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New Non-Credit Certificate to Serve the Aging

As part of their effort to meet this need, the University of Wisconsin Collaborative Online Gerontology Certificate (OGC) Program is preparing to launch a non-credit certificate this spring. Enrollment for the first four-week course, “Foundations of Gerontology” is expected to open late this fall with the course beginning in January 2004. Read the Full Story

University of Illinois Launching Several New Online Programs

Among the most anticipated are two undergraduate degree completion programs offered by the Springfield campus (UIS)- History and Computer Science. Read the Full Story

The Smithsonian Institution Introduces SmithsonianEducation.org Immediate access to the world’s largest collection of cultural materials

Site features include:Separate areas designed for educators, families, and studentsNearly 1,000 educational resources, searchable by grade, subject, and museumInteractive activities that engage students through rich graphics and animationLessons, activities, and teaching tools aligned with national education standards“The Smithsonian has always been one of our nation’s greatest educational and cultural destinations. Now, with the creation of […]

The Virtualization of University Education: Concepts, Strategies and Business Models

In this paper I contribute to the current debate on the adoption of virtual education practices at universities by proposing that there are three separate but related modes of educational virtualization: technological virtualization, geographical virtualization and organizational virtualization. I argue that while each type of virtualization can develop in its own right, independently of the […]

Virtual high schools mushroom

Juggling a packed schedule, the 17-year-old turned to cyberspace, joining a growing number of students nationwide logging into classes from the comforts of home. Read the Full Story

Advance placement classes prepare future collegians

Pennington’s a young man in an academic hurry. He started school this year as an honors student at Arizona State University with 39 college credits, which technically makes him a second-semester sophomore. But Pennington, 17, has a long educational road ahead of him, and he’s grateful for the jump-start Mahomet’s advanced placement – commonly called […]

CEO of Kentucky Virtual University resigns; interim named

Rabuzzi, who also serves as vice president for outreach for the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, will work through Sept. 15. Read the Full Story

Heritage College to offer UW online courses

The two-year agreement, effective this fall quarter, allows Heritage students to enroll in UW Extension certificate programs or courses in web technology essentials, web administration, internet programming and C++ programming.These distance learning programs will be taught by UW instructors, but Heritage will award students academic credit for their work. Students will study online, communicating with […]

Shopping period fiascos are fixable

The University’s task every year seems to be to balance student convenience against faculty annoyance and from there, to divine a shopping period formula that reasonably balances the two. Yale Daily News Read the Full Story

Virtual University to Be Set Up in Tank

The meeting was informed that Ministry of Science and Information Technology have sanctioned three Virtual Universities each at Timergara, Bannu and District Tank under which 150 latest computers would be provided for the Virtual University of Tank which would provide better chances to get modern computer training for the girls and boys of Tank. Read […]