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Video Technology in Online Classes Desired By 60 Percent – GetEducated.com Web Poll

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Video technology in online classes is favored by almost two-thirds of those responding to a recent GetEducated.com web poll. When asked “Which technology would you like in online classes?” a third—34.2 percent—picked video podcasts. This compares with just 10 percent who wanted audio-only podcasts. Another 25 percent of those who answered the poll chose videoconferencing, meaning that overall, video technology was preferred by 60 percent. {{RightSponsor53}}
See more poll results and study findings about the value of video technology in online classes

For Profit Online Colleges Named in Government Investigation of Education Fraud, Deceptive Marketing

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By GetEducated.com Consumer Reporting Team \| August 10, 2010

Three primarily online colleges—the University of Phoenix, Kaplan University, and Argosy University—were among 15 for-profit colleges targeted by an undercover government investigation that uncovered possible education fraud and deceptive marketing practices. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) probed both online colleges and on-ground for-profit colleges from May 2010 through July 2010, using “secret shoppers” to pose as prospective applicants. Congress is investigating for-profit colleges because they receive about one-fourth of federal education loans ($20 billion in 2009). The GAO findings were revealed in Senate hearings in early August. Among the findings:
Findings of the GAO report on for-profit college recruiting and marketing tactics

Clayton College of Natural Health - Unaccredited Online School - to Close

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Clayton College of Natural Health — an unaccredited online school in Birmingham, AL — is closing. The private, for-profit online school had been offering bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees in holistic health and nutrition since the late 1990s. About 3,000 students across the U.S. were enrolled in the non-accredited school at the time of the announcement in July.
Learn more about the history of Clayton College and why it is closing

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

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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. {{LeftSponsor46}} 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. {{LeftSponsor53}} However, it goes beyond other open courseware aggregation websites in several ways.
Read more about Nixty.com's free online distance education courses and online course tools

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