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6/05

FUTURE WATCH: CROQUET - THE NEXT INNOVATIVE "OPEN-SOURCE" ONLINE LEARNING AND TEACHING TECHNOLOGY
A glimpse of the future of online teaching and learning environments can be seen at the Croquet Project, an open-source collaboration being developed by a team of six highly skilled and experienced educational technology architects and a host of partner institutions and corporations worldwide. MORE

FUTURE WATCH: WHAT'S BOILING BENEATH THE SURFACE OF HIGHER EDUCATION?
For this second installment of "Future Watch," we had the pleasure of speaking with Tom P. Abeles, a futurist who works with public and private sector clients to develop new products, services and technologies that are "environmentally and socially responsible." Among his many accomplishments, Abeles is a former tenured professor of environmental science. He has been an invited plenary speaker and consultant on topics ranging from the future of higher education to biomass energy. Abeles is also editor of "On the Horizon," and an editorial board member of "Foresight," "Futurics," the "International Journal for World Peace," and the "Journal for Sustainable Agriculture." MORE

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NEW INTERNATIONAL U ANNOUNCES U.S.-BASED BLENDED TEACHER ED PROGRAM
The latest scoop on Whitney International University. MORE

NEWS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF LEARNING
An interesting quote from Sir John Daniel and a peek at providing practitioners with access to knowledge. MORE

FREE TWO-DAY CONFERENCE ON TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY
Distance Education at Utah Valley State College announces the 1st Annual Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange conference, August 10 and 11 on the UVSC campus in Orem, Utah. MORE

NEW APPLE DIGITAL CAMPUS
Take a look inside a new online community from the folks from Cupertino. MORE

HIGHER EDUCATION CONSORTIUM REPORTS FINDINGS OF NATIONAL BENCHMARKING INITIATIVE
Benchmarking for quality in distance learning remains inconsistent across post-secondary institutions, said Richard T. Hezel, president of the education consulting firm Hezel Associates, in a "Benchmarking for Quality in Distance Learning" study produced with the support of the National University Telecommunications Network (NUTN). MORE

TWO NEW ONLINE PROGRAMS IN HIGHER ED MANAGEMENT
Online graduate degree programs, in general, look to be morphing into specialized programs of study targeted at specific audiences. For instance, two new online graduate degree programs that teach students the administrative side of higher education, were recently launched by Drexel University and Capella University. Drexel recently announced a unique MS in Higher Education program to be offered this September. In late February, Capella announced an MS in Education Enrollment Management, with students starting classes in July. MORE

UMUC DEALS WITH GROWING INTEREST FOR INFORMATION ASSURANCE TRACK
The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is experiencing some phenomenal success with its relatively new Information Assurance Track. MORE

DUQUESNE'S SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP AND PROFEESIONAL ADVANCEMENT MOVING FORWARD WITH ONLINE MS IN LEADERSHIP AND BUSINESS ETHICS
More than 200 students have thus far enrolled in a Duquesne University online MS in Leadership and Business Ethics (MSLBE) program that just rounded out its third year of course offerings. Administrators of this program are quite pleased, since they initially projected that the MSLBE program would enroll about 90 students over five years. MORE

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