Online courses offer students chance to learn without classroom

University Wire;  May 16, 2003 ;   Kristin Erney;   777 words ......Television courses at Southeast, and now online courses have become the next step in this progression...now post grades online. This year, 44 online courses were offered, including courses from...leader in regard to schools that offer online courses and for offering the training for ...

U. Utah chooses not to offer wide selection of online courses

University Wire;  February 16, 2006 ;   Jed Layton;   529 words ......homework." But with the limited number of online courses offered at the U, Myers is planning...U has a relatively small number of online courses compared with other Utah institutions...undergraduate studies, said the U's number of online courses (97) is small -- compared with Utah...

Student's perception of quality in online courses.

Academic Exchange Quarterly;  December 22, 2005 ;   Song, Holim Kidd, Terry;   787 words ......regarding the instructional quality of online courses delivered via Webct (M = 2.63, SD...aspects of instructional quality of online courses. The most important aspect indicated...related to students' perception of online courses uncovered important factors that are...

COLUMN: Online courses instead of class? Tempting, but I'll pass

University Wire;  January 24, 2006 ;   Sara Tenenbaum;   787 words ......being offered... online! The number of online courses offered by colleges has risen steadily...that about 3 million students take online courses, a number that has been rising roughly...fastest growing group of students taking online courses is made up of those already enrolled...

U. Utah to expand number of online courses

University Wire;  March 15, 2007 ;   Dustin Gardiner;   527 words ......record 3,227 students enrolled in online courses at the U -- 361 more than last spring. The growing demand for online courses is prompting administrators to...tuition increase to create more online courses, said Paul Brinkman, associate...

DETERMINANTS OF INSTRUCTORS' INTENTIONS TO TEACH ONLINE COURSES: A...

The Journal of Computer Information Systems;  April 1, 2006 ;   Alshare, Khaled; Kwun, Obyung; Grandon, Elizabeth E;   787 words ......instructors' intentions to teach online courses in the United States and South...exponentially in recent years. Online courses are convenient for students...universities. For students, online courses provide opportunities to improve...

A need for humor in online courses.(Commentary)

College Teaching;  June 22, 2004 ;   James, David;   787 words ......the debate about the legitimacy of online courses flourishes in academic hallways. One...classes and that they would recommend online courses to their friends (Presby 2001). In...2001, 2). The movement toward offering online courses is a natural one given the gains in...

At U. West Florida, online courses bring in big bucks, but at what cost?

University Wire;  March 12, 2008 ;   Matthew Elder;   787 words ......Fla. -- President John Cavanaugh says online courses may be the financial savior of the...attracted by the flexibility of taking online courses are enrolling in greater numbers each...sufficient training. Others worry that the online courses they are creating will replace them...

Online courses expanding at Rutgers

University Wire;  April 11, 2006 ;   Richard Krueger;   713 words ......Although her first encounter with online courses was unexpected, Venta -- now a senior...never meeting the professor," she said. Online courses are still a relatively limited phenomenon...remains a top reason for students taking online courses," said Richard Novak, Associate ...

Online courses bring increased workload at West Virginia U.

University Wire;  April 5, 2005 ;   Chris Huntemann;   448 words ......MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- More than 170 online courses are available for graduate and undergraduate...Day-Perroots, dean of Extended Learning, says online courses are aimed mainly at nontraditional or part-time students. "We are offering online courses because of a geographic separation...

Faculty at U. Alabama wary of vague copyright laws for online courses

University Wire;  September 15, 2005 ;   Stephen Dawkins And Wesley Hallman;   715 words ......new methods of instruction, such as online courses, are not changing with the times. The...has a copyright policy pertaining to online courses, but it might be deterring instructors...professors are creating and implementing online courses, and Carolyn Dahl, dean of the College...

Short on time? Try online courses from VVC.

Daily Press (Victorville, CA);  August 23, 2005 ;     488 words ......Community College students are turning to online courses and they are doing so to save time. Online courses have become increasingly popular over...from anthropology to economics. Most online courses at VVC allow room for approximately...

Improving Online Courses: What is Interaction and Why Use It?

Distance Learning;  November 1, 2005 ;   Savenye, Wilhelmina C;   787 words ......experiences may take the form of fully online courses, usually offered at a distance, or...these constitute complete instruction. Online courses now can rely on the communication tools...beyond. Most of us who have offered online courses for several years have found that students...

Enrollment up in online courses

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  November 9, 2006 ;   Justin Pope Associated Press;   513 words ......estimates that 850,000 more students took online courses in the fall of 2005 than the year before...Eduventures. The rest are taking individual online courses or -- increasingly - - mixing online courses with more traditional campus-based classes...

Strategies for enhancing student interaction and immediacy in online...

Business Communication Quarterly;  March 1, 2005 ;   Conaway, Roger N. Easton, Susan S. Schmidt, Wallace V.;   787 words ......immediacy, which online courses may lack. Because...instructor builds a learning community and transfers...features that online courses may lack (Wardrope...an effective online learning community. INTERACTIVITY...IMMEDIACY IN ONLINE COURSES Arbaugh ...