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Online IT Education Comes to Central Carolina Technical College Through Magellan University Partnership

TUCSON, Ariz. — Online Information-Technology instruction has come to Central Carolina Technical College, a two-year, fully accredited institution serving four South Carolina counties. Through a new academic partnership with Magellan University, one of the oldest fully online educational institutions (magellan.edu), CCTC Continuing Education has begun offering Internet-based courses toward certification in: MCSE Windows 2000 (certification […]

Prometheus Selected to Deliver Online Course Management For United States Open University

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prometheus — a community-based, open architecture software platform that meets the online infrastructure needs of educational institutions and is backed by George Washington University — announced today that it has partnered with United States Open University to continue the expansion of the highly successful Open University UK distance-learning program into the United […]

VCampus Enrollment Rose 106 Percent for Higher Education Programs in 2000

RESTON, Va.– VCampus Corporation (Nasdaq:VCMP – news), the leading provider of end-to-end e-Learning solutions, today announced that enrollment in its Higher Education Division during 2000 jumped 106 percent over 1999 enrollment. The growth resulted from VCampus’ acquisition of new customers as well as increasing enrollment among existing customers. “The division’s growth is directly attributable to […]

Senate Fails to Form Fathom Committee

When the University Senate’s subcommittee on Fathom.com issued its report to the full Senate body last month, its members urged the Senate to form another committee to examine the broader issue of online learning. At Friday’s meeting, the task of establishing that committee proved harder than anyone had expected.

ePartners Program Benefits Local Companies, Hundreds of Students

In todays technology-driven market, one of the biggest challenges facing companies is finding and recruiting the best and brightest tech-savvy employees. For recent university graduates with degrees in computer science, the obstacle is finding a company that provides the best opportunities. Both of these challenges are being met through a university-industry partnership at North Carolina […]

Western Governors University Reports Great Progress

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Western Governors University (WGU) delivered an update on its progress over the past year to its Board of Trustees today at their quarterly board meeting hosted by WGU corporate partner America Online in Dulles, Virginia. The online, distance education university that offers competency-based degree programs at the associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s levels […]

Ten Complete Certificate In Educational Technology

Ten of Penn State’s World Campus students recently earned the distinction of becoming “first” in their field. These students, all of whom are professional teachers or educational administrators, were the first to complete a pioneering series of courses that are redefining the way that learning takes place. These educator-students experienced firsthand the latest developments in […]

Innovative Teachers Honored For Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Washington, DC — Two community college professors whose creative use of technology has enhanced learning for disabled, non-traditional and pre-college-aged students have been selected as leaders in their field for 2001. The two will receive the first-ever David R. Pierce Faculty Technology Award, sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation in cooperation with the American Association of […]

What Matters in Judging Distance Teaching? Not How Much It’s Like a Classroom Course

Barbara B. Lockee, an assistant professor of instructional technology at Virginia Tech, is an instructor in a graduate program on how to teach at a distance. The classes are held both face to face and — not surprisingly — at a distance. She says that trying to judge the quality of a distance course by […]

Duke adds distance learning

(U-WIRE) DURHAM, N.C. — As Duke University finds more ways to integrate technology into its teaching philosophy, the University continues to explore Duke’s role in the distance-learning market. With successes in the School of Nursing and the Fuqua School of Business, officials are trying to expand online learning throughout the University.