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Collegis forms new company to invest and provide services for online program development

December 3, 2003(Hinsdale, Ill. — December 3, 2003) — Collegis, the nation’s leading independent services provider to higher education, announces the formation of Collegis University Solutions to address the growing market demand for online education.Collegis University Solutions, presently a wholly-owned subsidiary of Collegis, will provide capital and services to post-secondary institutions for the rapid development […]

The Other Semi-Virtual Team: Using Collaborative Technologies to Facilitate Student Team Projects

Though students may assemble in one location for “traditional” classroom-based learning, time and distance may create challenges as students attempt to fulfill requirements associated with large scale team projects.Read the Full Story

First-ever UN university diploma offered to grads of online water-management course

In an effort to help raise the quality of water management expertise worldwide, the United Nations University has authorized for the first time in its 26-year history a diploma to be granted to global graduates of a unique new online training program called the “UN Water Virtual Learning Center.” Read the Full Story

Enroll online for classes: Hartnell College Begins Service Next Week; Students can print out their schedules

In the past, students had to call from a touch-tone phone or wait in long lines to register for classes. Now, students can use the Internet to click their way onto class rosters and print out their schedules when they’re done.Read the Full Story

Kentucky Job Corps students to benefit from Kentucky Adult Education partnership with U.S. Department of Labor

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 21, 2003) – Nearly 4,000 at-risk youth ages 16-24 can now go online for academic coursework, GED preparation, and career training 24 hours a day through a partnership between Kentucky Adult Education and the Kentucky Job Corps of the U.S. Department of Labor.Read the Full Story

Exclusive Interview With Dr. Melody Thompson, Director Of The American Center For The Study Of Distance Education

This past Summer, Michael G. Moore founder of the Center and its Director since its inception in 1986 passed the baton to Melody Thompson as the new Center Director. I conducted an online interview with Dr. Thompson about the past, present and future of the Center. Farhad Saba, Ph. DCEO, Distance-Educaotr.comRead the Full Story

Thirty-two Trends Affecting Distance Education: An Informed Foundation for Strategic Planning

This article provides decision makers with 32 trends that affect distance learning and thus enable them to plan accordingly. The trends are organized into categories as they pertain to students and enrollment, faculty members, academics, technology, the economy, and distance learning. All the trends were identified during an extensive review of current literature in the […]

Trends for Distance Education: Getting the Big Picture for the Coming Decade

Distance education has been described as a disruptive technology—an innovation that, while initially posing no threat to established institutions, over time challenges conventional practices and contributes to new ways of thinking (Archer, Garrison, & Anderson, 1999). I agree with this assessment. Distance education has already become more than an alternative form of delivery.Read the Full […]

Students Perceptions of the Value of On-Line Instruction

Students who chose to use WebCT did so to access course materials and for e-mail connectivity reasons. Tools and activities preferred were accessing class materials and posting to the bulletin board. The majority of the participants indicated that on-line courses should be continued.Read the Full Story

Supporting Faculty in the Design and Structuring of Web-based Courses

Introduction “The really truly hard part to web-based course design is in content design. A reasonably competent computer professional can provide chat facilities, threaded discussion lists, web pages, on-line registration, etc. But the core of on-line course materials will have to be determined by experts in the field working with experts in distance education delivery.” […]