Article from KVEW: By Kristi Paulus. Published Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 Less than a month after its launch, 25 students have already enrolled in the Pasco School District’s new online education program. Called the Pasco Academy of Learning, or, iPAL, it is currently available to middle and high school students as an alternative to attending [...]
Article from Daily Californian: As the semester progressed, UC Berkeley lecturer Dan Garcia noticed one group of students falling behind: those taking his course without ever setting foot on campus. Of the 320 students enrolled in “The Beauty and Joy of Computing,” the 60 students taking the course online consistently underperformed compared to the in-class [...]
Article from Daily Trojan Online: The Leventhal School of Accounting announced this week that it would be introducing a new online Master of Business Taxation for Working Professionals program. Shirley Maxey, the associate dean and director of the Leventhal master’s programs, said the program will aim to increase flexibility for students without compromising quality. Cyber [...]
Article from PS News: The Australian National University (ANU) has become the only Australian university to join an online learning enterprise founded by the United States’ Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ‘edX’ aims to provide education to one billion people worldwide within 10 years and an expansion of the enterprise was recently [...]
Article from T.H.E. Journal: Distance Learning | News Edgenuity Expands Blended Online Learning Courses for Summer Education Programs By Sharleen Nelson 02/21/13 Online learning provider Edgenuity (formerly E2020) will boost its summer school program by enhancing 185 courses on its roster of Common Core and state standards-aligned curricula. The program, which includes courses covering core [...]
Article from CBS Local: Earning a degree online is easier said than done. The first task is figuring out which online program fits the degree you are looking for and the important part of that search is making certain that the college or university is accredited by the state to confer a degree. The California [...]
Article from Massillon Independent: Marine biology, calculus, Latin. Starting next school year, Washington High School students could be exploring those and other subject areas from their home computer. During its monthly board meeting Wednesday, the City Schools Board of Education approved an online course curriculum that is presented in collaboration with the Massillon Digital Academy [...]
Article from T.H.E. Journal: Learning Resources | News lynda.com Buys Multi-Language Online Training Company By Dian Schaffhauser 02/19/13 Online training company lynda.com has expanded its line-up of videos in other languages with the purchase of video2brain, a European company with a team in the United States that provides online video training in German, French, Spanish, [...]
Article from Business 2 Community: I don’t know where you are this President’s Day, but I’m waking up at Disney World for the Training 2013 Conference. It’s 70 degrees and sunny. Sorry. It’s a fascinating place. Within sight of the Coronado Springs resort is a huge replica of Mt. Everest in one direction, a haunted 14-story [...]
Article from The Chattanoogan: Bryan’s online Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program has been ranked among the top 15 percent of online undergraduate degree programs in the second U.S. News & World Report survey of these offerings. Dr. Michael Chase, dean of the School of Adult and Graduate Studies, said he is gratified to [...]