Continuing Studies
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has approved a new Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Instructional Systems Technology (IST) from the Indiana University School of Education to be delivered entirely through distance education technology.
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Online courses from Indiana University High School (IUHS) are a major part of the curriculum for the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp.'s (EVSC's) new Virtual Academy, as a result of a three-year agreement that will deliver high-quality IUHS course work to EVSC students online.
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The Indiana University School of Continuing Studies recognized 11 people today (July 15) at an awards luncheon at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis' Greenwood Learning Center, where scholarship recipients and the creation of two new scholarships also were announced.
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The Indiana University School of Education has announced a class of six Indiana public school teachers as the group of Martha Lea and Bill Armstrong Teacher Educators for the 2010-11 school year. These select teachers will participate in professional development opportunities and work with IU faculty and students studying to be teachers over the next year. A committee of IU faculty and former recipients choose the Armstrong teachers.
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For the second consecutive year, current and recent Noyce Scholarship recipients and higher education faculty will come to Indianapolis for the Midwest Noyce Conference, this Thursday and Friday (April 8 and 9) at the University Place Conference Center and Hotel on the IUPUI campus. The conference is hosted by the Urban Center for the Advancement of STEM Education (UCASE), a joint project of the IU School of Education at IUPUI, the Purdue School of Science at IUPUI, and Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI.
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A new survey of Indiana superintendents, principals and school counselors finds that a majority see virtual learning as a way to enhance academic offerings in public education. Sixty percent of respondents to the "2009 Survey of Virtual Learning in Indiana," conducted by the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy (CEEP) at the Indiana University School of Education, said they are offering or may offer online courses in six different areas, including alternative education, gifted and talented education, and instruction for homebound students. But just half the respondents indicated their school would pay for virtual instruction and cited instructional cost as a barrier to offering more online courses.
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