Ashford Special Ed Dept. Rolls out New Toddler Specialization
Ashford University has expanded its online degree program in the special education field to include a specialization component focused on infants and toddlers. As early education has become a “childcare plus” concept in many facilities, professionals in the special education field need to learn about the needs, caring and educational opportunities associated with very [...]
Ohio State Opens an Online Extension
t’s not particularly well known since Ohio State is across town, but the other campus in Columbus, Ohio is Columbus State Community College, an institution with over 23,000 students. As the result of a partnership forged last year and taking root this year, CCC students can earn an Ohio State bachelor’s degree without ever [...]
YouTube and Colleges Team Up For Free Online College Content
Popular online video site YouTube is making a bid to be the official site for video distance learning: it is partnering with over 100 prestigious colleges and universities for exclusive college course content under its subset YouTube EDU.
Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Yale and UC Berkeley are among the more than 100 schools that have [...]
Distance Learning Comes to Navajo Nation
Communication can be hard in rural areas, and in some cases — like that of Navajo country in Arizona, where the distance from one town to another can be over a hundred miles across unpaved roads — getting out and toward diverse education can be a daunting task. Now, however, a group of eight rural [...]
Education Spites Economy With Enrollment Upswing
The state of the economy says it shouldn’t be happening — more and more people signing up for classes despite limited funds and a burgeoning depression. Yet, that is exactly what is happening, with a particular nod toward online courses. How can this be? Experts point to nothing less than necessity. Jobs make the difference [...]
Microlectures Bring Teaching Up to Speed of Light
Lectures: by and large, not the most enthralling portion of the college experience. Just the idea of a professor in soliloquy for upwards of an hour is enough to put many people off from returning to school. At San Juan College in New Mexico, however, course designers are hard at work, using new ideas and [...]
UC Irvine Nationally Recognized for Online Courses
California public school powerhouse UC Irvine was nationally honored last week, for its strength and ingenuity…in its online courses?! That’s right, the school is being lauded for its free online course program, as well as its progressive stance as the first UC system school to incorporate OpenCourseWare into its repertoire.
About 250 universities worldwide currently [...]
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