Melbourne axes campuses
Job losses could not be ruled out and some students who wanted a rural education in a country setting would inevitably be disappointed, vice-chancellor Kwong Lee Dow told the HES. Read the Full Story
Archive for the ‘Higher Education’ Category
Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh Receive Multimillion-Dollar Grant From NSF To Create Center Focusing on the Science of Learning
PITTSBURGH—The National Science Foundation has awarded Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh a five-year, $25 million grant to establish the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center (PSLC), which will sponsor rigorous research into how people learn and, based on what they find, develop technologies and approaches to teaching that will foster consistently high achievement […]
Tri-school pact to put ‘university’ online
The regents will vote on a new version of the potentially multimillion-dollar plan, tentatively called Arizona Regents’ University, at its next meeting.Read the Full Story
South University Announces Launch of Online Bachelor of Science Degree in Healthcare Management
SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ — South University is now offering an online bachelor of science degree in healthcare management and is now accepting applications for classes starting in January 2004. Read the Full Story
High school dropouts plunge into college
The students are dropping out, getting their general equivalency diplomas, or GEDs, and beginning college.Read the Full Story
NMSU-A [New Mexico State University-Alamogordo] gets millions in grants
A Title V Federal Coop Grant bringing $1,552,342 will enable NMSU-A to put enough of its courses on-line to let students receive their associate’s degrees in general studies entirely through working on the Internet.Read the Full Story
UWS [University of Wisconsin-Superior] offers master’s education courses online
By recently putting some courses online and changing the schedule for others, the UWS Teacher Education Department made it possible for students to earn either a master’s of education in writing or in instruction in two years of online work and two summers of on-campus study.Read the Full Story
Integrated Solutions to E-Learning Implementation: Models, Structures and Practices at Trinity Western University
The development of this perpetual learning infrastructure has necessitated the resolution of four key issues in online learning: ownership and control of online educational products; curricular quality and mission-compatibility of online educational products; service to and satisfaction of learners in the online educational realm; and enterprise-wide integration of online education at all levels of TWU […]
Faculty Training for Online Teaching
While 89% of the participants in this research received at least some training, about half said that the training they received did not adequately prepare them to teach online. In addition, 60% said that they would have benefited from more training in facilitating online interaction before they began teaching online.Read the Full Story
Prepared to Teach Online? Perspectives of Faculty in the University of North Carolina System
The purpose of this study was to ascertain if university faculty in the University of North Carolina System are receiving sufficient training and support in developing an online distance education curriculum. Read the Full Story