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Online Education, Even At Harvard, Is Inadequate

At a recent round-table discussion with students, President Summers pledged to expand the for-credit distance education programs currently offered through the Harvard Extension School. Read the Full Story

Canyon College Launches Blog to Showcase Bachelor Masters and Doctorate Degrees

Distance learing institution launches web blog to showcase degrees ranging from bachelor, masters to doctorate programs.Read the Full Story

AT&T Inc. Signs on as Title Sponsor of UT System’s Transforming Texas Public Television Series

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 18, 2006–Programs to Air on Public Television Stations Across Texas, Highlighting Challenges and Opportunities Facing the State Being Addressed by the University of Texas SystemRead the Full Story

Harvard Distance Education Is A Valuable Initiative

Those who scoff at Harvard Extension School’s distance education program merely underscore their limited understanding of education today. Harvard College students are wrong to assume that Harvard Extension School students can’t get an equally great education online, outside the traditional classroom, as those who have the opportunity to study on campus. Read the Full Story

Cal Poly Continuing Education to Offer Thousands of New Online Courses

NewswireToday – /newswire/ – San Luis Obispo, CA, United States, 04/13/2006 – In response to online training course demand, Cal Poly Continuing Education has partnered with The eLearning Center to offer thousands of courses from some of the world’s top online providers.Read the Full Story

Baptist Colleges Online Provides Faith-Based School Directory

A 52-membered association of Baptist-related schools is getting a hand from a new website built for students that consider a faith-based college or university to be an important factor in their decision-making process.Read the Full Story

Students start turning to online law degree programs

Legal profession reluctant to accept validity of nontraditional law schoolsRead the Full Story

Oxford online learning project folds

An e-learning venture by Oxford University, with Yale and Stanford in the US, has folded after failing to attract enough students.Read the Full Story

Digital Game-Based Learning: Not Just the Digital Natives Who Are Restless

Richard Van Eck is Associate Professor at the University of North Dakota, where he has been the graduate director of the Instructional Design & Technology graduate program since 2004. He began his study of games with his dissertation in 1999 and has taught a graduate course in games and learning every year since 2001. Comments […]

RVC offers thousands of new online courses

ROCKFORD — Rock Valley College is offering thousands of new online courses through its partnership with The eLearning Center. Read the Full Story