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Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System granted broad authority to launch new online education programs

New online college courses and programs now can be launched more quickly by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System because of new authority granted to the system to accredit its online programs. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System is the largest system in the country granted this level of accreditation authority by the […]

Institutional, Public and Individual Learning Dynamics of the Andy Holt Virtual Library

It also plays a resource role in UT’s New College and the Tennessee Governors School for the Humanities. This independent information source is linked to in key places to the Paul Meek Library on the UT Martin campus.Read the Full Story

The £62m challenges UKeU failed to meet

The £62m UKeU project was one of those big government ideas. The UK could trade on the reputation of its universities, attracting bright students from across the globe to study online.Read the Full Story

Future Chief Information Officers Hone Their Skills in Vancouver

SAP Canada was the proud sponsor of this year’s competition, awarding prizes totalling $10,000 for three winning teams.Read the Full Story

Exploration of an Online Case Study Model that Incorporates Critical Thinking Concepts: A Pilot Study

It is expected that the qualitative themes emerging from the discussions in the experimental groups will reflect the critical thinking framework. It is also expected that the two scoring quantitative measures will be significantly different between the experimental and control group.Read the Full Story

Continuing education student is USU’s Woman of the Year

But after graduating from high school, the Utah native married and now is the mother of four children. The young girl’s dream of being a doctor seemed out of reach. Read the Full Story

University aims for 2-tier system

A proposal put forward by the state Board of Regents president would have the state gaining two new public universities and would set up a regional university system in which tuitions could be lower, classes would be smaller and the faculty’s main job would be to teach, not do research.Read the Full Story

Sarhad University allowed to operate in Sindh

Sarhad University was established through an ordinance of the NWFP government in 2001.Read the Full Story

Making the Case: Research Efforts on Educational Technology

Clearly, the educational technology community must invest in research and evaluation studies to better guide the effective use of the investment, as well as to demonstrate to policy-makers the impact on teaching and learning.Read the Full Story

Putting the Distance Learning Comparison Study in Perspective: Its Role as Personal Journey Research

Currently, many research studies compare student grades or scores from an online course to a more traditional one, ignoring confounding variables, such as individual differences, and the impact of instructional design.Read the Full Story