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Education Online Services Corporation (EOServe Corp.) Announ...

Education Online Services Corporation announces the hire of Denver Bright as Associate Director of Admissions to assist in supervising, monitoring and analyzing the admissions team performance as it pertains to the company's services [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Craig Kielburger on online schooling

Where did you go to school? I missed so much school in Grade 8, I had to make a choice. Would I continue with the traditional system or would I find a school that was willing to accommodate me? I went to a school called Mary Ward [Cath [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

District schools cut deals with online education companies

Like charter schools, Arizona school districts are turning to for-profit online companies to run their virtual classes or provide the learning software and curriculum. The districts are eager to provide students expanded online course off [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Online education network lets volunteers help needy schools ...

A new initiative by the Canadian International Learning Foundation has set out to overcome what Canadians say is the single biggest barrier to becoming a volunteer: lack of time. "Change the world in five hours a week” is th [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Tech startup 2tor rides surge in online education

In 2010, more than 6.1 million students signed up for at least one online course, about 10 percent more than 5.5 million the previous year, reports the Sloan Consortium Survey of Online Learning. "It's scaling quickly," said [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Online Learning, Personalized

Jesse Roe, a ninth-grade math teacher at a charter school here called Summit, has a peephole into the brains of each of his 38 students. He can see that a girl sitting against the wall is zipping through geometry exercises; that a boy wit [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Scrutiny of online education puts Idaho reforms in national ...

The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and The Nation are among the major publications scrutinizing the boom in virtual education and Idaho is among the states winning attention for Superintendent Tom Luna's "Students Come Firs [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Free online education service for secondary schools

The service aims at enriching the learning experience through encouraging different learning styles. Its content is based on the official education curriculum. The free online education service is currently available in 30 schools. Maxis [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

US: Online education growth dwarfs overall enrolment

I am co-director of the Babson Survey Research Group which, for the last nine years, has published a survey of online education in the United States. It has yet to see any clear indication of an overall slowdown in the growth of online ed [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Online Courses for Elementary and High School Students?

`In an effort to accommodate students with varying levels of advancement and in reaction to state budgetary cuts, at least 30 states in the US now let elementary and high school students take all their courses online. According to Ever [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

New Survey Highlights Growth of Online Education

In recent years, online education has become an important part of academia. An August survey by the Pew Research Center indicates that about 77% of college presidents said that online learning, in one form or another, is offered at their [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Study Shows Online Education Continues To Grow

A new survey shows that the number of students enrolled in online education grew for the ninth consecutive year, reported Inside Higher Ed. The study, which was conducted by Babson Survey Research Group, showed that more than six million [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Bonuses from Online Education

These days, more than a few people are enrolling or re-enrolling school, taking into account the potential impact that a college degree can have on their career opportunities. According to the statistics, an estimated 30% of people engage [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Idaho 1st state to require online education

Idaho is set to become first state in the nation to require high school students to take at least two credits online to graduate. The state Board of Education gave the online education requirement final approval Thursday, despite heavy c [...]