Tag: online learning
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LOOC update: Enrollment passes 200
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We just saw a tweet saying that, when all was said and done, registrations tallied 209 for the new UWGB LOOC, the free online ap class targeted at talented teens. Not sure what we’re talking about? See our previous post.
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Look! A LOOC! Local Open Online Course makes debut today
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Wednesday is a milestone day at UW-Green Bay with the official launch of the University’s first Local Open Online Course (LOOC), a course titled “Beginning App & 2D Game Development.” The course to be taught by Computer Science faculty members Ben Geisler and Peter Breznay had 175 particpants pre-registered as of yesterday, Provost Julia Wallace reports. Free…
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You’ve heard of the MOOC; check out our LOOC
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Recently popularized Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have made higher education news in the past year or so, eschewing the traditional classroom format and allowing unlimited numbers of students to enroll. UW-Green Bay is exploring how the “OOC” phenomenon might work here, offering a Local Open Online Course (LOOC) in app and game development beginning…
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UW-Green Bay to present first Online Open Course, on app and game development
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will launch its first-ever Local Open Online Course (LOOC) March 5, presenting “Beginning App & 2D Game Development” through May 28. Offered as an offshoot of recently popularized Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), a LOOC provides a similar style of flexible, no-cost online instruction but on a more limited basis.…
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Dolan, UW-Green Bay online learning earns spotlight at major conference
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A presentation by a UW-Green Bay expert received prominent mention when the online publication Insider Higher Ed covered last week’s Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning, held in Buena Vista, Fla. Joanne Dolan, the instructional design specialist for the University’s Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL), presented “Back to School: What…
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Adult Degree Program finalizes new tech-college partnerships in SE Wisconsin
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The Adult Degree Program reached a milestone last Wednesday, Oct. 9, holding formal signing ceremonies to mark the establishment of new agreements with Waukesha County Technical College and Milwaukee Area Technical College. Members of both institutions’ leadership met with Chancellor Tom Harden, Provost Julia Wallace, and several other UW-Green Bay faculty and staff to sign…
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Adult Degree Program to launch new partnerships in Southeast Wisconsin
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Adult Degree Program continues to expand its partnerships with Wisconsin technical colleges, and will formally sign two new agreements during ceremonies Wednesday, Oct. 9. The day’s events will kick off at 11:30 a.m. with a partnership launch at Waukesha County Technical College in Pewaukee. A second ceremony will be held…
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Press-Gazette highlights online learning, new engineering tech degrees
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The Green Bay Press-Gazette on Monday (Aug. 26) got a jump on Convocation and gave readers a front-page look at what’s new at local colleges and universities, including our own. Reporter Patti Zarling spoke with Provost Julia Wallace about how UW-Green Bay is keeping up with evolving demands, tripling online class offerings in recent years…
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CATL offers ten $2,000 grants for advanced Online Teaching
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The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning is offering ten $2,000 grants to instructors (faculty and full-time instructors) to take part in a program to discuss online teaching and course development during Summer 2013. The program will foster a lively, interdisciplinary dialogue about best practices in online teaching and prepare and support instructors…
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Adult Degree’s ‘Online Orientation’ a new resource for online, distance learners
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Starting May 1, the Adult Degree Program is announcing a new non-credit online orientation course which is now available to new students. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to various support services available through the Adult Degree Program for online learning. Participants in this orientation will become familiar with D2L and will practice…