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ForbesLucie LapovskyContributor On-line learning today provides a quality alternative to on-the-ground courses. It offers students greater flexibility as to time and place as most courses are offered asynchronously, meaning students can take them at any time of the day or night. Most chief academic officers at colleges and universities were very skeptical of... Read More>

Northern State University, Aberdeen, S.D. – The first cohort of educators has completed Northern State University’s Online Learning Consortium Teaching Certificate program.  Eight NSU employees received grants to complete the program: Dr. Juan Gonzalez, assistant professor of Spanish; Dr. Debra Wenzel, instructional design coordinator; Ms. Gayla Martens, Spanish instructor for the... Read More>

Employers, busy people finding classes on Web great alternative  Patrick Murphy For The Journal Gazette On a typical day, Megan Lichlyter comes home from her medical technologist job at St. Joseph Hospital, has dinner and spends time with husband Brian and daughter Mackenzie. It’s also common for her to begin working on... Read More>

Students are finding out that online programs can be an affordable education path. Though not all online programs have less expensive tuition than traditional schools, the associated costs can be lower. "The financial benefits of enrolling in online programs at universities is that students do not have to pay commuting expenses,... Read More>

The merged journal, ‘Online Learning,’ aims to expand scholarly research in the field of online education; the merger represents an extension of an existing collaboration between the two organizations. NEWBURYPORT, Mass. and LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 21, 2015) – The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning... Read More>

By Tanya Joosten Recently, a Dean’s office asked me whether they should deliver blended classes in their college. Specifically, they wanted some evidence that showed that students enrolled in blended courses as they do online courses. Our online courses can sometimes fill up far faster than our face-to-face (f2f) courses.  Through the... Read More>

Awards will be presented at the 8th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium, April 22-24, in Dallas NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (March 17, 2015) — The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), formerly The Sloan Consortium, today announced the winners of its 2015 Effective Practice Awards. This year’s effective practices offer approaches to... Read More>

By Jason Rhodes. Over the past two decades the Internet has made it possible for anyone anywhere to pursue an affordable degree; for adults to continue their education in efforts to remain productive; and for universities to reach a greater number of people who want to learn. Infusing online learning into... Read More>

New OLC infographic illustrates latest trends shaping the future of higher education and online learning. March 10, 2015 NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (March 9, 2015) — The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), formerly The Sloan Consortium, examines the impact of the Internet and changing “consumer” behavior on higher education in a new infographic released today.... Read More>

Highlights: Key speakers; Best-in-Track sessions; Launch Pad program for EdTech startups NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (March 3, 2015) — The latest annual Survey of Online Learning (Grade Level) reveals online enrollments are growing faster than overall higher education. Many of the academic and EdTech leaders who are driving this trend will gather April... Read More>