Tag: online learning
The NIU Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center was recently selected as a recipient of an Online Learning Consortium Effective Practice Award. The center’s Designing Personalized Online Teaching Professional Development Through Self-Assessment practice was recognized for its focus on the OLC’s five pillars of quality in online education: access, learning effectiveness, faculty satisfaction, student satisfaction...
NIU ranks 41st on the Affordable Colleges Foundation ranking of 2015’s Best Online Colleges, released today. Schools included on the honor roll offer students affordable, high-quality programs combined with the flexibility of distance learning. “When it comes to online learning, these schools are the best of the best,” said Dan Schuessler, founder and CEO of Affordable...
The divisions of Academic Affairs, and Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development are combining resources to coordinate the university’s online course and program development, as well as to support student success in online-delivered programming. Meryl Sussman, recently appointed Assistant Vice President for Outreach Adult and Non-Credit Programming, will establish a new office which will draw on...
