| Online courses gaining popularity | | Posted Monday, March 12, 2007 3:07:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | During the past decade, the University has tried its hand at online classes through its Distance Education program. But as the classes' popularity grew, the program struggled to offer enough courses to meet an increasing demand, said University Continuation Center Director Sandra Gladney. The reason, she said, partly stems from a lack of faculty available to teach the classes. "You need to have instructors to teach courses. A lot of our faculty are involved in research or other commitments," Gladney said. "There's a learning curve. For some of them, making that transition is just too big of a burden with their workload." Many professors teaching an online course for the first time must adjust to finding new ways to connect personally with students, and to reformatting assignments to fit the digital realm, Gladney said.... | |
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| | | UC Irvine Extension Program Offers Rigorous Online Paralegal Courses | | Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 1:11:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | IRVINE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-December 27, 2006 - UC Irvine Extension today announces that it has enhanced its existing Paralegal Certificate Program with the introduction of online courses, beginning January 8, 2007. Two courses, Introduction and Fundamentals of Legal Assistantship and Legal Writing, will be offered in winter quarter 2007, with several additional online courses offered in the ABA-approved Paralegal Certificate program beginning in the spring quarter of 2007. "As a leader in distance learning, UC Irvine Extension is proud to be the first University of California campus to receive approval from the ABA to deliver paralegal courses in an online format," says Gary W. Matkin, Ph.D, dean, continuing education, UC Irvine. "Based on the rigorous guidelines of the ABA, our instructors, who are legal professionals from leading law firms, corporations, and nonprofit organizations, were able to develop paralegal courses in a convenient, online format to meet the needs of busy professionals across the U.S.... | |
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| | | Is Online Learning For You? | | Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 3:07:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | More and more college students are taking classes online, according to a new survey by the College Board and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. About 3.2 million people took at least one college course online during the fall of 2005 term, compared to 2.3 million in the fall of 2004.In 2005, women ages 25-34 with bachelor's degrees earned 70 percent more than those with high school diplomas, and for men the difference was 63 percent. For all full-time workers in this age group, the average earnings premium for a four-year college degree is almost $14,000, according to "Education Pays 2006," published by The College Board.Online courses can be a terrific way to both pick up the education you need and still be able to work, parent, or juggle the many commitments that define most adult lives. There are currently over 1,500 online degrees offered by over 130 online colleges.... | |
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| | | Number of students taking online courses rises | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 11:10:05 PM by Blog57 Team | | Roughly one in six students enrolled in higher education -- about 3.2 million people -- took at least one online course last fall, a sharp increase defying predictions that online learning growth is leveling off. A new report scheduled for released Thursday by The Sloan Consortium, a group of colleges pursuing online programs, estimates that 850,000 more students took online courses in the fall of 2005 than the year before, an increase of nearly 40 percent. Last year, the group had reported slowing growth, prompting speculation the trend had hit a ceiling. "The growth was phenomenal," said Jeff Seaman, Sloan's CIO and survey director, who also serves as co-director of the Babson College survey research group. "It's higher in absolute numbers and higher in percentages than anything we've measured before.... | |
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| | | Get college credits with Solar Energy International's Online ... | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:38:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | Solar Energy International (SEI), a world-class, solar energy training and education provider since 1991, regularly offers hands-on workshops in Photovoltaic (PV) Design & Installation, Solar Home Design and Natural House Building. Now SEI has made this unique educational experience available on the world wide web with PV Design Online and Sustainable Home Design Online courses. Designed as an interactive learning environment, these online courses allow students to learn about these technologies at their own pace, in the comfort of their own home or business, while also offering participants a chance to interact with classmates from around the world. The course was exactly what I had hoped for. It covered all of the key areas and built on them in each successive chapter. Well planned and increasing challenging.... | |
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| | | College students click on online courses | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 3:27:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | The number of U.S. college students taking at least one online course surged 35% last year, amid growing concerns among faculty, according to a survey by the College Board and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. More than 3.1 million students took at least one online course during the fall 2005 term, or about 17% of all U.S. college students, up from 2.3 million the previous year, the groups said in an annual report. "Online enrollments have been growing substantially faster than the overall higher education student body," said the report, based on responses from chief academic officers at more than 2,200 U.S. colleges and universities. At the same time, fewer of the administrators at both public and private colleges said their faculty "accept the value and legitimacy of online education," raising a critical obstacle for a method of making college more affordable and more accessible to nontraditional students, the report said.... | |
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| | | U. of Phoenix offers new courses through online associate degree | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 7:31:23 AM by Blog57 Team | | In an effort to attract more recent high school graduates, the University of Phoenix has introduced a new program to the Pittsburgh area. The for-profit university, based in Phoenix but with local campuses in Robinson Township, Washington and Monroeville, is introducing an online associate degree program, called Axia College. .... | |
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| | | Eco Groups Use Online Maps in Mine Fight | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:18:27 AM by Blog57 Team | | Vicco, KY -- Benny Campbell experiences mountaintop mining day and night. His bed is rattled by the blasting. Gray dust blankets his porch and car if a few days go by without rain. His electricity goes out repeatedly when the coal miners accidentally knock down power lines. But the worst thing of all, he says, is that the mountain peaks that once loomed over his lifelong eastern Kentucky home have been flattened by dynamite and bulldozers. "When I was young, it was a really pretty place," said Campbell, 53, who lives in a hollow called Bull Creek near Vicco. "Now it's just a rock pile. You can't do nothing with it." Now environmentalists have found a way to let the rest of the world see what mountaintop coal mining has done to Appalachia: They have started a Web site that uses the Google Earth database to enable people to see aerial reconnaissance photos of the scarred countryside.... | |
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| | | Move on up to new courses | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 7:33:27 PM by Blog57 Team | | WESTER Hailes' Whale Arts Agency has launched short courses in music and movement. Jam sessions for musicians, singers and songwriters will be held on Fridays, while on Mondays, a women's music and movement class will run. Both will be from 10am to noon. To book places, call 0131-458 3267. This article: http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1629762006 Last updated: 03-Nov-06 12:13 GMT .... | |
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| | | Consumers Show Strong Interest In Online Higher Education; But Savvy Schools Need To Do More To Stand Out | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 7:06:10 PM by Blog57 Team | | BOSTON, MA (PRWEB) November 1, 2006 -- In perhaps the most comprehensive survey ever of consumer demand for online higher education, Eduventures (www.eduventures.com), the leading research and consulting firm for the education industry, found that approximately 50% of consumers anticipating enrolling in a postsecondary program say they would prefer a mode of delivery either dominated by online or at least balanced between online and on-campus instruction. .... | |
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