Online Education News Archive
28-Aug-2007
Will Online Learning Work for You? (Richfield Reaper)
(ARA) - Want to advance your career or change jobs altogether? If the answer is yes, then what's holding you back? More often than not it's the lack of an advanced degree. Educating educators (River Valley Business Report)
Teaching may be one of the oldest professions around, but learning how to get better at it never gets old. Faculty development is a high priority for local colleges and universities, especially in the new millennium ? classroom technologies are changing, and so are the students. Important Nims meeting on Monday (Tallahassee Democrat)
Families of Nims Middle School sixth graders are invited to an open house Monday to learn about the Digital Harmony project, which will provide new desktop computers, free internet access and online education programs in the homes of all incoming sixth graders. Is Online Learning For You? (Benton Evening News)
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. Weighty problem for schoolchildren (icWales)
SCHOOLCHILDREN will carry bags weighing more than 40lbs when they start back at school next month, new research has revealed. Back to School: School prep in the virtual world (The Sentinel)
While most school districts work on decorating classrooms and ordering materials for inside, one online school is sending everything out. CSU creating online program (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)
Colorado State University is launching a $12 million online university that will help students who don't have the time or money to get a traditional on-campus four-year education. Capella University PhD Graduate Named Dean of Brenau University's School of Business and Mass Communication (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MINNEAPOLIS----Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia, has named Dr. Bill Lightfoot as dean of its School of Business and Mass Communication. Lightfoot, who earned a PhD in organization and management from Capella University , an accredited, fully online university, began in his new role at Brenau on Aug. 1, 2007.
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