Posted by bposton on November 29th, 2006 — Posted in associate online degree programs
Remember the report I told you about that showed an increase in online enrollments?
Well I thought you might like to know that this increase is being seen across the country
at many universities.
Take Ball State, for example.
The Ball State School of Extended Education has a 9 month independent learning program and a ten-week fast track program, The independent learning program has about half of its classes online and allows students to work at their own pace in a nine-month period. The fast track program has all of its classes online and students have to finish their work within the 10 weeks.
Ball State is reporting that registration for the online independent learning programs is increasing. The online independent learning programs were started in 2005, and offer the entire core curriculum. Students must also complete two minors that the school of extended education developed.
Online enrollment has almost doubled at Ball State. However, they are seeing more graduate level students that undergraduate students at this time.
Jim Flowers, professor and director of online education in the Department of Technology, said the department’s two master’s degree programs skyrocketed in enrollment numbers. He said offering online courses gave an advantage because of different perspectives from students around the country and world. Indiana does not require a master’s degree for education, so Flowers said Ball State can service a greater population of students.
He commented that the graduate students who are online are students who have already done teaching, and have already established houses and families, so they’re able to provide a different perspective to things.
Ben
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Posted by bposton on October 30th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online
I saw a press release the other day about Capella University, which is strictly an online University.
It stated that the Center for Transforming Student Services had awarded their career services programs as a “best practice” in providing student services online. They focused on the services related to resume development and CV training as “providing models for other institutions to emulate”.
Julie Ofstedal, part of Capella’s staff that works in this area had this say about the student services they provide.
“Upon making these tools available to our students, we saw an immediate improvement in the quality of resume and CV drafts being submitted for review. They have been tremendously helpful in providing guidance to a large number of students simultaneously,”
In case you were wondering, the Center for Transforming Student Services is a virtual resource for higher education institutions interested in assessing the quality of their student services offered via the Web.
So Kudos to Capella, which is accredited online university and a leader in online education with over 16,000 online students from companies such as Boeing, Johnson & Johnson, Farmers Insurance, and Xerox.
By the way, if you work for any of these companies, you should know that they offer tuition discounts and reimbursement for their employees attending Capella.
Ben
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Posted by bposton on October 13th, 2006 — Posted in engineering degree online
My name is Ben and I’d like to introduce you this blog and tell you why I’ve started it.
Like a lot of other adults, I’m always trying to improve myself and hopefully also improve my career opportunities. One way to do that is to enchance my education.
One of the first things that get in my way is - who has time to go back to school these days? Not to mention the fact that it kinda gets in the way of my full time job. 
So I’ve started this blog as a guide to those who, like myself, are looking at way to improve their skills and their career path through an online education. That could mean a college degree or certificate, graduate or undergraduate, whatever. Only difference is it’s through “distance learning” via the internet.
So stay tuned as I explore the world of what at least used to be called “non-traditional” education. I’m sure we’ll both learn a lot in the process.
Here’s to lifelong learning!
Ben
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