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A letter from the editors
of the Sloan-C View
Since eArmyU began in 2000, it has
merited quite a bit of attention as a model for bringing
classes and degrees
from accredited institutions to soldiers.
This issue of the Sloan-C
View is an update about
eArmyU, beginning with an overview provided by L.
Dian Stoskopf, Director of Education for the Department
of the Army. Leading the eArmyU efforts, her efforts
to widen access to the quality, scale and breadth of
online learning has made her a great friend and supporter
of Sloan-C and its mission.
From the beginning, under the leadership
of Frank Mayadas, President of the Sloan Consortium
and Chair of the eArmyU Council of Academic Management,
Sloan-C has assisted eArmyU and IBM, its integrator,
in an advisory capacity. CAM members, including experts
from national and regional organizations and selected
colleges and universities, consult with eArmyU, providing
input on eArmyU initiatives for student success.
Many eArmyU partner schools are also
members of Sloan-C, and this issue provides links to
their programs that
have been reviewed and approved for listing in the
Sloan-C Catalog. This issue also provides a list of
and links to Sloan-C effective
practices provided by
eArmyU and partner schools.
The Army has
for many years regarded interchangeability of credit
and coursework
as desirable for soldiers.
Thus, eArmyU partner schools are also members of the
Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC)
and Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges Degree Program
for the Army (SOCAD).
SOCAD includes an extensive network of schools that
accept transfer credit from each other, so that service
members and their families can make steady progress
toward completion of their degrees—even when
soldiers are highly mobile. The American Council of
Education’s Guide to the Evaluation of Educational
Experiences in the Armed Services is a useful
source for determining transfer credit. The online
ACE GUIDE asserts the
belief: "that it is sound educational practice to give
recognition for learning, no matter
how or where that learning has been attained, provided
that the learning is at the appropriate level, is in
the appropriate area, and is applicable to an individual's
postsecondary program of study."
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In other news, we note that providing the best possible
learning opportunities to a diversity of learners in
multiple contexts is also a challenge for educators
everywhere. In the Sloan-C Online Research
Workshop: 2004, hundreds of educators are meeting online to share
questions and solutions, and citing diverse learning
styles as an area in which they can share issues and
solutions.
Also of interest is the April 2004 issue of the Journal
of Asynchronous Learning Networks, in which educators
share useful insights for transforming higher education
through online learning.
Thank you sending for your
comments and suggestions to publisher@sloan-c.org.
We hope you will visit Sloan-C soon and often.
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for the Sloan Consortium
Frank Mayadas, John Bourne and Janet Moore
The purpose of the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C)
is to help learning organizations continually improve
quality, scale, and breadth according to their
own distinctive missions, so that education
will become a part of everyday life, accessible
and affordable for anyone, anywhere, at any
time, in a wide variety of disciplines. You
are welcome to join Sloan-C: http://www.sloan-c.org |
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