A Study On The Faculty Of Medicine & Dentistry At The University Of Alberta

On June 10, 2016, Employee & Management Relations (E&MR) and the UNC School of Dentistry Office of Human Resources (SOD HR) announced that they would be conducting a climate assessment of the Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) Program, a post-doctoral certificate program administered by the Department of Operative Dentistry in the UNC School of Dentistry. This assessment was in response to concerns that had been expressed by both current and exiting employees during individual meetings with SOD HR as well as in written exit interview surveys over the preceding six months. The concerns included alleged School of Dentistry attendance policy violations, deviations from established clinical protocols, and unprofessional behavior by staff and/or faculty.

For my journal entry I choose to read Online Higher Education’s Individualist Fallacy by Johann N. Neem. Johann Neem is a professor of history at Western Washington University and argues that there is a value in “Institutional culture” for the student that attends traditional classes on a college campus. According to Neem, institutional culture is important because learning is a social experience and depends on relationships since under the guidance of a professor a student will prosper, and be inspired by the energy in the classroom setting. Neem also states that professors are able to adapt easily to the needs of the students that are present in the classroom versus those who attend online. Neem, contends that distance learning undercuts institutional learning due to the fact that students are not fully engaged with their professors and can miss out

With the goals of contributing to the understanding of distance education, professional practices, and their own learning within an online and distance environment, students in MDDE 601 participate in a series of online discussions. In this brief essay I will compare a sample set of my own MDDE 601 discussion posts against a provided grading rubric, in order to assess the functional and substantive qualities of my posts, as well as my engagement with the course content and fellow students.

Bates, A. (2005). Technology, e-learning and distance education (2nd Ed.), London; New York: Rout ledge.

Learning online is a unique experience and it has provided myself as a learner with a new and extensive learning environment. Prior to beginning my academic studies at Swinburne University, I had previously study a number of units online through another institute, so when arriving here I had an idea of what online learning entailed. Prior to beginning my academic studies, and in particular, I had previously read a myriad of sources online, and although I considered that I was able to determine what was fact or fiction, I had never realised how important it was for information to be evaluated. In the study conducted by

The editors at the International Journal on Innovation in Online Education are excited with the publication of this first issue. Each issue will include articles that address cutting edge and innovations currently in use at institutes of higher education among online educators across a variety of professional disciplines. For those of you who may not be familiar with the term “stream” or “stream editor”, our editors-in-chief explain: The concept of a stream is based on the idea of a rapidly flowing stream of knowledge about an area in online education. Stream editors select streams based on insights to the field, observed need, and reader interest”. I would like to introduce myself as the stream editor for nursing. In this issue, you will find information on how an immersive virtual environment was incorporated into an undergraduate community health nursing course to teach student how to conduct a windshield survey and other community health

Boyd, D. (2004). The characteristics of successful online students. New Horizons in Distance Education, 18(2), 31-39.

Tom Gilman, an academic librarian at Yale University, composes the article, “Combating Myths About Distance Education,” in the February 2010 edition of Chronicle of Higher Education. Gilman focuses all of his ideas onto what people currently misbelieve about online education, and then, contributes information that could provide evidence that online education is still a challenge and beneficial to students and faculty. He initially informs his audience on the type of difficulties that professors could have if they come from just physical classroom teaching styles such as, “changing the schedule of what is to be covered and altering assignment deadlines can cause chaos” (102). Gilman decides before this statement that teachers in physical classrooms

Learning can be a difficult task to anyone who wants to expand his or her knowledge. With the help of online schools, learning has stepped into a new environment that is growing rapidly. Secondary education is now possible for students who want to complete his or her degree online. This might not necessarily be the ideal education for some students but it is perfect for others. A student in an online school must learn to use his educational skills and tools to ensure that he or she receives the maximum benefits of college online. This Student Survival Guide will help all online

Non-traditional students are finding it easier and easier to maintain a job, a family, and pursuing a college career at the same time. This is possible because more and more non-traditional students are receiving an education using distance learning, as opposed to traditional, in-the-classroom teaching. Distance learning is basically taking college level, credit-bearing courses via the Internet. One of the most obvious advantages of distance learning is that it puts the classroom in your home, office, or wherever you can find a computer and log on to the Internet. However, there is much controversy regarding the quality of the courses being offered on the Internet versus the quality of

The following paper provides an comprehensive analysis of interviews conducted on June 19, 2016 and June 22, 2016, with Dr. William (Bill) Pepicello, the former President of University of Phoenix, one of the leading for-profit distance education institutions in the United States. Dr. Pepicello’s distinguished career in higher education, and especially his tenure at University of Phoenix, made him a prime candidate for this interview, which centered on the topics of leadership and management with respect to the past, present, and future of distance education. His responses demonstrated a vast knowledge of the growing field as well as the importance of leadership and management for it to thrive in the 21st century. His experience and

As a current online student, having to conduct research on a given topic is always excited. It is a strong, and sufficient way to be an active participant in the learning community, and a great way to get involved in one’s own studies. Being an online student is a very different situation from being a face-to-face student.

College course completion can occur anywhere and in any space. Preference of online learning has become the norm for over 25% of students enrolled in an online courses at the undergraduate and postsecondary level (Young, & Bruce, 2011; Elaine Allen, & Seaman, 2007). Diverse distant education options (online course programs, e-learning programs), have presented challenges for both students and instructors, leading to extensive research on the tenets of what constitutes quality learning in the differing virtual settings (Boling, Hough, Krinsky, Saleem, & Stevens, 2012; Oncu, & Cakir, 2011). The increase of dropout rates across community colleges and universities has compelled the review of instructional practices in online settings (Lee, & Choi, 2011;2010; Xu, D., & Jaggars, 2013).

Education has undergone significant changes because of the development of information and communication technology over the 21st century (Lin & Jou, 2012:2). As a convenient and inexpensive way to gain knowledge while pursuing higher education, online learning, a form of training or teaching that takes place over the Internet, has been considered as an alternative to traditional classroom learning (Zhang et al, 2004). This essay will argue that even though online learning has benefit such as flexibility which could outweigh traditional learning, traditional classroom learning might still not be entirely replaced. This essay will discuss positive and negative aspects of online and traditional learning in terms of four criteria:

How can the functionality of computer learning be determined, however? One of the research approaches is to analyze, and collect data on the ability and efficiency of computer based learning. This is done by building a hypothetical Bachelor’s degree online with the tools and resources that are available. In order to accomplish determining efficiency, and availability of content to the public, the following criteria is tested: