Selected Items

• Building Quality into Online Professional and Technical Degree Programs
  Offered by University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Building Quality into Online Professional and Technical Degree Programs is a two day intensive and highly interactive workshop being offered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison on March 11-12, 2008. It is taught by a team of internationally experienced professionals in online and distance learning.
• 147 Practical Tips for Synchronous and Blended Technology Teaching and Learning
  by Rosemary M. Lehman and Richard A. Berg
  Distance education today offers more than teaching and learning online. The growing sophistication and flexibility of synchronous technologies, plus continuing advances and familiarity with their uses, has opened up new opportunities for engaging students and relating with them in a myriad of ways.
  [ Instructional Design ]
• Distance Education Certificate Program Online Group Forming
  A Winter 2007 Online Group is forming to participate in the Distance Education Certificate Program offered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Two scholarships are available. Scholarship applications are due December 4.
  [ Certificate Programs ]
• Graduate Certificate in E-Learning and Online Teaching
  Offered by University of Wisconsin-Stout
  Designed for educators, administrators, and corporate trainers who wish to learn strategies and techniques of e-learning and online teaching. Courses are offered online and any of the individual courses included as a part of the certificate sequence may be completed for professional development. Courses may also be used to fulfill the concentration requirement in UW-Stout’s online Master of Science in Education degree or as electives in the Master of Science degree in Career and Technical Education and Ed.S. degree in Career and Technical Education.
  [ Certificate Programs ]
• Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2005, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty, 2005-06
  An April, 2007 study from the National Center for Education Statistics includes tables identifying the "number of full-time instructional faculty employed in Title IV postsecondary institutions in 2005-06 by length of contract/teaching period, academic rank, gender, and average salaries."
  [ Faculty and Teaching ]
• ©ollectanea
  The Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) at the University of Maryland University College and Intellectual Property Scholar Georgia Harper produces this blog portal addressing the cultural, political and legal context of copyright. The (c)ollectanea blog serves as an online discussion platform for the current and future Center for Intellectual Property scholars. Although the blog addresses the needs of the education and library communities, all are welcome to engage in the discussion and contribute.
  [ Intellectual Property and Copyright ]
• Taking the Wraps off Videoconferencing in the U.S. Classroom: A State-by-State Analysis Wainhouse Research - Alan D. Greenberg
  This white paper (July 2006) "measures videoconferencing adoption in K-12 schools as of mid-2006, and attempts to answer several questions: what is the extent of adoption in any particular state, and how many schools and classrooms are likely to be enabled for professional-quality videoconferencing on a national and state-by-state basis. Wainhouse Research believes that close to 23,000 public, primary and secondary school classrooms or administrative offices have been equipped with videoconferencing as of early 2006."
  [ K12 ]
• Featured Course: Building Quality into Online Professional and Technical Degree Programs
  The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Engineering Professional Development, will offer this workshop on March 26-27, in Madison, Wisconsin.
  [ Conferences and Events ]
• GetEducated.com Awards Online Education Scholarship to University of Wisconsin Criminal Justice Student
  Ken Wiegman, a Computer Support Specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville (UWP), was selected by Wisconsin's Distance Learning Center Scholarship Committee as the first recipient of the GetEducated.com award. Ken's nomination was based upon his academic achievements and the strong recommendation of his nominators, Dr. Susan Hilal and Dr. Cheryl Banachowski-Fuller. Ken is currently enrolled in the online Master of Science in Criminal Justice through UWP.
  [ Special Listing ]
• Going to College Online…What’s it all about?
  WCET (Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications) has put together a list of commonly asked questions about online learning. These questions are from the student perspective and include such questions as: "Is online the only 'study at a distance' option?" and "If two accredited schools offer the same program or course, how do I choose?"
  [ Overviews and FAQs ]