The Chronicle of Higher Education recently hosted an online discussion with David Noble, a professor at York University in Canada, and an outspoken critic of distance education. The Fifth Annual Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference will be held April 12-14, 2000. Syllabus 2000, the annual Conference and Institute sponsored by Syllabus Magazine, will be in San Diego, California from July 22-28, 2000. The American Society for Training and Development will be holding their annual conference from May 21-25 in Dallas, Texas. Alpha Omega Academy OnLine is for parents who are wanting to home school, yet are looking for the teaching and benefits that a private school offers.
Students complete their studies at home on the computer.
Daily, they link up to the Academy Internet site and transfer their work to Academy teachers. You may pursue a subject that interest you, sample seminary education, study toward your graduate degree, or complete a six-course Certificate of Christian Studies entirely online. Because each individual s course of study is personalized, students in the certificate program can achieve a wide range of goals, including training for a specific church or parachurch ministry, a specialized work in missions, or spiritual and personal enrichment. The College of Communication and the Arts at Regent University announces the creation of a new degree program, an online Master of Arts in Computer-Mediated Communication to begin in Fall 2000. The program features a common foundation of courses combining theory and practice in areas including communication fundamentals, dynamics of computer mediated communication, social implications of the new media, virtual small groups, and the future of online communication.