Kaplan Joins Online High School Diploma Bandwagon

The folks at Kaplan, never ones to sit along the sidelines when there is money to be made, have joined the legions of businesses and non-profits offering high school diplomas online. 
Kaplan makes money by offering all kinds of educational materials–largely test prep courses for those wigging out about the SAT, ACT or other standardized tests.  [...]

Texas A&M Gets Go-Ahead To Offer Online Doctoral Degree in Education

Cheers can be heard from school administrators who are “place-bound” and longing to earn a doctoral degree in education. 
Regents gave the green light to Texas A&M University to offer online courses to education doctoral students studying curriculum and instruction. 

News U Offers Online Training To Over 50,000 Journalists

News U (www.newsu.org) has announced that over 51,000 registered users from around the world are taking its online courses (about 50 of them are offered) to learn the writing and copy editing techniques, reporting practices, ethics, and newsroom leadership skills required to become a top journalist.  Find out more at the site or by reading the News U [...]

Florida Virtual School Gets Fat Grant To Study Best Methods Of Online Learning

Florida Virtual School, the granddaddy of online schools in the US (it just passed its tenth anniversary) just received a nice, fat grant of $314,000 from the AT&T Foundation.  FVS is doing something right–it’s been wildly successful and has served as the model for the many, many online programs that have been developed in the [...]

Online Tutoring Options Abound–Why You Should Go Global

I’m a big fan of tutoring, and I recognize the value of connecting online with those who can help us learn.  So, I’m happy that tutoring sites like AskOnline are growing at an exponential rate.
Unlike online courses, online tutoring is student-specific–a tutor and a student work together, often across disciplines, so that the student gains [...]