Back to School with E-Learning
The New Jersey Institute of Technologies Division of Continuing Education is offering a Graduate Certificate in Business Management Fundamentals. According to the Institute’s Janine Kroner, this 12-credit, Business Management Fundamentals Graduate Certificate was created to offer managers and professionals without any formal training in business necessary core knowledge in finance, marketing, accounting and management information systems. Think of it as a mini MBA.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Janice Brand | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: Online & Distance MBA, Part-Time, Weekend and Evening MBA Programs
The Learning Curve
A basic look at online MBA options and considerations.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Chris Taylor | Source: SmartMoney | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
U.S. News & World Report Online Graduate Programs Listing
A listing of programs professionally accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business along with basic statistics.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: U.S. News & World Report | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
Introduction to open & distance learning
A detailed look at the concept of open and distance learning.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
US Distance Learning Association (USDLA)
Promotes distance learning education and training.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: U.S. Distance Learning Association (USDLA) | Subjects: MBA Organizations, Online & Distance MBA
DegreeInfo.com
Degree Info is a distance learning and online learning discussion group and information portal. It was born out of alt.education.distance, an unmoderated Usenet newsgroup that had long served as a forum for the topic of distance learning discussions. Read the About Us section for a fairly entertaining history…
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: DegreeInfo.com | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
Moving Beyond the Classroom With Executive Education
Keeping your executives current on the latest developments in their fields has to be a top priority of any organization. HBS professor Dorothy Leonard discusses the latest thinking in adult education, distance learning, and mentoring. PLUS: Coverage of the Adult Learning Workshop at Harvard Business School.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Executive Programs, Online & Distance MBA
Offsite Learning: On Target?
Distance learning continues to pick up advocates — including corporate executives.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
Click U
Virtual networking truly clicks at Indiana University, where students of the online MBA program collaborate and communicate across time zones and oceans, using breakneck technology and scheduling savvy. Hmmm … sounds a lot like global business today.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subjects: Business School News, Online & Distance MBA
Lessons Learned at Dot-Com U.
Even the centers of academia that are home to some of the world’s most brilliant scholars are slapping themselves on the head for trying to cash in on the internet. Universities have since revised their outlook for distance learning.
NY Times (registration required)
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
Questions to Ask Online MBA Schools
A quick-and-dirty list of 20 useful questions to use when investigating an online MBA
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
On-Line MBA Programs
Mostly a brochure for selected online MBA programs but may be worth looking at?
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
E-MBA Programs Graduate
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
Essay Question: The Web is Transforming the University. How and Why? (Please Use Examples.)
This man runs the largest private university in the United States. You may never have heard of the University of Phoenix, but it’s using the power of the Internet to lay siege to the ivory tower. To its students, UOP is a godsend. To critics, it’s sacrilege. And to prestigious institutions from Columbia to Stanford, it’s a new business plan.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Paul Keegan | Source: eCompany Now | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
Degrees Granted Online May Lack Status
NY Times article examines how degrees earned online are viewed by recruiters and employers.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
Distance-Educator.com
online site catering to the field of distance education (not just MBA)
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
The Virtual Classroom Versus The Real One
Forbes article discusses the boom in online education.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
List of MBA Programs Offered Online
Download this document creaed by TechRepublic that lists 13 online MBA programs offering contact information, background info, student demographics, number of students, costs, technical requirements, accreditation and rankings, benefits to students, and comments from the program and students.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
Degree.Net
Site for information on distance learning, provided by John Bear, Ph.D., author of the long-time best-selling Bears’ Guide to Earning Degrees Nontraditionally.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
Distance Learning is Still a Long Way Off
Red Herring article looks at the state of distance learning – more from a market perspective than a student’s perspective.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Online & Distance MBA