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African Professors Learn Online How to Teach Online

The course teaches professors at the University of Namibia, in Africa, about how to use technology and the Internet in teaching. It focuses on such issues as online grading and testing, in addition to surveying the different types of learning resources that are available online. Students are also briefed in the basics of instructional design.

Louisiana universities receive added state funding

The Louisiana State Legislature approved a measure June 18 that could expand Louisiana State University’s technological environment.

Making Cyberspace Collaboration in Science, Medicine, Education, and Business Succeed: Researchers Offer Insights

As research, commerce and industry become increasingly global endeavors, the need to collaborate effectively has never never been greater. And as the technology that allows collaboration over distance and time improves, the “collaboratory”—a virtual center where people in different locations work together as easily as if they were all in the same place—is gaining appeal […]

The University of Maine Summer Session

The University of Maine Summer Session is offering over 600 courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Courses offered through the University’s traditional “May Term” are also included under Session 1 & Session 2. The Summer Session will also offer many independent study opportunities, special projects and cooperative education field experiences.

Arizona Approves Online Masters And Doctoral Program For School Administrators

Minneapolis, June 22 – The Arizona State Board for Private Post-Secondary Education today announced that Capella University’s online program satisfies the educational component required by the state to apply for certification to serve as a principal or superintendent. The announcement makes Arizona the first state to formally recognize an online degree in education administration in […]

New Computer-Based CLEP Exams Provide Instant Scores and Flexible Testing Schedules

CLEP College Credit Program Also Saves Students Time and Tuition

COLUMN: E-cheating a two-edged sword

Talk about a paper chase. Two teaching assistants turned cyber-sleuth at the end of Spring Quarter, scouring the Internet’s seamy underbelly to find out whether students had plagiarized parts of their final papers for Prof. Axel Mueller’s Introduction to Philosophy class.

NYUonline Announces ‘Train The Trainer’ Certificate Program

NYUonline recently announced it will open four new sections of its highly successful `Train The Trainer’ program, a workshop for online corporate instructors. The sessions will begin July 10th and will lead to the Certificate in Online Corporate Instruction, which is being jointly developed by NYUonline and NYU’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies, the […]

Department of Education Selects University of Phoenix to Participate in Distance Education Demonstration Program

Phoenix, Arizona, June 27, 2001 — Apollo Group, Inc., (Nasdaq: APOL and UOPX) announced its subsidiary, the University of Phoenix, has been selected to participate in the Department of Education’s Distance Education Demonstration Program. Selection to participate in this program is an exciting opportunity for the University of Phoenix to demonstrate effective distance education delivery […]

An Online Course Covers Mathematics Needed for Computer Science

“Discrete Mathematics for Computing” University of Maryland University College