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by Ray Schroeder
This month we are looking at online for-profit initiatives at all levels of education. We find that for-profit education online is not limited to higher education. In fact many of the for-profit online initiatives have come in charter schools. For-profits are also taking the lead in online law schools and other fields where online discipline area certification does not exist.

Distance learning via Internet more popular in nation's high schools — MAYA SURYARAMAN, Knight Ridder Newspapers — Amos Song, a junior at John F. Kennedy High School in Fremont, Calif., is taking advanced placement calculus. But neither his

 

teacher nor his fellow students are in Fremont. Instead Amos connects to them—in Massachusetts, Peru and elsewhere—via the Internet. "It's fun to get to know your classmates through the Web," said Amos, 15, who has gotten online help on his homework from a student in Virginia. Distance learning, a phenomenon already entrenched in colleges and universities, is now growing explosively in public schools.

Road scholars — Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee Staff Writer — Schools ignore a state law requiring driver education classes, and online options provide an easy alternative. Tens of thousands of California teens will turn to unregulated Internet courses this year for their first lesson on the rules of the road, attracted by a booming private industry that boasts a quick and easy route to a learner's driving

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permit. No classroom. No teacher. And, a Bee investigation has found, no oversight or quality control.

Bringing Law Schools Into The 21st Century — Werner George Patels, Blogger News Network — .... California has a number of virtual law schools, which are recognized by the California bar, but not necessarily by the American Bar Association (ABA). Canada’s bar associations also frown upon any non-traditional law-school program. England’s law society, however, fully endorses such programs (e.g., University of London, Nottingham University) and, in fact, deems such graduates to be extremely valuable. In Australia, too, studying law through correspondence courses is an acceptable option.

St. Leo Online Grads Finally See School — TBO Online — Dora Arroyo, Candice Hughes and Mike Barlet are excited about seeing the Saint Leo University campus for the first time this weekend—when they graduate. The three are part of a growing number of students at Saint Leo and other colleges and universities who earn their bachelor's degrees not in the traditional classroom and library, but on the Internet. At Saint Leo, 157 of the 487 undergraduate degrees to be awarded today — nearly one in three — are going to students who pursued at least two years of college courses through the Center for Online Learning.

The Maybe Logic Academy — Sue, Shitegeist Blather — The ‘ Maybe Logic Academy’ is an online learning centre and community. I came across this site on Robert Anton Wilson’s website, and quickly jumped over to have a look... The Academy offers courses in the latest mind-bending theories for those who like to question their reality and perhaps broaden their perspectives on life. Students are offered the opportunity to blow their minds by learning from cutting edge authors and theorists.

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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