Non-traditional students take advantage of e-learning
So she has decided to take classes for the fall semester over the Internet rather than attend traditional on-campus courses at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno. Read The Full Article
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Sloan Foundation grants SUNY $100,000 for online learning
The funding will be used to host a national workshop on distance learning Sept. 24-27, at Lake George. Read The Full Article
Metropolitan State College of Denver Offers DVD Distance Learning 08.12.2002
The author and lecturer for the course is Dr. Herbert W. Stoughton, Head of the Surveying and Mapping Program. The DVD disk is accompanied with a four hundred twenty page set of lecture notes, which were prepared for the disk. Read The Full Article
Fresno State Awarded $5 Million to Expand Digital Campus Services
The grants from the U.S. Department of Education are targeted to “Hispanic Serving Institutions,” a designation Fresno State holds because approximately 33 percent of the university’s undergraduates are Hispanic. The $5 million will be spread over five years. “These grants will allow us to reach out to students in rural areas with more Web-based online […]
Course management software transforms higher education
But physical interaction with classmates is strictly optional. Read The Full Article
ONLINE U.
More than 60 percent of the nation’s new high school graduates went to college in the fall of 2001, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read The Full Article
Enrollment in distance-learning programs grows by leaps and bounds
It’s a consortium of public colleges and universities in Kentucky that provides the electronic infrastructure needed to facilitate online courses. Read The Full Article
Academic calls for UK e-learning standard
Professor Steve Molyneux is calling for the adoption of a national e-learning standard to allow study materials to work across learning management systems. Read The Full Article
Sending the e-teachers off to school
Professor Neil McLean, the pro vice-chancellor responsible for electronic learning at Macquarie University, in Sydney, should know. Read The Full Article
University wants bedrooms for office space
Office space is so inadequate at the University of Glamorgan in Pontypridd that up to five staff are being forced to share an office of less than 20 square metres in area. Read The Full Article