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By Jess Wisloski | December 16, 2011
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 The University of California Berkeley announced last week it will launch its first online degree—an online master's in public health (MPH)—in the spring 2012 semester.
Responding to a growing need for professionals in the public health sector, UC Berkeley says it is opening an online master's in public health that will require 85 percent of coursework to be completed online. The program will bolster learning with three on-campus sessions totaling 15 days.
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Read more about the online degree program at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health
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Online College Grant and Scholarships
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By Jess Wisloski | December 13, 2011
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 Lynn Ponder, 44, isn’t the only one in her household who will be in college next year: The online student will be midway through her Master of Arts in Technical Communications at Texas Tech University next fall, just as her 18-year-old daughter enters classes on a college campus for the first time.
Thanks to Get Educated, which has scholarships for single moms and others, this single mom's pursuit will be easier.
With the help of Get Educated's $1,000 Excellence in Online Education Scholarship -- which was awarded to Ponder as a member of Core4Women, a web-based support network for online students -- she’ll be completing her semester with fewer expenses.
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Read more about scholarships for single moms
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By Jess Wisloski | December 06, 2011
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Does learning in groups or online collaborative learning actually benefit students in online courses? Not really, suggests an article in the Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT). The good news is, it doesn’t harm student learning, either.
“Learning Outcomes Associated with Group Assignments,” a paper published in the Fall 2011 issue of JOLT by three professors at the University of Missouri/Kansas City, summarizes the findings from a nursing course, in which of the 54 eligible study participants, 57 percent completed the study of group projects.
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Read more about online group work
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By Jess Wisloski | November 29, 2011
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Ever cheated on a test for an online class, or given free pass to a student who you know may have cheated? Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a perhaps not-so-shocking report about shady online class practices at the five largest for-profit colleges and ten other online colleges. The practices uncovered in the report might make any self-respecting teacher wince.
Or, maybe not. Eight of the 15 for-profit schools that were studied followed college policies when it came to academic dishonesty and grading standards, but seven of the schools acted in a less than forthright manner, with one or more teachers failing to take disciplinary action against students who were not present for live classes, or who turned in bogus exam responses.
Does your college have good policies in place to deal with plagiarism and cheating? Have you as an instructor ever been asked to look the other way? Discuss with others in our forums.
Additionally, and perhaps a worrisome indicator for the federal government, which handed out $32 billion in grants and loans through student aid programs in 2009-2010 to for-profit schools, these schools did not consistently follow exit counseling guidelines for students who left school mid-term.
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Read more about cheating and misconduct at online for-profit colleges
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