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Colleges of Education Are Urged to Focus More on Online Learning

Posted on March 18, 2010 by | Comments Off on Colleges of Education Are Urged to Focus More on Online Learning

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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Another One Bites the Dust: Ambitious online consortium, U21 Global, folds up the tent

Posted on December 9, 2009 by | Comments Off on Another One Bites the Dust: Ambitious online consortium, U21 Global, folds up the tent

Inside Higher Ed: Another One Bites the Dust

Of all the projects to build international online universities, U21 Global might have been the most ambitious. Universitas 21, the international consortium of highly reputed research universities that opened U21 Global in 2001, predicted the program would enroll 500,000 students and be netting $325 million annually by 2011.

But the program has been fraught with financial losses over its eight-year run, and currently enrolls only 5,000 students. A number of affiliated universities have walked away, including four in the last two years.

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