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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Learning

Principle-Based Technology and Learning Environment Design for Managing Growing Demand for Digital Learning Content

January 1, 2003

Technology that supports and enhances learner-centered practices is a key theme and an important research area for the NLII and one of the reasons Margaret Haughey, editor of the Journal of Distanc…

NLII Spring 2003 Focus Session: Next-Generation Course Management Systems

January 1, 2003

This article describes the NLII 2003 Spring Focus Session, Next-Generation Course Management Systems, which took place in Tucson, Arizona on March 7, 2003. …

Putting the Learner at the Center: Next-Generation Innovation Emphasizes Enabling Learning in Classrooms and E-Learning Environments

January 1, 2003

Learner-centered practices are instructional design and teaching practices that are based on what we know about learning and cognition. Such practices encourage meaningful learning and create envir…

Student-Centered Learning: A Personal Journal

May 27, 2003

Putting students at the center of the learning environment requires a shift from an emphasis on content to teaching students how to be lifelong learners. This research bulletin illustrates ways t…

Notes from the Field: A Year in the Life of an NLII Fellow

January 1, 2003

An NLII paper discussing the process of being an NLII Fellow. An NLII paper discussing the process of being an NLII Fellow. …

eArmyU: Early Lessons from a Grand Experiment in Online Learning

October 15, 2002

eArmyU, which has brought over 30,000 students online in 20 months, provides a unique opportunity for insight into e-learning. eArmyU provides participating soldier-students with anytime, anywher…

Lens on the Future: Open-Source Learning

January 1, 2002

Can higher education institutions use the open-source model as they come to terms with the changing academic landscape - as they work to integrate technology across content areas and scrutinize the…

The Changing Definition of Learning

January 1, 1994

Society's expectations about what students need to learn and how they will learn it are driving certain fundamental changes in education itself. The big difference now is who is learning and w…

Computing As Performance Art

January 1, 1995

To an "expert," the computer is never really broken. To an "expert," the computer is never really broken. …

The Promise and the Peril: An interview with author Don Tapscott

January 1, 1995

Author Don Tapscott holds a cautionary view of the digital economy. Author Don Tapscott holds a cautionary view of the digital economy. …