University of Illinois online mirror campus planned

Posted by in Uncategorized Apr 6th, 2004

It looks like more traditional universities are starting to realize the benefits of offering courses online. I saw this piece at Educause, via chronicle of higher education. If this keeps up, it may give sole online universities a run for their money, mainly because of accredidation and name recognition, as well as the huge resources state universities have behind them. Something to keep an eye on.

UNIVERSITY PLANS MIRROR CAMPUS ONLINEA long-term project at the University of Illinois at Springfield will create a "mirror" campus online that offers all of the institution's 39 degree programs over the Internet. The university appears to be the first to create such a mirror, which will not affect the offerings of the institution. Instead, students will have the option of taking any course on campus or online. Those involved with the project said one of its goals is to keep online education in the mainstream. The university expects to have eight degree programs online by this fall, with another eight online within three years. The remaining degree programs are
expected to be available online in about 10 years. Funding for the project comes in part from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which said it intends to make grants to other institutions that want to pursue similar programs.Chronicle of Higher Education, 5 April 2004 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/04/2004040503n.htm

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