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Online college degree brings down Tulane business instructor

Wayne del Corral, an instructor at Tulane’s A.B. Freeman School of Business, got a degree from Lacrosse University, an institution which moved to Bay St. Louis, Miss., after it was unable to gain accreditation from any agency recognized by the Louisiana Department of Education.Read the Full Story

Care2Learn Online Courses Gains NCCAP Approval for Activities Professionals in 2004

Bradenton, FL (PRWEB) August 2, 2004 — Care2Learn’s Accreditation team has received approval from the National Certification Council for Activities Professionals (NCCAP) to accredit its Activities Professional library, presently at 84 hours of coursework and growing.Read the Full Story

Wyoming: School scores available online

Wyoming’s schools were recently added to the nationwide School Information Partnership Web site, which compiles academic achievement facts. The site’s goal is to list schools in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., by the end of the year. Read the Full Story

Online Discussions and Perceived Learning

Currently, both asynchronous learning courses and some primarily face-to-face courses at New Jersey Institute of Technology require online discussions. Does this requirement improve the students’ perceived learning?Read the Full Story

DOD [Department of Defense] Needs to Develop Performance Goals and Metrics for Advanced Distributed Learning in Professional Military Education

Without clear goals and an effective process for evaluating the results of ADL application, DOD cannot ensure that its program is achieving an appropriate return on investment and other goals.Read the Full Story

MAILBOX U.: After Louisiana cracked down on diploma mills , several distance-learning institutions moved to Mississippi, where they continue to churn out degrees.

Nevertheless, the institution crops up on the résumés of thousands of people, though not always to the enhancement of their careers.Read the Full Story

New online school halfway in reaching enrollment goal

Connections Academy, an online charter school approved through the San Diego Unified School District last spring, is recruiting students in four Southern California counties. On Saturday, one of the school’s two principals will be in Fallbrook and Oceanside to recruit students for the kindergarten through eighth-grade program. Read the Full Story

Beyond Boundaries: Weaving E-Learning into the Higher Education Mainstream

A few years ago e-learning began quietly in the corners of institutions, usually in the divisions of distance or continuing education. Before long it moved into the spotlight as a growing population of adult and technology-savvy students demanded more. Suddenly the boundaries were too small and e-learning started to weave into the core fabric of […]

For some students, a virtual school seems virtually perfect

Heather Drake tried public schools, parochial schools and home schooling. She was hurt by another student at the public school, hid underneath her desk at the parochial school, and fell behind in reading while home-schooled.Read the Full Story

GSELearning Software Announces Free E-Learning Trial Offer

Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) July 29, 2004 — GSELearning Software, a Buffalo, New York, developer of custom multimedia eLearning solutions, announced today that it is providing a free trial of its ELearning Artisan application.Read the Full Story