Archive for the ‘Online Education’ Category

SAS Offers Alabama Schools Free Online Learning

February 18th, 2006

Curriculum Pathways® Will Support State’s Technology Initiatives
SAS, the leader in business intelligence, and the Alabama Department of Education today announced plans to offer SAS’ award-winning Curriculum Pathways® online learning tools free to Alabama educators and students.
As part of SAS’ effort to aid the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast region, SAS is offering this resource via its SAS [...]

Michigan Offers Hunter Education Online

February 15th, 2006

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced that first-time hunters now can use the Internet to complete a part of their hunter education course. The online course can be found on the DNR’s new Hunter Education Web Page at www.michigan.gov/dnr
“The online course material is essentially the same as the printed material currently used in [...]

Blended Learning: Education Innovation & Productivity

February 15th, 2006

By Karen Vignare
Blended learning is the “new” buzz in higher education. Many educational researchers have discovered that online learning environments are particularly useful for communications and collaboration. When you add in management and administrative tools available in most course management systems today online learning environments are fairly robust. But giving up the classroom seems a [...]

Executive launches new teacher recruitment drive

February 15th, 2006

MEN and women across Buchan are being encouraged to head back to school as teachers.
A major new recruitment drive has been launched by the Scottish Executive committed to empoying 3,000 additional secondary teachers by 2007 to bring the full complement in Scotland to 53,000.
The drive aims to address the Executive’s commitment to classroom size reductions [...]

Get DMV approved Teen Driver Education Certificate from Teendriversite.com

February 15th, 2006

teendriversite.com is a teen driving information and resource center. Getting a driver’s license is not only a social asset but it makes the adolescent feel for teenage drivers as more independent than ever before.So,the web site is set up to be the perfect starting place for parents and future teen drivers needing anything and everything [...]

University of Phoenix is the nation’s leading online university

February 15th, 2006

University Of Phoenix is the nation’s leading online university and earn a master degree in education online today.
Founded in 1976, University of Phoenix was among the first accredited universities to provide college degree programs via the Internet, starting in 1989. Today, University of Phoenix Online delivers unparalleled convenience and flexibility to over 45,000 students in [...]

Report highlights lack of innovation in digital teaching aids

February 15th, 2006

Government provision of online teaching resources for schools has had little impact on innovation in the classroom, according to a report.
A study by the Content Advisory Board to the Department for Education and Skills found that the introduction of e-Learning Credits to enable schools to buy in digital learning materials has yet to drive forward [...]

New Online Directory Guides Learners to Continuing and Professional Education Programs

February 15th, 2006

The nation’s premier continuing and professional education organization and the leading provider of higher education online directories have collaborated to create UCEAdirectory.org (http://www.UCEAdirectory.org), the only online directory of certificate and degree programs offered by regionally accredited colleges and universities.
UCEAdirectory.org, created by the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) and Educational Directories Unlimited, Inc. (EDU), will provide [...]

Bush Announces Financial Aid Plan

February 15th, 2006

President George W. Bush announced his intention to allocate $3.7 billion over the next five years in financial aid for low-income college students who excel in math and science, as part of his 2007 budget released Monday.
The new initiative is in line with the president’s general efforts to retain young American’s interest in technological innovation.
The [...]

Harvard Summer Program Opens in Korea

February 15th, 2006

Harvard Summer School is getting a little Seoul.
The University will launch its first summer study abroad program in South Korea this year, bringing American, Korean, and other international students to Ewha Womans University in Seoul for a five-week study of Korean history, politics, and culture.
Designed to foster cultural and academic exchange among students and faculty, [...]