Nigeria: Scholars Find Ways Distance Learning Can Quicken Development
(AllAfrica.com)
About three hundred and fifty scholars, experts, top government
officials, policy-makers, managers, administrators in the academia, other
key stakeholders and practitioners in Open and Distance Learning (LODL) in
and outside Africa, met for four days in Lagos for the 2nd African Council
for Distance Education (ACDE) conference and General Assembly, hosted by
the National Open University of ...
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Acxiom(R) Online Authentication Product Meets Demands of New
Education Policy (Centre Daily Times)
In an effort to increase online academic integrity, new higher
education policies require nationally accredited colleges and universities
to verify that the distance learning student who registers for a course is
the same student who performs the work. This is an issue for any
institution that offers distance learning courses.
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SMALL SCHOOLS, BIG CHALLENGES: Bridging the divide with distance
learning (Grand Island Independent)
School districts are the heartbeat of their communities, but nowhere
more so than in Nebraska's smallest towns. The challenges many of those
districts face -- tightening budgets, shrinking enrollment, fluctuating
state aid -- are magnified as well. This is the third day of The
Independent's three-part look at some of the issues confronting the
smallest schools in Central Nebraska and ...
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Acxiom(R) Online Authentication Product Meets Demands of New
Education Policy (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.----In an effort to increase online academic
integrity, new higher education policies require nationally accredited
colleges and universities to verify that the distance learning student who
registers for a course is the same student who performs the work.
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Tri-C and AT&T; Unveil New Online Learning Initiatives; High Gas
Prices Drive Online Enrollment Surge (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Cuyahoga Community College President Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton and a top
AT&T; official today announced a number of new initiatives aimed at
positioning Tri-C as the online learning leader in northeast Ohio.
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