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UNC System works to make online better

May 28, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – UNC System officials know many students weren’t happy with the makeshift courses they abruptly shifted to take online this spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. So, not knowing when the state might face a second wave of the virus, they’re working to improve online offerings for if and when there’s a next… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Online, UNC System

Susan Cates: COVID-19 crisis offers an education opportunity

May 13, 2020 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

By Susan Cates When thoughtfully planned, technology-enhanced learning can improve the educational experience for students and faculty and lower total costs across the system. Although this spring’s emergency response left no room for the luxury of thoughtful planning, COVID-19 may provide an opportunity for North Carolina to consider transformation of its higher education system to… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Online

Pandemic Pedagogy!

April 16, 2020 by Higher Ed Works 2 Comments

GREENSBORO – When it became clear in early March that the UNC System and colleges across the country would shift classes online in response to the coronavirus, Roy Schwartzman knew his fellow professors might need help. So Schwartzman – a professor of Communication Studies at UNC Greensboro and veteran online instructor – created a Facebook… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Online

50,000 classes online

April 1, 2020 by Higher Ed Works 2 Comments

CHAPEL HILL – ‘Disruptive’ can be a loaded term. But if anything’s been disruptive to higher education – in North Carolina and around the world – it’s the coronavirus. Jim Ptaszynski, Vice President for Digital Learning for the University of North Carolina System, put the enormity of UNC institutions’ abrupt shift to remote learning into… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Online

Virtual class and a 3-foot cheeseburger

April 1, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – When word came that UNC-Chapel Hill would move all classes online due to the coronavirus, Associate Professor Steven King didn’t hesitate. King shipped virtual-reality headsets to the 28 students in his class on emerging technologies in journalism. They now meet in a virtual classroom where everyone appears as an avatar with their… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Online

An Act of God – All of Higher Ed Goes Online

March 31, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Buck Goldstein If you’d asked me a month ago what it would take to get all faculty on my campus teaching an online course, I would have glibly answered, “An act of God.” I imagine a lot of administrators across the country would have felt the same. But an epic disruption in the form… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Online

Find flexibility with UNCG Online

January 9, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – Whether they’re juggling the demands of a job, caring for children or caring for parents, nontraditional students can find it hard to make it to a university campus. So – because about 80% of its students work full- or part-time – UNC Greensboro has vastly expanded online course offerings both for nontraditional students… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Excellence, Great Universities, Online, UNC Greensboro

UNCG Online: Immediate ROI in the workplace

January 9, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – Students in at least one online program at UNC Greensboro don’t have to wait for their degree to put their new skills to work. They can do it right now. In the accompanying video, Dr. Karen Bull, Dean of UNCG Online, highlights UNCG’s Bachelor of Science in Integrated Professional Studies, an online program… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Online, UNC Greensboro

Harry Smith: The No. 1 online platform

July 5, 2018 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

CHAPEL HILL – The new Chair of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors pictures big things from the UNC System online, not unlike the massive offerings of Arizona State and Liberty Universities. “I’m very pro-developing a robust System online platform.  Right now we compete (with each other), and we’ve never harnessed the power… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Leadership, NC Community Colleges, Online, UNC System

[email protected] takes Chapel Hill to you

June 15, 2018 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

CHAPEL HILL – [email protected], the online MBA offered by the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, has been ranked among the best in the nation by various publications. But its students certainly aren’t limited to this nation. UNC Kenan-Flagler has had students attend class from aircraft carriers, while fighting pirates in Africa, on deployment… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Excellence, Online, UNC Chapel Hill

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