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ROGERS : Internet not ideal as teacher substitute (NWAnews.com)

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

ROGERS : Internet not ideal as teacher substitute (NWAnews.com)
Internet-based learning alone can t save rural Arkansas schools that struggle to staff their classrooms, a panel of Arkansas legislators said at a Friday conference on distance education in Rogers. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)

ROGERS : Internet not ideal as teacher substitute - Arkansas Democrat Gazette
ROGERS : Internet not ideal as teacher substituteArkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - Sep 29, 2007Jimmy Jeffress, DCrossett, a member of the Senate Education Committee, said rural school leaders should view distance education as a complement, …Educators Struggle To Meet No Child Left Behind Guidelines Springdale Morning Newsall 2 news articles

WMU fall enrollment numbers encouraging

Friday, September 28th, 2007

WMU fall enrollment numbers encouraging
Grand Rapids Press - the stage for future growth.'’ Among other enrollment statistics reported is a 2.5 percent increase over last fall in the number of students taking classes on WMU’s main campus and a 41 percent jump in the number taking online or distance-education

Los Rios Community College District
Inside Higher Ed - Folsom Lake College incorporates the newest technologies for classroom instruction, as well as provides opportunity for faculty to offer courses in a variety of distance education formats. The college also features an Innovation Center, which offers

The Rebel Yell
Rebel Yell - This option encompasses distance education courses in gerontology offered by each institution. Gerontology is the study of aging and its effects. The online certification is designed to serve professionals and elders in rural settings, as well as

Subscribe to News Feed

Friday, September 28th, 2007

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PRWeb - 12 teachers, administrators and paraprofessionals can now go to OnlineTeacherEd.com (OTE) to find which regionally accredited colleges and universities in the U.S. are offering teacher-education degree and certificate programs in a distance-education

Latest Twist in Distance Ed
Inside Higher Ed - The associate provost for administration was confident there would be interest, but from whom? That s the question facing many college administrators as they develop distance education strategies. The typical targets: students (not necessarily from

December 2006
Cape Cod Today - After years of struggle, one Lower Cape woman can look back with pride as she recounts the happy outcome she attributes in large part to the Lower Cape Outreach Council. Last Friday morning, in a huge hangar housing its rescue helicopters, Gov. Mitt

Provost and Academic Vice President
Inside Higher Ed - administration of Collective Bargaining Agreement for faculty and support staff and a significant portion of the University budget; provides overall leadership for continued growth of international and life-long learning programs, distance education

Ed. Tech. Professor Elected to National Distance Learning Board - SDSUniverse

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Ed. Tech. Professor Elected to National Distance Learning Board - SDSUniverse
SDSUniverseEd. Tech. Professor Elected to National Distance Learning BoardSDSUniverse, CA - Sep 24, 2007Farhad Saba, professor of educational technology at San Diego State University, was elected to the advisory board of the United States Distance Learning …

GEAPS/Purdue University to Offer Two New Distance Learning … - Grainnet
GEAPS/Purdue University to Offer Two New Distance Learning …Grainnet, IL - Sep 23, 2007 Fuel Ethanol Production: Technologies, Plant Operations and Management will be offered in January. At the same time, a repeat class, Quality Grain …

Controversial NBN project was Victor Corpus idea - Inquirer.net
Controversial NBN project was Victor Corpus ideaInquirer.net, Philippines - 23 hours agoWhy did Corpus arrive at the idea of giving the barrio folk quality education through long-distance learning via satellite? Because he believes that …

College, university programs to be available by January (Kincardine News)

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

College, university programs to be available by January (Kincardine News)
A wide variety of post-secondary certificate, diploma and degree programs will be locally accessible as of January. The Bruce County Access Centre will be the distance education and e-learning link to seven college and universities.

Educational Institutions Increasingly Adopt Wimba Voice (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Wimba, the education technology company that helps people teach people, announced that several institutions have joined a growing list of customers selecting Wimba Voice to increase vocal interaction and student engagement throughout their online programs for traditional, distance or blended courses.

Sienkowski is named the new PGA of America Director of Education (PGA)
Kelly Sienkowski’s duties include the overseeing of all aspects of PGA Education and working with the 41 PGA Sections.

The Rebel Yell

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

The Rebel Yell
Rebel Yell - This option encompasses distance education courses in gerontology offered by each institution. Gerontology is the study of aging and its effects. The online certification is designed to serve professionals and elders in rural settings, as well as

NMSU Enrollment Among Highest Ever
KFOX 14 - more money coming into the school.” The university stands to get more funding as part of the higher enrollment. University officials said a lot of the money will go toward recruitment and retention. However, growing programs such as distance education

College for Sale
Inside Higher Ed - A nonprofit college may want to sell a distance education unit for any number of reasons, he said for the money or because managing it has been difficult or because the identity doesn t mesh with the institution. The for-profit entity

Ask the Meteorologists

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

Ask the Meteorologists
WRAL - The most frequent method for doing this is to obtain a “Certificate in Broadcast Meteorology” by way of a distance learning course offered by Mississippi State University. For more information on that program, see http://www.msstate.edu/dept

Jordan helping international agency save Iraq scholars
MENAFN - Fattah told The Jordan Times from a SRF meeting in Washington that “preserving education” in Iraq was a top priority and the agency is working to develop mechanisms that will help professors teach their Iraqi students through distance learning

Hillcrest to demolish five buildings
Guard Online - to vacate two of the buildings, Crabtree said. Two of them were already vacant, and the building on the Strawberry campus was vacant. The district also is taking on another project with the re-roofing of the administration/distance learning

USD 445 ready for school year
Coffeyville Journal - The final improvements on the ITV room, which allows distance learning, will be in place, and Smith said 11 students will be enrolling in an AP History course taught out of Leavenworth High School. The remodel on the Food and Consumer Sciences room is

Hayley Negrin

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Hayley Negrin
Columbia Spectator - Three years ago, Columbia’s $30 million distance learning initiative Fathom.com fell through due to a weak business model and an uncertain external market. Now Digital Knowledge Ventures, a multimedia design and development group that operates under

WTVY Online Poll
WTVY - What makes Troy so important in the SOC program is the fact it’s the second largest producer for the Army Distance Learning Program, and, it teaches at 27 military institutions around the world. “We’re very excited to have this training here. We’re

Ohio-based Saudi ‘Charity’ Supporting HAMAS Terror University
AINA - Additionally, according to an April 2006 article published in the Washington Post, “Distance Learning: Hamas’ US Education”, several members of the HAMAS leadership conducted post-graduate study at US universities through scholarships provided by ASAI

Diversity the name of the game at seminary
Augusta Free Press - Currently, there are 46 full-time and 44 part-time students enrolled at EMS. Nineteen students are taking on-line distance learning courses this fall, and 18 students are enrolled in courses at the seminary s Lancaster (Pa.) campus. Laura Lehman

Press Release Tips and Template

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Press Release Tips and Template
PRWeb - and decoding of video streams based on the new H.264 video compression standard (MPEG-4 part 10) as well as the industry standard MPEG-2 used in the most demanding video conferencing, security and surveillance, tele-medicine, and distance education

Shaking Up the Market
Inside Higher Ed - In a move that could have many reverberations in higher education, the publishing giant Pearson announced a deal Monday in which it will purchase eCollege, which offers course management and other services for distance education. Many analysts

A Spirited Disposition Debate
Inside Higher Ed - recognizing accreditors with the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, also voted unanimously to renew NCATE s recognition for five years and to expand the agency s scope to include accreditation of programs offered via distance education.

The Business of Branching Out
Inside Higher Ed - Domestically, about 85 percent of students are distance education learners. We take the responsibility very seriously. We take the integrity of our academic programs very seriously. But at the same time, Aldridge added, referring to the risks of

Resume Of A Killer?
The Smoking Gun - The school, now known as a Excelsior College, is a correspondence school that describes itself as “a world leader in distance education.” (1 page) CASE FILE: Click here for key JonBenet Ramsey documents TSG TV: Our new video venture has nearly 500

Church news 7.27

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Church news 7.27
Coffeyville Journal - The “Specific Ministry Pastor Program” uses distance education, pastor mentoring, and some on-campus seminary instruction before and after ordination to train pastors for specific ministries. First Southern Baptist Church in Dearing This Kevin

Learn.com to Grant Another $50 Million Software Licenses to U.S
Training Press Releases - Press Releases Learn.com , the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that the company has launched its third software grant program in as many years to promote the use of e-learning and distance education in

NC State s Distance Education Hosts 4th Annual Military Appreciation
dBusinessNews.com - RALEIGH — Top military officials from around the state and area veterans will gather for a day of NCSU football and tailgating as part of the fourth annual the North Carolina State University Military Appreciation day hosted in partnership by NCSU

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