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not sure where our summer went but we are now
done with Term 5 and have started our new
academic year. Again this Term 1, we have reached
a new record with T1 enrollments of over 21,000
course enrollments. Everyone has been busy with
the record breaking T1. We have trained more
faculty, processed more textbook orders and
serviced more students. We are also scheduling
and designing more courses and are administering
more exams. And
it is just the beginning. As we move into the
new strategic planning process later this year
we will be looking at adding more online degree
programs to our repertoire. I thank you all for
your hard work.
What’s ahead? We are planning our second
eServices Colloquium geared to Site Directors
and Students Services staff in the Regions. That
will be October 22 and 23 in Troy. We invite all
the attendees to stay and participate in
homecoming with an eCampus tailgate on the 24th.
Football tickets will be available for those
interested.
Starting November 1, 2009 the Army Reservists
will be using the portal to enroll in
educational opportunities with Troy University.
The
University will be standing up Active Admissions
with Datatel this fall which will provide a
truly online admissions process.
There are new training opportunities for
faculty. TOP II is available and the staff in
Instructional Design and Educational Resources
is working on Introduction to Quality Matters,
copyright and ADA training. The next round of
courses to go through the quality assurance
process is being planned.
The
online undergraduate programs are implementing
the new proctoring process over this coming
academic year.
As
you can see, we are in for a busy academic year.
Deb Gearhart, PhD
Director eCampus
Dr. Gearhart Travels to Africa for Summer
Professional Development Institute
Dr.
Deb Gearhart, director of eCampus, recently
traveled to Monrovia, Liberia, to speak about
the benefits of distance learning. Dr. Gearhart
participated in an AASCU Seminar on Curriculum
Development Using Information Technology at the
University of Liberia in July. She provided
training on the potential of using technology to
import some higher education coursework from
around the world to fill in gaps in the existing
curriculum at the Liberian university. At the
same time, participants explored how to design a
distance education system to export coursework
from the University of Liberia to other sites in
the West African nation in order to increase the
higher education course offerings available
throughout the Republic. Seminar participants
are pictured below.
A picture of the participants.
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