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Lay people interested in a ministerial career will have at least one more local educational opportunity this year when a distance-learning program affiliated with Loyola University New Orleans starts in October.Read the Full Story
Future of Online College Degrees Discussed Among University Leaders at NECC 2005 ConferenceDrexel University hosted a session at the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) 2005 conference titled “Online College Degree Programs: Current and Future Issues.â€Read the Full Story
The job market is becoming more and more complicated as companies no longer guarantee lifetime employment, forcing employees to be constantly on the lookout for better opportunities and higher salaries.Read the Full Story
Program Expands to 150 Universities Around the Globe; IBM Connects Generation Y With Baby Boomers to Train the Mainframe Experts of the 21st CenturyRead the Full Story
The purpose of this case study was to analyze the characteristics of an online learning community from the perspectives of 18 adult learners all of whom completed an online master�s degree program in instructional design and technology. This program was taught at a distance using the Blackboard.com e-learning system. Several program characteristics supported meaningful learning […]
Monday, July 11, 2005 — Just seven months old, USC’s Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Technology Commercialization has already begun enrolling students, undergraduate and graduate, for innovative multidisciplinary programs in engineering entrepreneurship. Venture capitalist and USC alumnus Mark Stevens funded SITeC with a $22 million gift announced November 11, 2004. In the short time […]
AbstractAsynchronous discussion allows students to read and respond “out-of-time.” This form of online discussion, as experienced in a college literacy course, creates a text of talk that has the potential to be reflective given the freedom participants have in their response time. However, students often struggle with reflection. Instructors need to structure discussion online so […]
A system designed to cope with a growing volume of assignments has lowered costs, reduced errors, and increased satisfaction of students and facultyRead the Full Story
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – A regional accreditation agency will have a say over whether the University of Southern Mississippi offers casino management classes, says USM President Shelby Thames.Read the Full Story
A longtime administrator within the State University of New York system has taken over as interim president of Excelsior College as the search continues for a successor to former president C. Wayne Williams.