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  • All About Online Communications Degrees

    eLearners just finished the Mini-Guide to Online Communications Degrees, in which you'll find a ton of great information if you're considering starting a career in communications. Here's some of what you'll find in our guide:Average salaries for professionals in this fieldWhat courses you'll take to get a communications degree ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by AndriaL on October 23, 2009
  • Will E-Learning Kill the University?

    In a recent Washington Post article, A Virtual Revolution Is Brewing for Colleges, Zephyr Teachout paints a bleak picture for brick-and-mortar education due to the burgeoning popularity and relative cheapness of online education. In response, ZDNet's Christopher Dawson asked, Will Online Education Kill the University?  The gist of ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by AndriaL on September 25, 2009
  • Learning a Language Online is as Effective

    According to research conducted by University of California, learning a language online is just as effective as learning in a traditional classroom setting.  In their words, e-learning is a "responsible and equivalent option to the classroom experience." Yay! Here's a link to online language courses that can be found right ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by AndriaL on September 10, 2009
  • For Your Information, e-learners!

    Earlier this season I received an e-mail from a very nice admissions person from Mt. Sierra College, a school located outside of Los Angeles, California. After talking about their distance learning programs, I wanted to share with our Community here highlights of this institution. Their academic programs center around graphic ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by Victoria on August 17, 2009
  • My Orange Has Never Been So Green

    What does it mean to "go green?"...When someone says "go green," common associations that come to mind are issues , such as global warming or the energy crisis. Yet, at its heart the Green Movement's main objective is the maintenance of the human health and condition; including taking better care of the air we breathe, the ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by JonM on July 16, 2009
  • Schwarzenegger: "Textbooks are outdated"

    Schwarzenegger: "Textbooks are outdated" California spent $350 million on textbooks in 2008 — 1.4% of the entire state budget. Astonishing, right? It makes you wonder how. I'd imagine that most textbooks are hardcover, and hardcover textbooks are good for probably 5-10 years. Just how many new textbooks are being ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by AndriaL on June 9, 2009
  • Join Kaplan University's MBA Student Panel

    Interested in obtaining your MBA? Learn more about the MBA by attending a free webinar Tuesday, April 21st, at 6:00 pm ET. To register for this event, click here.* * You must register for the event and create a password in order to attend the webinar. To participate in the event, click here.
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by Victoria on April 13, 2009
  • Dream of Teaching? Want to Switch Careers?

    Dream of Teaching? Want to Switch Careers?So we knew the recession was affecting education, causing an upward trend in enrollments, but we didn't know how it was affecting educators. A March 22 USA TODAY article says that as the recession has worsened, many are going back to school....to teach! The article reports that the ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by AndriaL on March 25, 2009
  • Online nursing programs prove skeptics wrong!

    Online Nurses Prove Skeptics WrongTraditionally, online nursing degrees weren't offered frequently due to the practical nature of the occupation. After all, how can you major in such a hands-on subject at a distance? Pratt Community College (PCC) of Kansas is showing that a) it is possible, and b) one can achieve equal or greater success ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by AndriaL on March 17, 2009
  • When Recession Hits, Enrollments Soar!

    College enrollment soars as jobless seek new skills Though Brian Campbell of Massachusetts calls the present economy an "equal opportunity unemployer,"  he acknowledges how difficult it is not to take it personally when you're laid off. Because he has savings and his wife's income to hold them steady, he's ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by AndriaL on March 13, 2009
  • From PC World: Virtual Schools Rapidly Building Foothold in Online Education

    From PC World Magazine: Virtual Schools Rapidly Building Online Education Foothold Just in case you require further convincing that online learning is perceived as credible and viable, check this out: This summer, Florida is making it mandatory for each school district to offer "virtual school" for all students K-8, as well as online ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by AndriaL on March 5, 2009
  • Could there be a new player on the online education horizon?

    A Global, Peer-to-Peer University? There's a new initiative in online education coming out of Pasadena, California called University of the People, and there's no denying its unconventional nature. It seeks to creates a global, online, tuition-free, peer-to-peer university that is also accredited ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by AndriaL on February 26, 2009
  • More Pursuing Online Education

    More Pursuing Online Education An article from the Intelligencer Journal says, yes, the job market is hurting, but online course enrollment just keeps growing, with 1 in 5 college students taking an online class in 2007. And with college enrollment steadily rising, University of Phoenix vice president Michael Bard predicts that traditional ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by AndriaL on February 20, 2009
  • Buh-Bye ... and Good Riddance! Warren National/Kennedy-Western University To Cease Operations

    It gives us great pleasure to share the following with you: Warren National University, formerly Kennedy-Western University, has announced that it will cease operations effective March 31st, 2009.  Although Warren/Kennedy-Western tried to achieve both national and regional accreditation, it never operated as an accredited institution during ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by helenh on February 3, 2009
  • Western Governors U on Time.com — Way to go!

    Hi All! Western Governors University was just featured in quite a lengthy writeup on Time.com praising its quality, growth, efficiency, and affordability. Here are few things you'll find in the article:Brief history of the founding of WGUAccreditation informationWho's hiring WGU graduates?A bit on the faculty perspectiveHow WGU ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by AndriaL on November 14, 2008
  • A Faculty Perspective on Online Courses

    In today's edition of Inside Higher Ed, assistant professor Amy Overman describes her first experience with online teaching: an online course in "cognitive neuroscience of memory" at Elon University, a private, liberal arts university in North Carolina. Believe it or not, but many online instructors have fears and doubts about ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by helenh on November 6, 2008
  • Have you considered an online law degree?

    Are you pursuing an online law degree via distance learning? If so, according to a recent The National Law Journal article, 'Online Law Grads: Older, No Slackers', you likely:"have little in common with their 20-something counterparts who flood into lecture halls at prestigious brick-and-mortar schools each year in hopes of ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by helenh on November 4, 2008
  • E-Learning Showing No Signs of Slowing!

    According to an article in The Record, a Northern New Jersey based newspaper, more than 20% of traditional college students are taking at least one course online, convenience cited as the key advantage. And while some professors still resist, many have embraced online education as, simply, a “different [way] of learning.” They’re ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by AndriaL on October 10, 2008
  • Top 10 Most Popular Master's Degrees

    The information below was compiled by the U.S. Department of Education and lists the top ten most popular master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by discipline in the academic year of 2005-06Top 10 Most Popular Master's DegreesEducation degrees 174,620Business degrees (includes business, management, marketing, ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by Victoria on August 8, 2008
  • 15 Most Popular Bachelor's Degrees

    The information below was compiled by the U.S. Department of Education and lists the top fifteen most popular bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by discipline in the academic year of 2005-06.Top 15 Most Popular Bachelor's DegreesBusiness degrees (includes business, management, marketing, and related support, ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by Victoria on August 7, 2008
  • New Jersey School Officials Earned Doctorates from Unaccredited University

    Earlier this morning Helen dropped a news article on my desk. The article was local, just a few counties down from our office here in Hudson County, New Jersey. The topic covered something that I've become very familiar with: professionals using the fradulent services of diploma mills to purchase an advanced degree. The superintendent and ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by Victoria on July 17, 2008
  • The Florida Board of Nurses updates Continuing Education policy

    The Florida Board of Nurses is no longer measuring Continuing Education credits in terms of units, but rather Contact Hours (CE). According to the new rules:A contact hour = 60 minutes of nursing continuing education content of an appropriate subject matter that meets the professional educational needs of the nurse needed to meet the health care ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by agrant on July 10, 2008
  • Kelli and Martin: Husband and Wife to Earn Bachelor's Degrees Together from American Sentinel University

    Service, Duty and Learning: It’s a Family Thing Kuwait brought them together. Hurricane Katrina drove them from home and deferred their studies. Barring any more natural disasters or overseas deployments, husband and wife Martin and Kelli will walk across the stage together at American Sentinel University’s ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by helenh on June 18, 2008
  • WGU reaches major milestone - 10,000 students enrolled

    The non-profit, online university defied skeptics recently by reaching a major enrollment milestone of 10,000 students. Continuing on this momentum, WGU was also awarded a prestigious national award by the USDLA (United States Distance Learning Association) for 21st Century Best Practices in Distance Education. "We’re proud that WGU ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by agrant on June 16, 2008
  • Penn Foster College was the right choice for me: Lisa B.

    "I really appreciated the entire layout of Penn Foster College’s Finance program. The computer skills were some of the most valuable assets I retained. I threw out my fear of working with computers and was not only able to update my computer at work, but I built up enough confidence to “upgrade” the hard drive in my ...
    Posted to The eLearners News Blog (Weblog) by helenh on June 13, 2008
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