dl: accredited , classes , college , computing , e-commerce , milken , online course , online education , overview , service , the open university , universities , virtual university

There has recently been a mad rush by universities, venture capitalists and corporations to develop online courses, virtual universities, education portals, and courseware. The drive to develop a winning formula for commercial online education has fostered some unusual partnerships. This paper provides a broad overview of some models of online education that have been developed by commercial and academic institutions. It examines some of the rhetorical strategies that have been used to talk abou...
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1. DISTANCE LEARNING - Higher Ed, K-12 ---- --->DETAILS
   • "The Work of Education in the Age of E-College"
2. Articles ---- --->DETAILS
   • "Digital Diploma Mills: A Dissenting Voice"
     ~~~ (near) http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_7/white
3. Students' Frustrations with a Web-Based Distance Education Course ---- --->DETAILS
   • "http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue3_1/noble/index.html"
     ~~~ (near) http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue3_1/noble/index.html
4. Digital Diploma Mills: A Dissenting Voice ---- --->DETAILS
   • "First Monday"
     ~~~ (near) http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue3_1/noble/index.html
5. key trends ---- --->DETAILS
   • "Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education,"
     ~~~ (near) http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue3_1/noble/index.html
6. Plato as Distance Education Pioneer ---- --->DETAILS
   • "http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue3_1/noble/"
     ~~~ (near) http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue3_1/noble

1. Jones International University ---- --->DETAILS
   • "http://www.jonesinternational.edu"
2. Western Governors University: Competency-Based Online Degrees ---- --->DETAILS
   • "http://www.wgu.edu/wgu/index.html"
3. www-rohan.sdsu.edu ...feenberg/TELE3 ---- --->DETAILS
   • "http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/feenberg/TELE3.HTM"
4. EPAA Vol. 6 No. 11 Berg: Distance Learning in Higher Education ---- --->DETAILS
   • "http://olam.ed.asu.edu/epaa/v6n11.html"
5. Werry ---- --->DETAILS
   • "http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/drwswebb/werry.html"
     ~~~ (near) http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/drwswebb/werry.html
6. Academe - The Future of the Faculty in the Digital Diploma Mill ---- --->DETAILS
   • "http://www.aaup.org/spcdistn.htm"
     ~~~ (near) http://www.aaup.org/spcdistn.htm

1. teoma search: "distance learning" +CONTROVERSY --- --->DETAILS
   • "teoma::20"
   • "teoma::31"
2. teoma search: "distance learning" +"DAVID NOBLE" --- --->DETAILS
   • "teoma::58"