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by Ray Schroeder
This month we are looking at the pace of expanding online enrollments around the world and extending the opportunity of online education to single mothers who are living in poverty.
UMassOnline Revenue Grows 47% and Enrollments Grow 30% in the 2004 Academic Year - TMCNet — UMassOnline, the University of Massachusetts' web-based learning division, today announced that online education program revenues and enrollments grew 47 percent and 30 percent, respectively, in the 2004 academic year (September 1, 2003 – August 31, 2004). Revenues from the University of Massachusetts system's online programs were $14 million, up from $9.7 million in AY 2003, while enrollments reached 15,741, up from 12,131 in the same period.
Online Classes Growing Among SUNY Campuses - Denise Richardson, New York Daily Star — Enrollment in online courses at the State University College of Technology at Delhi this summer is about double compared to last year, said Dennis Callas, provost and academic vice president. Faculty and students reported they liked the online courses last year, the first time online courses were offered, said Callas. More than 16,000 enrollments were expected in the SUNY Learning Network in 1,000 courses this summer, up 40 percent from last year, according to a release issued in May.
Survey Shows eLearning On Up - Kathryn Hughes, ELearning Scotland — Despite the relentless pressure on higher education to accomplish more with less funding, colleges and universities are intensifying their investment in e-learning, according to an independent survey of customers of WebCT. The survey reports that student participation in e-learning is growing at a 31 percent rate each year, and faculty members are catching up to the demand with a 44 percent aggregate growth rate in e-learning participation, according to the survey. |
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Global University and Business School Administrators Expect an Increase in International E-Learning Students — Nearly 70 percent of senior university administrative officials from around the world expect an increase in international students to their schools e-learning programs, according to a new survey. The survey, conducted by Acadient, a leading developer and distributor of online education for higher education, shows that administrators expect the increase to come from students in Asia specifically China, Malaysia, and India.
Online job training offered single moms - Luladey B. Tadesse, Delaware News Journal — The Delaware Department of Labor is launching an online job-training program next month to help low-income single moms get ahead in the workplace. The Online Learning program is designed for women whose lack of money, time and transportation keeps them from taking advantage of conventional job training. The program initially will assist 50 women.
Each month, we will share selected items that have recently been posted at the Online Learning Update blog, which provides daily summaries of news and journal articles in the field with links to the complete articles. You can always see the latest items, and find many more articles posted seven days a week at the Online Learning Update blog. Until next time, I’ll see you online!
~ ray
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New and Noteworthy in Effective Practices
Learning Effectiveness:
Integrated Assessment System for Courses, Overall Program and Post-Program Career Impacts
University of Wisconsin - Madison uses a system of planned evaluations that together firmly support a process of continuous improvement for a distance degree program.
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Key elements include: an evaluation of each course by students and faculty; an evaluation of the overall program at graduation; and a follow-up survey of alumni, their co-workers, and their family members to measure the impact of the program upon professional and personal development of alumni. — more...
Faculty Satisfaction:
Student-Nominated Faculty Awards for Effective/Innovative Technology Use
Northeastern University's Effective or Innovative Use Of Technology In Teaching Awards program enables faculty to find out what students find valuable about faculty use of course management systems and other technology. Faculty receive recognition for effective or innovative use of technology to support good teaching and learning; students feel empowered by nominating examples of effective practice. — more...
Student Satisfaction:
How to Manage Your Online Week
At University of Massachusetts Lowell a professor provides an explicit schedule for each day of each week for completion of readings, lecture notes, activities, discussion posts, and so on, that if followed, gives students an evenly paced online workweek. Using this schedule of paced workload/ assignments, students would not find themselves overwhelmed for one or two days, or find that a due date has slipped by without noticing it. — more...
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