03/01/2018
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Institute of Distance Learning (IDL) has commissioned its Takoradi City Campus at Kansaworodo, in the Western Region.
The centre, constructed at a cost of GHS21,600,000.00 with the University’s Internally Generated Fund
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02/28/2018
St Mary’s University, Twickenham is launching an innovative new distance learning Master’s degree aimed at coaching professionals that develops and applies cutting-edge, evidence-based knowledge and skills in football coaching and performance.
The Performance Football Coaching (
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02/23/2018
Directorate of Distance Education department of Bangalore University has seen a 172% increase in applications for various diploma, UG and PG distance education programmes from the 2017-18 academic year.
The total number of students enrolled is 7,203, an increase from 2,643 st
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02/19/2018
A new USDA grant of approximately $389,000 will enable the new Northern Vermont University (the official name of Johnson State College and Lyndon State College as of July 1, 2018) to develop a distance-learning network that will increase live course offerings and delivery methods for stu
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02/05/2018
The University of Missouri Board of Curators discussed problems and goals of distance learning and collaboration among campuses at a meeting on Friday morning at the Columbia Campus.
UM System President Mun Choi wants to increase the number of online courses and programs offered. T
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02/01/2018
OLEAN – Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES was recently awarded a $466,686 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The grant, known as the Rural Utility Service (RUS) Distance Learning Grant, will be implemented by CABOCES and 11 area school districts to upgrade
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01/31/2018
False Bay TVET College (FBC) is expanding its Distance Learning offering from January 2018, in anticipation of the greater demand for education and training in 2018.
Following the announcement by President Zuma that fully subsidised free education and training woul
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01/21/2018
The Yunus Emre Institute’s distance learning portal has taught Turkish to nearly 100,000 users from 159 countries in six continents in a less than a year, according to the institute.
The portal has users mostly from Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Algeria, Ecuador, Tunis
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01/19/2018
As children many of us recall watching the evening news or listening to the morning weather radio reports to find out if the white flakes wafting from the sky would cause officials to close school for the day. One or two days were a dream, but an entire week brought about severe cabin fev
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01/10/2018
Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, has expressed joy on the approval of its Open and Distance Learning and Research Institute, ODLRI, by the National Universities Commission ,NUC after a recent assessment of the Institute’s facilities.
ODLRI established by the Prof. Olanrewaju Adigun Fag
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01/01/2018
CHARLOTTE, NC (Ann Doss Helms/The Charlotte Observer) - Can a laptop replace a classroom?
Online classes have become common. They expand the course offerings at any given school or help students get through a medical crisis without falling too far behind.
But can virtual school of
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12/23/2017
CHENNAI: Students enrolling for undergraduate, postgraduate and other courses at the Institute of Distance Education (IDE) of University of Madras from the next academic year can chuck their printed study material and get a feel of being part of the regular stream from the comfort of their
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12/17/2017
Guwahati: Assam has only 13 per cent enrolment rate in tertiary education, which is not enough for a developing state, an expert on distance education said here on Saturday.
Delivering the keynote address at an international conference on Development Intervention and Open Learning for Empo
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12/12/2017
Polk State College is now a participating member of the Florida-State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (FL-SARA), part of a national collaboration that expands online learning options for students and significantly reduces the costs for institutions to provide distance learning opportunit
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12/05/2017
NEW DELHI: After the Supreme Court of India suspended degrees awarded through distance mode by deemed universities, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has started the process for the registration of such candidates for appearing for written and practical tests for
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12/03/2017
Amritsar: Guru Nanak Dev University is all set to establish the Directorate of Open and Distance Learning on its campus. The decision was taken during the Syndicate meeting, which was presided over by VC Jaspal S Sandhu. The new programmes will be introduced in the university, its regional cent
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11/25/2017
The engineering degrees of four deemed varsities which offer the course through the long-distance mode have been suspended. The University Grants Commission (UGC) followed the Supreme Court’s order to suspend the degrees after a prior decision to retrain universities from continuing any distance le
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11/20/2017
Fairly recently, only a few people believed that distance learning would ever be considered high-quality education. However, the digital economy has upended conventional wisdom, and today it is no surprise to anyone that the Internet provides a convenient tool for obtaining professional education
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11/11/2017
The Supreme Court of India has dealt a serious blow to deemed universities granting degrees that are delivered by distance or correspondence learning without first obtaining mandatory permission from the statutory bodies.
In a judgment on 3 November, the apex court judged that the inst
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11/06/2017
International bodies, politicians, policymakers and researchers have always been interested in the way teachers are prepared for the classroom. This is because the quality of a country’s teachers is an indicator of its developmental level.
Distance education is often viewed as a way to s
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11/02/2017
THERE is definitely no gainsaying the fact that the world is gravitating toward Open and Distance Education (ODE) which has become a viable access to tertiary education. Inadequate access for the teeming populace, young and old, even across social strata, seeking tertiary education is a great
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10/25/2017
On a recent school day, 30 fourth graders watched a swirling tornado of fire materialize many miles away. The students in Jeanelle Wonders' Adrian, Mich. classroom were among the first in the state to experience a new program designed to bring informal learning programs to all 83 Michigan counties.
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10/23/2017
eLearning Market share will be valued USD 200 billion by 2024; according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. A major factor contributing to the high growth of the e-learning market is the rising shift towards flexible education solutions in the corporate and the acad
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10/19/2017
Classroom walls have disappeared; borders have dissolved. As the education industry goes increasingly online, students can study almost anything from almost anywhere.
Despite the wealth of opportunity and unparalleled flexibility, distance learning isn’t for everyone. The most co
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10/09/2017
The Distance Learning and Telehealth (DLT) Program provides financial assistance to encourage and improve telemedicine services and distance learning services in rural areas through the use of telecommunications, computer networks, and related advanced technologies to be used by stu
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10/04/2017
There’s to be an increase in the number of courses available at the TAFE in Glen Innes in the upcoming term and into the new year.
What’s called a Connected Learning Centre means colleges in Glen Innes, Tenterfield, Quirindi and Coonabarabran will be able to share specialis
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09/25/2017
As a working professional in public health, you’ll understand the crucial importance of the field and the impact it can have on people’s everyday lives.
What is not so obvious is that public health is protects the health of populations, prevents injury, illness and disease
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09/20/2017
Kolhapur: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has extended the application deadline for Open and Distance Learning (ODL) courses. The last date for submitting applications for academic year begining from July 2018 has been extended from September 23 to October 31.
In a
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09/17/2017
With the academic calendar at the University of Mumbai already reeling under pressure owing to the mess onscreen assessment left in its wake, admission for first-year programmes at the varsity's distance learning institute are yet to commence even though the Class XII results were declared mont
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09/09/2017
The University of Leicester, in its quest to offer flexible study opportunities within a structured and supportive framework in Ghana, has introduced two more courses to its Distance Learning portfolio in Ghana.
The new programmes, MSc. International Education and PG Cert. Learning Techno
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