Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited online university with more than 16,000 students, has released its latest podcast, which features an interview with PhD student Generosa Lopez-Molina, who is the recipient of the university’s fifth-annual League for Innovation doctoral scholarship worth $50,000. Part of the “Inside Online Education” podcast series, this installment highlights several of Lopez-Molina’s [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Northcentral University (www.ncu.edu), a leader in accredited 100% online education programs for those seeking bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees, announced today that the NCU Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Claudia Santin to the position of President of Northcentral University. “It is my pleasure to announce Dr. Santin’s appointment, and I am confident she will [...]

South Korea’s market for online learning is expected to grow rapidly by the year 2010, boosted by people’s passion for education and the country’s information technology infrastructure, a report said Thursday.
South Korea’s market for e-learning is forecast to rise to 1.9 trillion won (US$1.99 billion) for the full year of 2006 and expand at an [...]

Beginning this month, the National Kitchen & Bath Association and Century College, a community and technical college based in Minneapolis, are offering a six-course online training program; for kitchen and bath design professionals. The NKBA Online Kitchen & Bath Design Courses help NKBA members earn certification credits and education hours that can be applied toward [...]

Every day, millions of students taking online college courses act in much the same way as their bricks-and-mortar counterparts. After logging on, they move from course to course and do things like submit work in virtual drop boxes and view posted grades — all from a program running on a PC.
It may seem self-evident that [...]

Bernard and Sylvie Pys-nak want the best education for their children, but they want it to happen at their Bountiful home.
The Pysnaks haven’t left public education’s fold entirely, though. Their 10-year-old daughter, May, is taking fifth- and sixth-grade classes at home through Utah Online Academies. Older sister Megan, 13, just finished [...]