Friday news roundup – 04/04/2008
Can you say, “Friday”? Certainly!
+ UMass signs an agreement to offer online classes and degrees in China. The outstanding UMassOnline Blog has more from the UMassOnline CEO on this groundbreaking event.
+ City University of Seattle launches two new online business programs: Master of Science in Technology Management and a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems.
+ Austin Peay State University (TN) online enrollment grows 17 percent in one year. APSU is one of three universities in the country offering an online master’s in military history. Out-of-state tuition is expensive, though not outrageously prohibitive. APSU also competed in the NCAA men’s tourney this year.
+ Buried within this article we find that University of California, Riverside plans to add a “distance-learning part-time MBA program in 2010″.
+ Brenau University (GA) plans to expand academics, including distance learning.
+ This report briefly talks about a free online small business course for disabled veterans through Syracuse University. Other schools — Florida State, Texas A&M, and UCLA — are also mentioned as having similar offerings.
+ During 2007, approximately 17 percent of students at Tennessee Board of Regents schools, took online courses.
+ National University (CA), a private, not-for-profit institution, will offer an online master’s degree in accounting beginning in September. Tuition seems somewhat on the high side, in my opinion.
+ Check out this piece about a recent speech by the University of Toledo (OH) president. Buried within, we find:
Enhance computer-assisted learning and distance learning. To do that, faculty would go through a more thorough orientation with a focus on peer instruction, a chief information officer would be hired, and the university would either buy or create a platform for such instruction.
+ Corporate and group discounts are coming to the University of Illinois Global Campus. Meanwhile, regular tuition for the rest of UI will increase.
+ Loaner laptop computers for high school students in college classes? Yes!
+ Computerworld publishes some commentary from an application systems director on the value of online master’s degrees in relation to an IT career.
+ Can hybrid courses — combined face-to-face and online learning experiences — lead to better grades and provide a more effective learning experience?
+ “Innovative online course trains Montana teachers in Indian education”.
+ Wall Street Journal: “Free Online College Courses Are Proliferating”.
+ “Opening Learning Interplay” at Carnegie Mellon University.
As always, have a great weekend!
