected separately from the list appearing on the screen.

8. You will receive an acknowledgement with control number at the E-mail address given in the application form.

9. You may visit SEARCH OPTION to after 24 hours of submission of your form (leaving the day of submission except Saturday & Sunday) to see the details of particulars submitted by you. In case you find the particulars are not available, you may submit the form again.

10. University issues hall-ticket to the students two weeks before commencement of Term-end Examination and also uploads the information on the university website. If you do not receive hall-ticket one week before commencement of examination, please download the hall-ticket from the website and report to the Examination Centre with your Identity Card issued by the University.

11. Students will be allowed to appear in Term-end Examination for those courses only whose registration is valid and have completed the prescribed minimum duration of study.

I posted this simple question on Twitter, and I’m reposting it here, too:

Please share your thoughts!

Disrupting Class co-author Michael Horn gave new ideas for disruptive innovations for K-12 schools in a keynote address at the Smart Ed-Tech Strategies for Tough Times event.

The School of the Future is helping high school students think ahead about higher education and preparing them to get at least one acceptance letter for college admission.

An interesting panel discussion about getting the most out of your IT budget took place at Education Week’s live event in Jersey City.

A new report suggests that academic studies are not the first place that education leaders turn to when they make decisions about schooling.

The New York Times reports this week in an article, “Bhutan Refugees Find a Toehold in the Bronx,” how a number of Bhutanese refugee families have formed what might be called a Bhutanese neighborhood in the Bronx.

Dear Diane, We can go on forever about why “testing as we know it” cannot lead to becoming a well-educated people. We agree, we need to invent a road test—which might in some cases look like AP exams. Or, it…

Dear Diane, We can go on forever about why “testing as we know it” cannot lead to becoming a well-educated people. We agree, we need to invent a road test—which might in some cases look like AP exams. Or, it…