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Nov. 18, 2005 - Orlando, FL -- College Board and the Sloan Foundation Announce Plans to Expand Annual Survey of Online Learning, the 2005 Survey of Online Learning concludes that the breadth of online college courses may soon rival traditional face-to-face offerings. Survey results show more than three out of five institutions offering face-to-face undergraduate (63%) or graduate (65%) level courses also offer courses at the same level online. -- more...

Oct. 3, 2005 - Needham, MA -- The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of more than 1,000 institutions and organizations of higher education engaged in online learning, will present its 2005 awards at the 11th Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning: The Power of Online Learning, Mobilizing to Expand Community, in Orlando, Florida, November 17, 2005. -- more...

Oct. 3, 2005 - Needham, MA -- The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of more than 1,000 institutions and organizations of higher education engaged in online learning, will present the 2005 Sloan C Excellence in Online Teaching & Learning Award Winners in Orlando, Florida, November 17, 2005. -- more...

Sept. 17, 2005 - More than 1,000 students have already requested courses by signing up at www.SloanSemester.org. "Most of the students are from institutions based in New Orleans who are hoping to bridge from this difficult time and to return to their home institutions," -- more...

Sept. 2, 2005 - The Sloan Consortium, an international association of colleges and universities committed to quality online education, is offering students displaced by Hurricane Katrina an opportunity to continue their education at no cost. -- more...

Nov. 12, 2004 - The 2004 Sloan Survey of Online Learning, Entering the Mainstream: The Quality and Extent of Online Education in the U. S. (www.sloan-c.org/resources/survey.asp), was released today at the 10 th Annual Sloan-C International Conference. The report shows online enrollments continue to grow at rates faster than for the broader student population and institutes of higher education expect the rate of growth to continue increasing. -- more...

Nov. 11, 2004 - Sloan-C Honors Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning - The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of more than 900 institutions and organizations of higher education engaged in online learning, will present its 2004 awards at the 10^h Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning: The Power of Online Learning, from Innovation to the Mainstream, in Orlando, Florida, November 12, 2004. -- more...

Nov. 10, 2004 - Sloan-C Honors Effective Practices in Online Learning - The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of more than 900 institutions and organizations of higher education engaged in online learning, will present its 2004 awards at the 10^th Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning: The Power of Online Learning, from Innovation to the Mainstream, in Orlando, Florida, November 12, 2004.. -- more...

Oct. 12, 2004 - eLearners Selected to Speak at First Sloan-C Online Marketing Seminar - eLearners.com Inc., creator of the leading website for connecting learners to education, announces their participation in the Sloan-C Online Marketing Series. Pre-workshop activities are held throughout this week and the Series' live event will take place on Friday, October 15. C.J. DeSantis, founder and president of eLearners, together with UMass Online and Eduventures, will be discussing the basics of marketing online post-secondary programs, key facts about online program marketing, a case study of marketing an online program, and other hot topics. -- more...

Jul. 1, 2004 - Sloan Consortium's Premium Membership: An Asset to the Academic Community - The Sloan Consortium, an association of academic institutions and organizations that share information about effective online learning, has established a new level of membership: The Premium Membership provides even greater access to the newest thinking in online learning, and enhances the resources available through the free trial membership. The Premium Membership combines Sloan-C's paid services into cost-effective bundles as opposed to the typical "a la carte" services, creating a significant savings while allowing extensive access to Sloan-C resources - including publications, online journals, workshops, conferences, and much more. -- more...

Jun. 29, 2004 - The Sloan Consortium Pushes the Online Learning Model Forward - Shows that Online Workshops Can Overcome Geographic and Financial Barriers - This past May, the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) held an in-depth 6 week long online research workshop that reached 380 participants, from 13 countries and 43 U.S. states all for an average price of less than $180 each. Sloan-C, a consortium focused on improving the quality and scale of online learning, put their own research to the test with this fully online workshop. Sloan-C continues to push models of online learning forward showing the clear benefits of online learning that allow education to occur anyplace and anytime. -- more...

Jun. 29, 2004 - Sloan Consortium Achieves Another Membership Milestone - The Sloan Consortium, an association of academic institutions and organizations that share information about effective online learning, has reached over 750 organizational members. This milestone comes only five short months after the announcement for 500 organizational members - an indication of the rapid growth of Sloan-C. The high level of expansion can be attributed to the increase in the awareness surrounding online learning and the collection of comprehensive information and resources about online learning that Sloan-C continues to circulate to its members. -- more...

Feb. 17, 2004 - Sloan Consortium Delivers Interactive Online Research Workshop with Elluminate Live!™ - Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and Web conferencing solutions for the real-time organization, and Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of academic institutions and organizations that share information about effective online learning, announced today that Sloan-C has selected Elluminate Live! to provide the synchronous component of the Sloan-C Online Research Workshop: 2004. -- more...

Jan. 23, 2004 - Sloan Consortium and American Distance Education Consortium Form Partnership to Improve Quality in Online Learning - The American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) and the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of over 600 institutions and organizations of higher education engaged in online learning have partnered to bring new resources to the 65 ADEC state universities and land-grant colleges. The two groups are teaming up to improve the online educational programs offered by their members. -- more...

Sloan-C Member News (2004)

Oct. 20, 2005-UMassOnline, the University of Massachusetts' online education division, received the "21st Century Best Practices Award for Distance Learning." USDLA's most prestigious prize was presented at the Fall Training and Online Learning Conference and Expo in Long Beach, California. -- more...

October 4, 2005 University of Maryland University College’s (UMUC) Master of Business Administration (MBA) has been named the “2005 Most Outstanding Online Teaching and Learning Program” by the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), a national consortium of institutions and organizations committed to quality online education. -- more...

Sept. 22, 2005–UMassOnline, The University of Massachusetts online education division, joins The Sloan Consortium in offering students whose studies have been interrupted by Hurricane Katrina an opportunity to continue their education tuition-free. -- more...

Jul. 12, 2005 - UMassOnline, the University of Massachusetts' online education division, today announced its Web site, www.UMassOnline.net, has been enhanced with many new features for adult learners seeking information about online degree and certificate programs. -- more...

May. 31, 2005 - Today Keiser College launches an online Bachelor of Arts Degree program with a major in Business Administration offered in Spanish providing the international community, and the United States, access to American business principles previously available only in the United States or via distance learning in English -- more...

May. 31, 2005 - A U.S. University teaches western business ways to Chinese students, IEEE Spectrum - New York, NY, USA. Heilongjiang and 20 other students were working toward their master's degrees in telecommunications management from Stevens Institute of Technology ... -- more...

Apr. 5, 2005 - UMassOnline today announced that online education program revenue and enrollments grew by 30 percent and 19 percent, respectively, in fiscal year 2005 (July 2004 - June 2005). Revenue from the University of Massachusetts' system online programs was $16 million, up from $12 million in FY 2004. Enrollments reached 17,554, up from 14,702 in FY 2004. -- more...

Mar. 1, 2005 - UMassOnline and the University of Massachusetts today host a team of senior members of "An Garda Siochana," Ireland's National Police Service, for the first of two days of pro bono training about e-Learning. UMassOnline is sharing experiences with the Garda about how to organize and deliver training services via e-learning. -- more...

Feb. 8, 2005 - New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU SCPS) is launching the University's first wholly online undergraduate degrees for adult students. The new program - called NYU Online - will begin accepting applications this spring, with classes to start in September 2005. -- more...

Feb. 3, 2005 - The University of Massachusetts Medical School today launches a new online education initiative that will help busy physicians and health care providers stay abreast of current trends, new procedures and techniques. -- more...

Jan. 20, 2005 - Kicking off its fifth year and fifth spring semester, UMassOnline today introduces six new online programs, bringing its portfolio to 45 online degree and certificate programs. With the addition of online continuing medical education (CME) courses from UMass Medical School, UMassOnline now represents every campus in the UMass system. -- more...

Nov. 11, 2004 - The University of Minnesota, Crookston is the first to offer an online degree in the University of Minnesota system. - The University of Minnesota, Crookston's Bachelor of Applied Health (BAH) degree provides students a convenient and flexible alternative for working adults and part-time students who have relevant work experience and are interested in completing a 4-year degree. The Bachelor of Applied Health degree is designed for allied health personnel who seek professional advancement. -- more...

Jun. 28, 2004 - New Mexico State University: Conference aims to improve educational opportunities for American Indians through distance learning - Distinguished leaders and scholars from American Indian communities across New Mexico, the Southwest, and the United States met on March 18-19, 2004 in Las Cruces to attend Digital Pathways: Best Practices in Distance Education for American Indians. -- more...

Sloan-C Vendor Partner News (2004)

Nov. 8, 2004 - Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and Web conferencing solutions for corporations and academia, today announced Elluminate Live!TM 6.0, offering the industry's most comprehensive rich media and cross platform support. -- more...

Feb. 23, 2004 - Elluminate, Inc., a leader in Web conferencing and live eLearning for real-time organizations, today announced Elluminate Live! version 5 with three new editions for corporate, academic and small group environments. Formerly called vClass™, Elluminate Live! has been renamed to better capture its rich, real-time capabilities. -- more...

2003 Press Releases

Sloan-C News

Dec. 22, 2003- Sloan Consortium Membership Reaches 500 Organizational Members - The rapidly growing Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of academic institutions and organizations that share information about effective online learning, has reached over 500 organizational members. This milestone was achieved last month just prior to the Sloan-C 9th annual ALN conference held in Orlando, Florida. -- more...

Nov. 7, 2003 - Sloan-C Medal of Honor Awarded for Vision and Leadership in Online Learning - The Sloan Consortium, a rapidly growing association of academic institutions and organizations that share information about effective online learning, will award its first ever Sloan-C Medal of Honor at its upcoming international conference. Dr. Ralph E. Gomory and Dr. A. Frank Mayadas, of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, are being awarded the inaugural Sloan-C Medal of Honor for outstanding vision and sustained leadership in transforming higher education through support of exemplary approaches to online teaching and learning. -- more...

Nov. 6, 2003 - Sloan-C and the Southern Regional Education Board are teaming up - E-learners in 16 southern states will benefit from a new partnership between the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) and the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of nearly 500 institutions and organizations of higher education engaged in online learning. -- more...

Oct. 21, 2003 - Sloan-C Honors Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning - The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of more than 450 institutions and organizations of higher education engaged in online learning, will present its 2003 awards for excellence in online teaching and learning at the 9th Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning in Orlando, Florida, November 15, 2003. Sloan-C is based at Olin and Babson Colleges. -- more...

JALN

The Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks describes original work in asynchronous learning networks, including experimental results. All articles from the JALN are available online as both web pages and as free downloads in PDF format.

Oct. 21, 2003 - Sloan-C Honors Effective Practices in Online Learning - The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an association of more than 450 institutions and organizations of higher education engaged in online learning, will present the 2003 awards for effective practices in online learning at the 9th Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning in Orlando, Florida, November 15, 2003. Sloan-C is based at Olin and Babson Colleges. -- more...

Sept. 3, 2003 - Online Learning is as Good as Being There - From the Ivy League to tiny community colleges, a majority of institutes of higher education say online learning is just as good as traditional, face-to-face classroom instruction. Nearly three out of four academic leaders say learning online may be better within three years. A comprehensive survey released today by Babson College and the Sloan Consortium concludes that online learning is at historically high levels and will continue to grow at a rate of nearly 20%. -- more...

Sloan-C Member News

Oct. 10, 2003 - Stevens Delivers Online Processing Plant Training in Joint Venture - In response to the volatile petroleum economy and the continuing Mideast oil crisis, practical plant engineering courses in the tumultuous oil and gas industry are now available entirely online to engineers around the globe at WebCampus, the online education site at Stevens Institute of Technology. The new venture is part of a partnership between Stevens and Carmagen Engineering Inc., a New Jersey consulting firm. -- more...