Tight schedules, flexibility spur online learning
Filed in archive Articles of note... by mstandaert on August 25, 2004
Via the Online Learning Update an article from the Lowell Sun.
Graduation is typically a time of lasts for college students who have reached the victorious end to four long years of study. But for a handful of UMass Online students, graduation last spring was a time of firsts the first time they set foot on campus, and the first time they saw each other. "It was just phenomenal," said Jacquie Moloney, UMass Lowell's dean
of continuing studies and corporate education, and a part of the UMass Online team. "They were hugging each other, they were hugging their faculty. It showed how much of a community they do build online.
Graduation is typically a time of lasts for college students who have reached the victorious end to four long years of study. But for a handful of UMass Online students, graduation last spring was a time of firsts the first time they set foot on campus, and the first time they saw each other. "It was just phenomenal," said Jacquie Moloney, UMass Lowell's dean
of continuing studies and corporate education, and a part of the UMass Online team. "They were hugging each other, they were hugging their faculty. It showed how much of a community they do build online.Permalink: Tight schedules, flexibility spur online learning
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