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UW-Stout will offer course on people of North America

The course, titled “The Peoples of North America: Identity, Change and Relationships,” will be the first of its kind offered in the United States.Read the Full Story

Keeping the Horse Before the Cart: Penn State’s E-Portfolio Initiative

The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) has actively promoted e-portfolio use among undergraduate students at its University Park campus since May 2002. Read the Full Story

Penn State’s online MBA program graduates its first class

Members of the class will participate in Penn State’s graduation ceremony on Dec. 18.Read the Full Story

Instant Messaging – Collaborative Tool or Educator’s nightmare!

Students are more technology literate and Internet savvy than ever, and they use technology in ways that weren’t even thought of a decade ago. What impact does this have on educators today and for the future?Read the Full Story

Open And Distance Learning For Development

This guide gives the background to the initiative, explains the purpose of the VUSSC, describes how it will be created, details the conditions of participation, and clarifies the role of COL.Read the Full Story

CAMPUS : WSU students can study abroad in Madrid

Professor Marshall Zumberg from the College of Education said Madrid was chosen because of the diverse population and culture, as well as the importance of Spanish culture to the United States and increasingly, to the Detroit area. Read the Full Story

Tribal college to offer more degrees online

The new online degree programs are Health Information Technology, Elementary Education and Nutrition and Food Service.Read the Full Story

3D Online Learning Environments for Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security Training

This approach can provide a cost-effective means to provide large-scale training, using multi-user interaction in situated learning.Read the Full Story

First Students Receive Benefits of World Campus Fund

Recently, however, Louw had been forced to abandon or delay his educational progress because of a lack of finances to put toward tuition. But, thanks to a new World Campus Student Fund‹a scholarship fund supported voluntarily and entirely by numerous World Campus staff members‹Louw will be able to continue his studies. Read the Full Story

Student anger at courses threat

Three distance-learning courses at Exeter University are under threat – and students say closing theirs down would be a breach of “trust”. Read the Full Story