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Virtual Online Learning Rated Key By College IT Staff, Not Faculty

Online Education Facts and Statistics > Latest Online Learning News and Research

A new educational technology study shows virtual online learning is rated as a key part of higher education by college information technology staff—but not by faculty. The 21st Century Campus Report from CDW Government LLC shows college faculty lag far behind IT staff in rating online education technology on campus. Also, poor faculty understanding of technology in higher education is the top concern among students surveyed. The survey of 1,000 students, faculty, and IT professionals found:
Findings of the 21st Century Campus report on educational technologies in higher education

Free Distance Education Courses and Online Course Creation Tools From Nixty.com

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A new website is offering free distance education courses, plus tools for users to create and sell online courses. Nixty.com is an open courseware site that lets users take more than 200 non-credit college courses free online from about 10 universities, including MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Harvard University, Yale and others. However, it goes beyond other open courseware aggregation websites in several ways.
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First Online Bachelors Degree Program Considered for University of California

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An online bachelors degree soon may be offered by the University of California. The university’s Board of Regents has informally endorsed a plan to bring the school its first online undergraduate degree program. The school already awards an online masters degree in engineering, while its UC extension campuses offer more than 1,000 online classes. Other state universities, such as the University of Southern California and California State University, provide a variety of distance masters degrees. However, this would be the first “highly selective” online bachelors degree offered by a top-ranked, prestigious research university, says Christopher Edley Jr., the University of California Berkeley law school dean who is leading the movement for the online undergraduate degree.
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Free Online Classes to Expand With Gates Foundation Grants

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You may soon have more access to free online classes through a new program supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grants. The new “Next Gen Learning Challenges” initiative aims to increase the level of college education among Americans, using technology to improve college readiness and completion, especially among low-income young adults. This is needed because 64 percent of jobs by 2018 will require college degrees—yet only about 30 percent of Americans have college degrees.
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Adult Learners Going Back to School Online Outperform Younger Students

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Adult learners going back to school online can be as successful as younger students — or even more so — if they receive training in online educational technology, according to a new study in the Journal of Online Learning and Teaching. Researchers at the University of Kansas compared three age groups of teachers enrolled in an online graduate course in special education. One segment of the class consisted of adult learners, ages 50 to 65, who were classified as “late-career” adults. The class also included early-career students (ages 21 to 35) and mid-career adults (ages 36 to 49).
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