Premier Portal for Professionals Since 1995, Covering Technology-Based Education
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would allow faculty members to use many of the same copyrighted works in online courses that they’ve long been allowed to use in traditional ones.
As colleges confront a new century, many of their leaders have proclaimed distance learning the wave of the future. Last year, for instance, a high-tech entrepreneur pledged $100 million to begin an “Ivy League-quality” university on the Internet, free of charge. Harvard University is not immune to the trend: this year the business school decided […]
The challenge seemed daunting. Plan an intensive three-week seminar on computer-supported collaborative learning for 48 faculty members of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) in Mexico. And, do it in only five weeks. It proved to be another routine assignment for Dr. Paul E. Resta, professor of curriculum & instruction and director […]
At least 35 states now have a virtual university or other statewide organization to deliver or promote distance education, according to a regularly updated list maintained by the Instructional Telecommunications Council.
SALT LAKE CITY – June 13, 2001 – Western Governors University (WGU) announced today that the online, competency-based universiuation Report for the DETC. DETC then sent out a team of national evaluators to conduct an onsite review of the University’s operations. Based on this review process and the team’s report to the Accrediting Commission, WGU […]
NASA head Daniel S. Goldin predicted that MIT graduates will produce the next technological revolution; a graduate from Kenya received his degree with three mothers looking on; and Al Gore virtually appeared at a class reunion. June 13, 2001
(Salt Lake City, UT – June 13, 2001) Terry Hamm of Anchorage, Alaska will receive her Associate of Arts Degree from Western Governors University on Monday, June 18. Alaska Lt. Governor Fran Ulmer will make the diploma presentation at a ceremony in the Anchorage Governors office. Terry is the first Alaska student to receive a […]
OpenMind Publishing Group, a collaborative publishing service, and Britannica.com Inc., creator of high-quality digital products for reference, education and learning, have inked a deal to share existing content and develop new co-branded content for both the higher education and the secondary education markets.
Less than a year after its launch, Canadian Virtual University-Universit virtuelle canadienne (CVU-UVC) has expanded to include three new partners, 500 additional courses, and 50 more credential programs. The expansion makes it a truly national and bilingual university consortium giving all Canadians easy access to a university education, regardless of location. CVU is an innovative […]
Chris Handley has been promoted to executive director of Information Technology Systems and Services (ITSS), effective immediately. The announcement was made by Randy Livingston, vice president for business affairs and chief financial officer.