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“The USDLA is the source on distance education,” said Jones. “With the explosive growth of distance–and more specifically, online–education, the need for oversight has accelerated. Read the Full Story
This document consists of two main sections: “The School Education Vision” and “Key Action Areas.” In the first section, the vision is outlined, followed by an overview of school education goals for the information economy and areas of responsibility for education authorities. The goals of the action plan will be achieved through integrated approaches undertaken […]
The research, which involved 18,000 full-time students in 2002, dismisses popular beliefs that online schools are dominated by males, are only for the young and that students living in rural areas are disadvantaged. Read the Full Story
The brief, Occupations: 2000 [PDF], analyzes the occupations of the nearly 130 million civilian workers age 16 and older by region, state, county and selected metropolitan areas. The brief also shows occupation data by gender, race, Hispanic origin and industry. Differences in earnings by men and women with similar jobs also are covered. The data […]
Greenville Tech began offering online courses in 1996, said Diane Thomas, associate dean of online and nontraditional programs. The first year, there were four or five courses and 70 students. Student enrollment for 2,776 slots allotted for online classes had reached 1,574 by July 21, she said. Read the Full Story
Whereas our initial report addressed the use of the Internet by postsecondary instructors, this one focuses on e-learning in the corporate world and other training settings.Read the Full Article
One is that high school students know more than college faculty about computers and information technology.Read the Full Article
“This is a groundbreaking step for online education,” said Julie Young, Executive Director, FLVS. “Not only does it provide a viable way to fund online learning (or distance education), it also means virtual learning options are here to stay in Florida.” Accompanying the funding change is a tougher accountability measure for FLVS, which sets the […]
Courses where students have no direct contact with an instructor increased 72 percent, from 699 in 2001 to 1,200 in 2002. Those courses have increased almost four times from the 317 offered in 1999-2000.Read the Full Article
Members of the college cooperative, Ivy Tech State College and Mayor Al Huntington, presented the proclamation, which named this week Distance Education Week in Jefferson County.Read the Full Article