Second Life for Faculty Development training

West Virginia University has joined Marshall in using Second Life to guide students through the campus and train
aspiring elementary education teachers. See Details at West Virginia U.

The New York Times as a Repository for Real Case Studies

An innovative way to bring into distance education a set of case studies has been developed by Professor Matt Cookson at the University of New Hampshire. Professor Cookson uses The New York Times as a vast learning repository posing real life dilemmas. The powerful search engines of this important newspaper help the students to track the chosen case. For the full story visit Inside HigherEd at:

insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/09/epsilen