11/11/2016

Allison Pillwein, a 23-year-old Niagara College student, is a fan of online learning. Currently in her first year of a social service worker program, Ms. Pillwein likes that many of her lecture courses are online hybrids – meaning that part of the delivery is online and part is face-
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11/05/2016

NEW DELHI: A "guideline" from the University Grants Commission tells universities to state if a course was delivered through distance learning on all documents issued, including the degree.

Issued on October 31, the direction has angered officials, teachers and students at Delhi University's S
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11/02/2016

Central Texas College will commemorate National Distance Learning Week, which runs from Nov. 7 to 10, with a variety of online activities to engage students and potential online users. During the week, the public is invited to learn how distance education can help achieve educational g
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10/31/2016

MACOMB, IL--Jeff Hancks, Florence and Lillian Baxter Snyder Professor of Regional and Icarian Studies and coordinator of Archives and Special Collections in Western Illinois University's Malpass Library, has been named interim director of Western Illinois University's School of Dis
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10/24/2016

Laurel Springs School (LSS) – a fully accredited private online school – announced today that it is celebrating its 25th anniversary by committing to build a brick and mortar school through Pencils of Promise (PoP), a nonprofit organization that builds schools and increases educational opport
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10/19/2016

Lucknow: India's higher education regulator has de-recognised 21 off-campus educational institutions across the country. Distance education imparted by Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia and TERI University, Karnataka's Mangalore University and Kuvempu University and five UP universities, includi
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10/15/2016

We’re seeing a positive trend of Haitians pursuing better careers and higher educations in recent years. The economy is supporting this new trend. It is also among the reasons why there are more Haitian workers across the United States, filling important positions in various fields a
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10/07/2016

LUCKNOW: After discontinuing the distance learning education in 2011, Lucknow University on Thursday got a regular study centre of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). The centre was inaugurated by university vice-chancellor SB Nimse. The distance learning programme at LU was first int
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10/03/2016

Just two weeks into the new school year, complaints over slow internet speeds are already at the forefront of discussion amongst students in Buchans.

Hannah Stacey, a Grade 12 student at Lakeside Academy, has been through this all before. Due to the school's small size and lack of resourc
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09/26/2016

Now taking up a distance education programme is just a touch away with the central Pondicherry University rolling out an App for direct delivery of courses such as MBA on mobile phones and laptops. 

Aimed at helping students and professionals in tier-II and III cities, the university has
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09/19/2016

WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing in 18 projects in 16 states to use communications technology to expand access to health care, substance misuse treatment and advanced educational opportunities.

"These investments will help provide be
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09/13/2016

The summer of 2016 has been remarkable in the world of higher education regulation. On May 13, the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Justice issued a joint Dear Colleague letter concerning civil rights protections for, and best practices regarding transgender indi
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09/09/2016

The Netherlands is no longer the home base of you and your family; another part of the world is. How can you still ensure your child maintains the Dutch language and culture? Distance learning may be the answer.

You have left the Netherlands and relocated to another country, but want your c
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09/06/2016

States are cutting down education programs in prisons, just when they are needed most. Can technology fill the gap?

America has the highest prison rates of any nation in the world, but we do a poor job at providing opportunities for prisoners to turn their lives around using the time they
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08/22/2016

Agora.io enables developers to add high-definition voice and video calls into mobile and web apps through a simple but powerful software development kit (SDK).

Agora.io, which specializes in global, internet-based, real-time communications packages, said Aug. 19 that it has partnered with la
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08/16/2016

One of the ways technology has reshaped learning for the better is by connecting students and teachers in a way that wasn’t possible in the days before the internet. Students in the Gwinnett system tap into that connection in a myriad of ways. The Broadcast and Distance Learning team, a grou
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08/09/2016

Roughly 2,300 airmen are now having to take the Air Force's senior noncommissioned officer distance learning course almost immediately after finishing their previous NCO distance learning course.

Typically, airmen don't have to start the SNCO course until several years after the
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08/05/2016

When the first day of school rolls around in August, Webster math teacher Lori Wagner won’t be heading back to the classroom.

Instead, she’ll be heading to her basement.

Wagner is one of nine new teachers hired by the Center for Statewide E-learning at Northern State U
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07/27/2016

Lucknow: Students of Lucknow University will have the option to pursue distance courses along with their regular courses on the university campus.

A regular study centre of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has been established at Lucknow University.

The first academi
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07/26/2016

With the Education Department stalling the promotions of as many as 700 teachers made earlier this month, due to stay on the promotions of the Open Distance Learning (ODL) teachers, with the next hearing of the case in the Punjab and Haryana High Court tomorrow, the ODL teachers today met Educatio
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07/20/2016

Many medical services and advanced educational opportunities are unavailable to residents of rural communities because they often lack the telecommunications infrastructure and equipment to support such programs.

To help connect such rural communities with medical specialists and educ
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07/15/2016

Education can be the difference in lifting a person, a family or even a community out of poverty, yet millions of children and adolescents worldwide are not enrolled in school. The problem is particularly acute in sub-Saharan Africa, where 30 million children are not enrolled in school.

One
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07/04/2016

BENTON HARBOR — Getting an education without leaving the comforts of home can be appealing for students who can’t make it to class.

Convenience definitely is the driving force behind the growth of online education, or distance learning, notes Jay Keeler, lead faculty for a
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07/02/2016

“We want to move away from promising practices into proven institutional models, to demonstrate that students from all types of background can succeed,” says Jenny Glennie, executive director of the South African Institute for Distance Education or SAIDE, which is leading a four-year in
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06/29/2016

Davis Defense Group has won a $95 million contract to deliver support services to the Marine Corps College of Distance Education and Training Distance Professional Military Education programs.

The College of Distance Education and Training offers training and educational opportunities
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06/24/2016

Distance learning is a great study option, which allows students to fit their education around work and home life commitments. It is often a convenient way to gain a vocational qualification and, of course, it doesn’t matter where you live – it is possible to gain a degree
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06/16/2016

Technology has advanced to such an extent that students can now earn their desired degree program right from their very homes. Long lived the traditional mode of classroom education that has now given way to a much more advanced form of learning known as distance learning. The bene
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06/11/2016

The Indian School of Business Management and Administration, one of India’s leading management institute, offers over 100 specialisations and management courses, specially designed for the working class. It has had 15,000 students in the last three years and 6,000 students in the last yea
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06/02/2016

AHMEDABAD: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) will launch e-learning programmes to deliver management education through distance learning.

The institute will launch several programmes in the coming months in collaboration with NIIT Ltd and Hughes Education, companies t
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05/24/2016

HAYS, Kan. – It’s a long way from Dighton to North Carolina. It’s an even longer distance from Salina to France. A pair of Fort Hays State University vocal students have come a long way, and their talent is being showcased this summer.

Clayton Capra, a third-yea
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