Archive for the ‘Online Education’ Category

Bowles Says UNC System Could Be Online Leader

June 11th, 2006

If courses were better coordinated and marketed, the University of North Carolina could become a major force in online education, says President Erskine Bowles.
The university’s 16 campuses already offer 90 online degrees and 978 courses, but Bowles said the system could rival such online, for-profit schools as the University of Phoenix, which has 311,000 online [...]

Trusted Learning Offers New Twist to Distance Learning, a Multibillion Dollar Online Education Industry

June 6th, 2006

Gone are the days of needing a bachelor’s degree in education in order to become a teacher.
Trusted Learning is the only online learning center that puts non- technical experts in charge of their own schools, courses and testing. Trusted Learning ( http://www.trustedlearning.com ) gives anyone with a subject to offer an opportunity to open an [...]

Capella University Student Receives Women in Technology Scholarship

June 6th, 2006

Robin Bundy, who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in IT at Capella University’s School of Business and Technology, has been awarded a Women in Technology scholarship from the Michigan Council of Women in Technology (MCWT).
Capella is an accredited online university and a leader in online education. Bundy decided to pursue an information technology online degree [...]

California Fresno State University Announces New Online Training Courses

June 5th, 2006

In response to online training course demand, California State University, Fresno has partnered with Gatlin Education Services to provide programs in healthcare and video game design and development. The healthcare courses include administrative medical specialist; advanced coding for the physician’s office; advanced hospital coding and CCS prep; ICD-10 medical coding: preparation and instruction for implementation; [...]

NKU to offer online Master of Arts in education

June 3rd, 2006

Northern Kentucky University has announced that beginning next fall, it will offer a Master of Arts in Education (MAEd) degree entirely online.
The MAEd program was developed for online delivery by full-time faculty members from NKU’s College of Education and Human Services to help certified teachers improve effectiveness as documented through learning outcomes and test performance.
The [...]

Wizdom Education Launches Online Special Education Transition Planning Product for High School to Post-High School students

June 3rd, 2006

Wizdom Education, a premiere source for special education planning and management for school districts, educators and service providers, today announces the release of MyTransPlanner!, a web-based high school to post high school transition planning tool. A one-year, renewable subscription to MyTransPlanner! is $49.95.
MyTransPlanner! was created to meet the demands of students, parents and educators, who [...]

With HLC green light, the sky’s the limit for UMC online degrees

May 30th, 2006

Get your higher education online at the University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC), the only campus in the University of Minnesota system delivering undergraduate degrees via the Web.
Students can get an exceptional, affordable, name-brand education more conveniently than ever thanks to a recent recommendation allowing UMC to offer any traditionally provided degree program online. Currently UMC [...]

University opens for education out of classrooms

May 30th, 2006

Master’s degree students at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) now have a chance to continue their study anywhere any time, away from the classroom, using an on-demand concept.
The university has worked with IBM and Alpha Office Automation to develop a new on-demand electronic-learning service to allow its 4,000 master’s degree students to study through a [...]

Colorado Technical University Online

May 21st, 2006

Since 1965, Colorado Technical University has helped thousands of students achieve success in business, management and technology careers.
Colorado Tech Online offers Bachelor’s degrees in IT, HR Management, Criminal Justice, Business Administration, Finance, Project Mgt., Software Engineering and Marketing. We also offer an Executive MBA, MBA in HR Management, and Master’s degrees in Business Management, IT [...]

Missouri poised for online education

May 10th, 2006

For all those text-messaging teens with video-streaming personal Web pages, Missouri’s education department is trying to keep pace.
A state-managed virtual public school is coming to a cyberspace near you — pending the governor’s approval.
The Missouri House on Tuesday approved a bill that would direct the state to start offering online courses in July 2007. The [...]