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Spring 2008
UIUC College of Education Announces Three New Online Master's Degree Programs The College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in partnership with Academic Outreach, is proud to announce three new, online master’s degree programs. Beginning in July 2008, the College will offer
• Ed. M. with emphasis in Educational Leadership and Policy
• Ed. M. with emphasis in Diversity and Equity Issues in Education
• Ed. M. with emphasis in New Learning and New Literacies
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Global Campus Now Accepting Applications for Business Administration and Patient Safety Leadership Programs The University of Illinois Global Campus is now accepting admissions applications for the new online Bachelor of Business Administration Degree Completion Program and the Master of Science in Patient Safety Leadership and the Graduate Certificate in Patient Safety, Error Science and Full Disclosure. We offer programs designed for the working professional who values the quality of a University of Illinois degree. More...
Elluminate Recognizes UIS UIS is among 11 institutions in the U.S. and Canada recently selected as 2008 Centers of Excellence by Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and web collaboration solutions. The Center of Excellence program recognized this university's "progressive approach to change" by implementing Elluminate Live! in creative ways. Specifically, UIS has brought online and on-campus initiatives together, saved time and resources, and "effected powerful cultural change," said Shari McCurdy Smith, associate director of the UIS Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning. And congratulations to McCurdy for being named an Elluminate Hero. The honor was bestowed on her for being responsible for this university's acceptance into the Elluminate program. More...
Global Campus Accepts Applications for Online E-Learning Graduate Degree Programs Applications are being accepted online at global.uillinois.edu/apply/ for the Master of Education with a concentration in E-Learning, as well as two graduate certificate programs in Foundations of E-Learning and Management of E-Learning. This innovative program was created in collaboration with the Department of Human Resource Education in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
A growing proportion of higher education programming is being delivered via the Internet because of widespread access and the potential for high quality, interactive pedagogy. Universities, colleges, and community colleges are beginning to encourage their faculties and instructors to gain formal training in online pedagogies and technologies. Corporations are also increasingly relying on e-learning to educate, train, and motivate their employees, suppliers, and customers.
With a focus on design and delivery of e-learning, the graduate-level program will help prepare corporate trainers to manage online learning effectively. The program curriculum and the instructor requirements have been developed by Urbana College of Education faculty who are experts in online pedagogy. More...
School of Public Health to offer two new online certificate programs this spring The School of Public Health, Division of Community Health Sciences, is now accepting applications for two new online campus certificate programs: Basic Community Public Health Practice and Advanced Community Public Health Practice. Both graduate-level certificates are targeted to individuals who are currently working in community, public health or other related fields and whose current or future position requires either basic or advanced skills and competency in identifying and addressing community health needs and priorities.
Epidemiology, public health practice and the social and behavioral aspects of health and community health assessment are the focus of the Basic program, while the Advanced Community Public Health Practice program focuses on public health program planning and evaluation, community research methods, health promotion and education and policy development and advocacy.
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UIS wins major national award for online teaching, learning UIS has won a major national award for Excellence in Institution-Wide Online Teaching & Learning Programming from the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C). UIS' exceptional leadership in advancing online education was cited in the announcement from Boston Monday.
"For UIS to receive a national award of this magnitude for excellence among the thousands of colleges and universities with online programs across the country is most extraordinary," said UIS Chancellor Richard Ringeisen. "This award illustrates our commitment to three primary strategic goals -- academic excellence, enriching individual lives, and making a difference in the world." More...
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