By Jirapan Boonnoon
The Nation 13 May 2010
University studies are no longer limited to learning within the classroom "box". Students are encouraged to think "outside the box", and to study and access knowledge via new innovative technologies.
Students at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC), for example, are now able to pursue their studies through cloud computing, thanks to Microsoft (Thailand)'s provision of a Hybrid Learning 2.0 system in a cooperative deal with the university.
UTCC president Chiradet Ousawat said the system adopted Microsoft's cloud-computing technology (or software-plus-services) to build a digital-learning community. Microsoft and the university now plan to enhance educational standards and transform the classroom experience by making it easier than ever before for students and teachers to communicate through online communities.
He said that the university currently provided 334 courseware programs for e-learning over the Internet. It expects next year to lift this number to 500 e-learning courseware programs, or 80 per cent of UTCC's total courseware.
The university is also implementing a student-response system called My Choice Clicker. It will allow students to question or respond to their teachers via a My Choice Clicker tag, using radio-frequency identification technology and a My Choice Clicker application installed on mobile computers.
A My Choice Clicker application is also being developed for mobile phones. This will enable students to communicate with their teachers via mobile phones equipped with wireless technology by the end of this year.
The next step will be to extend the My Choice Clicker application to recently-released iPad devices.
Microsoft (Thailand)'s managing director Patama Chantaruck said that under an agreement with UTCC, Microsoft was offering some of its online software applications and services to students and teachers free of charge, including Microsoft DreamSpark, Microsoft BizSpark, Microsoft WebsiteSpark, Microsoft Imagine Cup and MSNDAA.
She said Microsoft had developed a fully digital approach to learning within an interactive learning environment with cloud-based services, so that students could work efficiently from any location with a wireless Internet connection.
This means using the cloud to make it easier for students to both access and share the information they need with their peers and teachers via a three-screens concept, comprising PCs, internet browsers and mobile phones. Using any of these access points, students can obtain course materials and interact with teachers and classmates anywhere and anytime, she said. Course materials can also be downloaded with a teacher's personal guidelines for studying by themselves anytime they want.
Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/05/13/technology/Learning-out-of-the-box-30129199.html
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10 อันดับ Social Media ยอดนิยมในไทย
โดย : กรุงเทพธุรกิจออนไลน์
สิบอันดับสุดยอด Social Media ที่ได้รับความนิยมในประเทศไทย ประจำเดือนกุมภาพันธ์ 2010
1.Facebook (Social Network)
2.Youtube (Video Sharing)
3.Hi5 (Social Network)
4.Blogger (Blog)
5.Wikipedia (Wiki)
6.shared (File Sharing)
7.mediafire (File Sharing)
8.exteen (Blog)
9.bloggang (Blog)
10.multiply (Blog & Photo Sharing)
จากข้อมูลข้างต้น จะเห็นว่าคนไทยนิยมใช้ Social Network, Video Sharing, Blog, Wiki และ File Sharing เป็นส่วนใหญ่ โดยมีผู้ให้บริการ blog สัญชาติไทยอย่าง exteen และ bloggang สอดแทรกติด top 10 ได้ด้วย ต้องขอปรบมือให้ และถ้าใครแอบสงสัยว่า twitter อยู่อันดับเท่าไหร่ ขอแอบกระซิบเบา ๆ ว่า twitter ตามมาอยู่ที่อันดับ 11 เลยทำให้ตกชาร์ต top 10 ไปอย่างน่าเสียดาย แต่ก็ต้องจับตามองให้ใกล้ชิดเช่นเดียวกัน
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New Study: Online Education up 17% to 4.6 Million
Annual Survey Shows Recession, Influenza among Factors Driving Growth
(Wellesley, MA) – The 2009 Sloan Survey of Online Learning reveals that enrollment rose by nearly 17 percent from a year earlier. The survey of more than 2,500 colleges and universities nationwide finds approximately 4.6 million students were enrolled in at least one online course in fall 2008, the most recent term for which figures are available.
“Online enrollments in U.S. higher education show no signs of slowing,” said study co-author Jeff Seaman, Co-Director of the Babson Survey Research Group at Babson College. “More than one out of four college and university students now take at least one course online.”
The seventh annual survey, a collaborative effort between the Babson Survey Research Group, the College Board and the Sloan Consortium, is the leading barometer of online learning in the United States. The complete survey report, “Learning on Demand: Online Education in the United States, 2009” is available on the Sloan Consortium Web site, www.sloanconsortium.org . The report includes a detailed analysis of the factors driving the growth in online education.
"Online education continues to establish itself as demand remains strong and new applications materialize, such as contingency planning for campus emergencies," said Frank Mayadas, special advisor, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. "We believe demand will fuel sustained growth especially within public universities and community colleges, raising the need to share research, optimal methods for faculty training, and other best practices to new levels of importance." The survey is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
The Babson Survey Research Group in the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurial Research at Babson College conducts regional, national, and international research projects, including survey design, sampling methodology, data integrity, statistical analyses and reporting.
The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the association is composed of more than 5,700 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational organizations. The College Board is committed to the principles of excellence and equity, and that commitment is embodied in all of its programs, services, activities, and concerns. Visit www.collegeboard.org .
The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) is an institutional and professional leadership organization dedicated to integrating online education into the mainstream of higher education, helping institutions and individual educators improve the quality, scale, and breadth of online education. Sloan-C supports the collaborative sharing of knowledge and effective practices to improve online education in learning effectiveness, access, affordable for learners and providers, and student and faculty satisfaction.
(Wellesley, MA) – The 2009 Sloan Survey of Online Learning reveals that enrollment rose by nearly 17 percent from a year earlier. The survey of more than 2,500 colleges and universities nationwide finds approximately 4.6 million students were enrolled in at least one online course in fall 2008, the most recent term for which figures are available.
“Online enrollments in U.S. higher education show no signs of slowing,” said study co-author Jeff Seaman, Co-Director of the Babson Survey Research Group at Babson College. “More than one out of four college and university students now take at least one course online.”
The seventh annual survey, a collaborative effort between the Babson Survey Research Group, the College Board and the Sloan Consortium, is the leading barometer of online learning in the United States. The complete survey report, “Learning on Demand: Online Education in the United States, 2009” is available on the Sloan Consortium Web site, www.sloanconsortium.org . The report includes a detailed analysis of the factors driving the growth in online education.
"Online education continues to establish itself as demand remains strong and new applications materialize, such as contingency planning for campus emergencies," said Frank Mayadas, special advisor, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. "We believe demand will fuel sustained growth especially within public universities and community colleges, raising the need to share research, optimal methods for faculty training, and other best practices to new levels of importance." The survey is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
The Babson Survey Research Group in the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurial Research at Babson College conducts regional, national, and international research projects, including survey design, sampling methodology, data integrity, statistical analyses and reporting.
The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the association is composed of more than 5,700 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational organizations. The College Board is committed to the principles of excellence and equity, and that commitment is embodied in all of its programs, services, activities, and concerns. Visit www.collegeboard.org .
The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) is an institutional and professional leadership organization dedicated to integrating online education into the mainstream of higher education, helping institutions and individual educators improve the quality, scale, and breadth of online education. Sloan-C supports the collaborative sharing of knowledge and effective practices to improve online education in learning effectiveness, access, affordable for learners and providers, and student and faculty satisfaction.
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