Education, Distance - Organization & administration
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[Changing the teaching of neurosurgery with information technology]

16 Sep 2009 A digital campus is a distance learning site that uses the potential of information and communication technologies to disseminate and improve educational services. This website, with open and free access, is built from free software with Web 2.0 ... Read more...

Implementing the virtual reality learning environment: Second Life.

29 Jun 2009 Today, faculty members are challenged to find meaningful learning activities that enhance online nursing education. Second Life is an innovative Internet-based strategy that may be used to engage students in active learning. The authors discuss how ... Read more...

Training tomorrow's anatomists today: a partnership approach.

29 Apr 2009 Anatomy is recognized to play a central role in the education and training of clinicians, healthcare professionals, and scientists. However, in recent years, the perceived decline in popularity of anatomy has led to a deficiency in the numbers of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Education, Distance - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Changing the teaching of neurosurgery with information technology] 16 Sep 2009
• Implementing the virtual reality learning environment: Second Life. 29 Jun 2009
• Training tomorrow's anatomists today: a partnership approach. 29 Apr 2009
• Practitioner preceptors: a shortage of willing mentors. 29 Apr 2009
• Placing learning needs in context: distance learning for clinical officers in Tanzania. 30 Mar 2009
• An innovative model improving success at university for regional Australians suffering educational and social disadvantage. 24 Mar 2009
• Creating simulation communities of practice: an international perspective. 27 Feb 2009
• Building an online community to support nurse education. 27 Feb 2009
• Distance learning works when gas and airfares skyrocket. 27 Feb 2009
• Peds PLACE: quality continuing medical education in Arkansas. 27 Feb 2009
• Education, staffing reforms urged to equip nurses to use IT. Group proposes ways to give RNs more skills, more say on technology. 27 Feb 2009
• Degrees of confidence. Interview by Liz Clark. 27 Feb 2009
• Class size as related to the use of technology, educational practices, and outcomes in Web-based nursing courses. 30 Dec 2008
• Baccalaureate nursing students' information technology competence--agency perspectives. 30 Dec 2008
• Preparing for CNE certification: a journey to excellence. 30 Dec 2008
• Increase participation in your local chapter using technology. 30 Dec 2008
• Web 2.0 tools in medical and nursing school curricula. 30 Dec 2008
• Nursing graduate supervision of theses and projects at a distance: issues and challenges. 15 Dec 2008
• Innovation and technological interaction at the School of Nursing-USP. 29 Nov 2008
• Doctoral education from a distance. 29 Nov 2008

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Technical information about 'Education, Distance'

Definition: Education via communication media (correspondence, radio, television, computer networks) with little or no in-person face-to-face contact between students and teachers. (ERIC Thesaurus, 1997)

Descriptor UI: D020375

Alternative terms: Education, Distance; Distance Education; Distance Learning; Learning, Distance; Correspondence Courses; Correspondence Course; Course, Correspondence;

Related Mesh Headings: Computer Communication Networks;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I02.195;

History Note: 99; for CORRESPONDENCE COURSES see EDUCATION 1978-98

Technical Notes: do not confuse with COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION