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“It’s no secret that the challenges of higher education are increasing. The question is, ‘Are we as educators poised to handle them?,’” says Dr. Laura Palmer Noone, president of University of Phoenix and keynote speaker during the event. “With the onset of diverse higher education options, now is the time for the industry to pause […]
Guinn said Tuesday that the online school “is an important resource to meet the growing demand for qualified teachers in Nevada.” He added that school aides who want to become certified teachers can access WGU’s online programs wherever they live and earn a degree.Read the Full Story
The aims of this survey were two-fold: firstly, to collect information on the current level of support for electronic-only journals to aid in collection development, and secondly, to ascertain whether a Virtual Periodicals Room is a viable alternative to the physical Reading Room for the Mathematics faculty.Read the Full Story
November 7, 2003 Red Deer College Announces Plans for Provincial Government Access Funding More students will be able to attend Red Deer College, and some will pay lower tuition as a result of grant funding from the provincial government that was announced earlier this year.Red Deer College will use funds obtained through the Access Fund […]
A first in mass-market paperback publishing, each book purchaser will have the opportunity to participate in a no-cost, seven-day, online, mini-M.B.A. course that corresponds with the first chapters of the 424-page book. Read the Full Story
Some common misconceptions about PSI are also addressed. PSI is presented as a helpful universally applicable set of instructional practices that are well suited to distance teaching and learning.Read the Full Story
Speaking in California at the annual EDUCAUSE meeting of thousands of information technology administrators from universities around the country, Penn State President Graham B. Spanier said the University has signed an agreement with Napster to launch a program in which Penn State will make Napster’s Premium Service available at no cost to its students.Read the […]
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the phenomenon of conceptual integration, and the unique challenges and opportunities of providing interdisciplinary study online in the context of conceptual integration. Read the Full Story
The parties have announced a strategic partnership which adds online-delivered Six Sigma Certifications to CSU`s non-credit course offerings. Six Sigma is a highly disciplined approach to decision making that helps people focus on improving processes and making business decisions that are driven by data, not by guesswork.Read the Full Story
More than 3,250 students are following the OUBS Professional Certificate and Diploma in Management in the Romanian language. Since 1999 a further 150 students a year have been studying the OUBS MBA in English.In 1993 a joint stock company, CODECS (Centre for Distance Education for a Civic Society), was formed to pioneer the use of […]