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Colleges of Education Are Urged to Focus More on Online Learning

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The Chronicle: Colleges of Education Are Urged to Focus More on Online Learning

The draft of a new federal plan focuses on improving digital learning at the elementary- and secondary-school level, but it calls for changes in higher education as well.

“Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology,” released this month by the Department of Education, is a draft of the National Educational Technology Plan 2010. It calls for an increased role for online learning in kindergarten through 12th grad

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U of Illinois’s Global Campus staffers given notice of layoffs

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News-Gazette: UI’s Global Campus staffers given notice of layoffs

URBANA – Virtually the entire University of Illinois Global Campus staff, which services about 500 students in the online education program, has been notified of layoffs.

Meanwhile, the leader of Global Campus has moved back to faculty status but retains the $344,850 salary he earned as administrator, at least for the next year.

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AAUP: Online Education Based on ‘Slave Labor’

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Times Daily: Online study ups workload for instructors

Debbie Benson can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to teach.

“I really never saw myself in a college classroom, but I got part-time jobs at Northwest-Shoals (Community College) and the University of North Alabama in 1991, and I’ve been doing that ever since,” said the English instructor.

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Pasadena-based plan for online university draws interest, skepticism

Posted on March 10, 2009 by | Comments Off on Pasadena-based plan for online university draws interest, skepticism

Los Angeles Times: Pasadena-based plan for online university draws interest, skepticism

An Israeli entrepreneur hopes to start a global, very-low-cost institution soon. But by dispensing with professors, it’s already a tough sell for some.

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Distance Ed Deal Dead in Ohio

Posted on March 4, 2009 by | Comments Off on Distance Ed Deal Dead in Ohio

Inside Higher Ed: Deal Dead in Ohio
March 4, 2009

A private company that sought to help the University of Toledo for a share of tuition revenues has “deferred” its negotiations, citing a lack of “alignment” between faculty who opposed the plan and administrators who embraced it.

In an e-mail circulated on campus Tuesday, Provost Rosemary Haggett lamented the end of talks with Higher Ed Holdings and criticized faculty for their objections.

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