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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09/05/2017
University and college students will soon be back in their classrooms. However, more and more students now study online, rather than in a classroom. This is both positive and worrisome. I know, as earlier this summer I taught my first online university course.
Online edu
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08/27/2017
Long-distance learning is a convenient way of self-development and giving oneself an opportunity to achieve financial freedom through promotion at work, entrepreneurship, or qualification for a new career.
Many people opt for long-distance learning because of their daily responsibilit
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08/22/2017
Dubai: The higher education dreams of hundreds of Indian students including office-goers in the UAE will be affected after a university from the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu has been barred from conducting distance learning centres.
The Madras High Court in Chennai ordered Bharathiar
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08/14/2017
The first group of Moray teachers who trained through a distance learning scheme will start in the area’s classrooms this month.
The DLite programme, which is an 18-month course run by Aberdeen University, was completed by six newly-qualified teachers in the area.
Th
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08/09/2017
CAPE CANAVERAL - A new study published in Frontiers in Neurology examining remote clinical neuroscience education shows that distance learning has the same outcomes as classroom learning for training healthcare professionals.
Dr. Frederick R. Carrick, founder of Carrick Institute an
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08/04/2017
THERE are many people who wish to move up the educational ladder, but due to certain constraints in their day-to-day commitments they are unable to do so.
While for some it is because of limitations with regard to finances, others face hurdles at their workplaces, as some employers can
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07/29/2017
Mr Francois Pujolas, France Ambassador to Ghana, has called for the promotion of French language teaching and learning in Ghana.
He applauded Ghana Government’s vision to popularize French among the Ghanaian society, to introduce it from the primary level of education and to co
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07/23/2017
Bill Knapp, of Big Rapids, was hired as the Director of Distance Learning on June 19.
Knapp’s experience with Distance Learning dates back to 1997 when he was the Coordinator of Instructional Technology at Ferris State University.
In 2010, Knapp transitioned to Lake
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07/18/2017
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has deferred implementation of its regulations for open and distance learning (ODL) programmes from this year.
Issuing a fresh notification, the higher education regulator has said the UGC (Open and Distance Learning) Regulations, 2017 will become effe
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07/06/2017
As online learning possibilities continue to flourish, a new whitepaper indicates that many faculty members are concerned the approach will lead to less satisfactory learning outcomes for students, according to eCampus News, but institutions can combat this by being proactiv
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07/02/2017
KOLHAPUR: University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all the institutions offering distance learning courses to seek fresh approval.
The UGC (open and distance learning) regulations, 2017, need to be complied in order to run the distance programs.
According to UGC, minimum standar
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