For the Americans who can’t disassociate “Happy New Year” and the start of the college Bowl Championship Series, Online-Education.net recommends that education-minded sports enthusiasts consider a course in sports psychology. Online interest in this industry is strong, with online marketing firm Overture logging over 26,000 searches for information about sports psychology careers in November. Professional-level […]
State auditors on Monday released a blistering report on online education in Colorado, scolding the state education commissioner for a lack of oversight and calling for a halt on any new virtual schools until concerns are addressed.
The audit uncovered issues ranging from academic performance - online students perform worse on state tests, repeat grades more […]
Online training provider Fitness Industry Education (FIE - http://www.fitnessindustryeducation.co.uk ) is launching several new courses through its ‘Learning Management System’ (LMS), starting in December 06.
FIE already offers high quality and affordable online distance learning courses in fitness related subjects such as Personal Training, Exercise to Music/Aerobics Instructor and Weight Management. The company is now adding […]
The National Association of Online Investors (NAOI) announces the release of its “2007 Confident Investing Series,” a set of five home-study courses that represents a quantum leap in the field of personal investor education.
A two-year NAOI study asked why most Americans virtually ignore the income potential of their portfolios. Results show the primary reason to […]
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 by The Sloan Consortium, a group of colleges pursuing online programs, estimates that 850,000 more students took online […]
Yale School of Medicine is expanding its Continuing Medical Education program to include online courses for busy physicians who would like to attend classes from their office or home.
“Our online learning program is unlike any other continuing educational activity,†said Janine Evans, M.D., medical director of YaleCME. “We bring the School of Medicine to you. […]
Washington Online: a virtual campus for the state’s community and technical colleges. www.waol.org
University of Washington Online Learning, certificate and degree programs.
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Dip your virtual toes: Sample free classes at UW. Online Learning at: www.outreach.washington.edu/openuw/
Washington State University Distance Degree Programs: bachelor’s, master’s and certificate programs. http://distance.wsu.edu or 800-222-4WSU
Joslin Diabetes Center, global leader in diabetes research, care and education, announced today a new free educational tool on its Web site — the Staying Healthy with Diabetes video series. The set of six short videos gives people with diabetes important information about the regular tests they need to have done to live a […]
As early voting gets under way across North Carolina, the nonpartisan N.C. Center for Voter Education has created a free online voter guide.
Available at http://www.ncvoterguide.org, the guide features candidates for U.S. Congress and the N.C. General Assembly, along with contenders for the N.C. Supreme Court and N.C. Court of Appeals. The guide includes information on […]
Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited online university and a leader in online education, has released its latest podcast, which features an interview with Robin Bundy, a former sewage plant laborer who was awarded a $15,000 Women in Technology scholarship from the Michigan Council of Women in Technology (MCWT). Bundy received her bachelor’s degree in IT […]
Continuing to prepare students for living in a multicultural 21st century, Goshen president Jim Brenneman announced Wednesday morning that the college has received a $12.5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment.
The grant, the largest single grant Goshen College has received, will be used for the development of a Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning to […]
When world-renowned economist and Stanford professor Dr. Paul Romer launched online educational course company Aplia, Inc. (http://www.aplia.com) in 2000, he did so for the most basic of reasons. “I wanted my students to learn more.” Now six years later and with over 350,000 students at over 450 college and university campuses having submitted over 170 […]