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Registrar’s office set to change ISIS

In order to improve the security of the system, the information required for log-in will switch from a four-digit PIN to a nine-character password. The password must contain at least one non-alphanumeric character, according to the Registrar’s Web site. Read the Full Article

SUNY online enrollment continues to swell

SLN’s enrollment has more than doubled in two years …Read the Full Article

Teaching and Learning Online: A Collaboration between U.S. and Taiwanese Students

To prepare U.S. preservice teachers for online teaching and reaching diverse learners and to provide English instruction to Taiwanese students, American and Taiwanese university students corresponded by e-mail. U.S. preservice teachers explored theory and practice of online instruction, corresponded as tutors to teach English language and American culture, and reflected on their experiences. Taiwanese students […]

OSU [Oregon State University] offers high school classes online

The program will offer a wide variety of courses that high school students can take for credit. From math and science to the language arts, students will have many options for classes. Read the Full Article

The case for patterns in online learning

Abstract: The current practice of online learning, especially at an institutional level, can be characterised as being complex and expensive with limited sharing of ideas and experience leading to a large amount of reinvention. Patterns, simple and elegant explanations which capture solutions that have developed and evolved over time, are abstractions being used to increase […]

More Than 2,700 Online Students Graduate in Person in Phoenix

Most college students think of graduation as a time for bidding fond farewells to the ivied bricks and musty corridors of their alma maters, and to their friends, faculty and study partners.Read the Full Article

Increasing Computer Use in Early Childhood Teacher Education: The Case of a “Computer Muddler”

Reform efforts have often succeeded in getting many teachers to experiment in modest ways with some aspects of those reforms, although often only temporarily, and have also provided some stellar and enduring examples of transformed teaching (e.g., Dunn, 2000). However, in a century of American educational reforms, “we can produce few, if any, examples of […]

West Virginia School of Nursing Selects Sonic Foundry to Enable New Web-based Distance Education Program

MADISON, WI – July 15, 2003 –Sonic Foundry® Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), a leading rich media solutions company, today announced West Virginia University School of Nursing has purchased two of its Mediasite Live™ real time rich media Web presentation systems for its distance education program. After a successful trial using Mediasite Live for select classes during […]

Stevens Offer 3 New High-Tech Master’s Online This Fall

“WebCampus has accelerated remarkably in just three years,” said Stevens Vice President Maureen Weatherall. “It now offers more than 160 online courses to over 2,500 students since it was first introduced.” Stevens’ online degree in cybersecurity offers advanced study in one of the most critical concerns today. The 10-course, online, instructor-led degree helps engineers and […]

College tuition likely to jump

Higher education leaders this week are set to adopt some of the priciest tuition rate hikes in a decade for California’s two public university systems. Read the Full Article