TeleCampus ?

[Reed - Ann Cober <acreed@UMD5.UMD.EDU>]

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Ann Cober Reed, Librarian/Media Specialist
Col. Richardson High School=20
25320 Richardson Road
Federalsburg, Maryland 21632
(MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE...THE DELMARVA PENINSULA)

acreed@umd5.umd.edu   or    ann_reed@mail.cl.k12.md.us

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LM-NETTERS',

Do you know anything about the "TeleCampus Online Course Database"
(description follows)...Does anyone have personal experience with these
online courses? Were you satisfied?  =20

Thanks,  Ann

>   TeleCampus Online Course Database
>
>
>   Fredericton, NB -- TeleEducation NB, a province-wide distributed distan=
ce
>   learning network in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, has impleme=
nted
>   an international online course database of more than 9 000 courses. The
>   database now contains the most comprehensive listing of fully online co=
urses
>   available anywhere. It includes public and private courses at all level=
s
>   from more than 15 countries and includes only those courses that can be
>   completed fully online. For example, it includes simple email courses t=
hat
>   send out texts or workbooks, but it does not include interactive video
>   courses that require attendance at a specific site.
>
>   Courses vary from graduate level engineering offerings such as =93Intro=
duction
>   to Orbital Mechanics=94 to simple =93How to . . .=94 courses like =93Ho=
w to Open a
>   Coconut=94. The database provides access to courses and programs leadin=
g to
>   accredited degrees, diplomas, and certificates. Professional developmen=
t and
>   personal interest courses are also included.
>
>   The database reveals that approximately 75% of courses fully available
>   online originate in the US.  A further 18% originate in Canada, with 3%=
 from
>   Australia. The rest of the world accounts for the remainder. As many wo=
uld
>   guess, most courses are in the Computers and Technology field. Business=
,
>   Education and English are other fields with a large number of online co=
urse
>   first year courses. Community college and graduate courses are next in
>   popularity.
>
>   The database conforms to Educause=92s IMS (Instructional Management Sys=
tem)
>   standards and is one of the first to do so. It also uses the ERIC Thesa=
urus
>   for institutional names and keywords. Students can access course inform=
ation
>   by browsing subject areas or by searching specific fields. Hotlinks con=
nect
>   students directly to the delivering institutions.
>
>   In the past year, there has been an exponential rise in the number of
>   courses being offered online, from less than 2 000 in January 1998 to m=
ore
>    than 10 000 in December, 1998. It is expected that there will be more =
than
>   40 000 online courses by the year 2000. The TeleCampus Online Course
>   Database provides students with a means of finding information on cours=
es
>   that meet their needs. Institutions will be able to reach these student=
s
>   more easily through the TeleCampus.
>
>   The TeleCampus Online Course Database was constructed by ShareLine syst=
ems
>   using ShareKnowledge software. The database is sponsored by the World B=
ank,
>   Industry Canada, the Commonwealth of Learning, the Office of Learning
>   Technologies (Canada), Le centre international pour le d=E9veloppement =
de l=92
>   inforoute en fran=E7ais, Le Consortium international francophone de for=
mation
>   database can be accessed from TeleCampus at http://telecampus.edu
>
>    MEDIA CONTACT: Rory McGreal, TeleEducation New Brunswick, Department o=
f
>   Education, 500 Beaverbrook Court, Fredericton, NB  E3B 5H1, tel: (506)
>   444-4230, fax: (506) 444-4232,  e-mail: rory@teleeducation.nb.ca.
>
>
>____________________________________
>   Sandy LeBreton      Pr=E9pos=E9e au marketing
     T=E9l=E9Campus
>   Case postale 6000
>   500, cour Beaverbrook
>   Fredericton (Nouveau-Brunswick)  E3B 5H1
>   CANADA
>T=E9l=E9Campus, l'apprentissage en ligne c'est notre expertise:
>http://telecampus.edu
>Courriel  - sandy@teleeducation.nb.ca
>T=E9l=E9copieur  -  506 444 4232
>
>

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