| What is it?
The Electronic Campus is gaining a reputation as the nation's
most successful marketplace of distance learning courses, programs and
services.
With hundreds of colleges and universities offering thousands of
accredited courses and many degree programs, the Electronic Campus is
the place to start for distance learning. Anywhere in the world, people
with access to the Internet can visit the Electronic Campus at www.electroniccampus.org
and enroll in courses offered by many of the best colleges and
universities in 16 states.
Courses and programs are offered in a variety of disciplines and at
both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Among the fields represented
are business, education, computer science and nursing.
Who can visit this campus?
Anyone with Internet access can visit hundreds of the South's best
colleges and universities in a single afternoon.
The Electronic Campus gives students the freedom to choose
courses they want to take and the colleges or universities at which they
would like to take them. Potential students search the Electronic
Campus for courses that will meet their needs. They then can move,
with the click of a computer mouse, to the Web sites of the colleges or
universities that are offering the courses and can find information about
enrollment, credit transfer, scholarships and student services.
The Electronic Campus is beneficial to people who want to obtain
a degree, gain new job skills or add to their job skills, and its
flexibility enables them to take courses wherever and whenever convenient
for them. A student enrolled in courses through the Electronic Campus
never worries about finding a parking space on campus.
Special features and benefits
In addition to a continuously growing number of accredited courses and
degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, the Electronic
Campus has new initiatives that will benefit students: The Academic
Common Market/Electronic Campus Program, Graduating Seniors
Initiative, the Educator Portal, and the SREB Distance Learning Policy
Laboratory.
Because of reduced budgets, many colleges and universities have been
forced to decrease the number of courses and sections they are offering.
These actions create real problems for many students on track to graduate
or who need a specific course to stay on track to graduate. Have you been
caught without a seat? If you unable to get the course or courses you need
to complete your associate's or bachelor's degree because
- the course isn't offered
- sections are closed
- the times at which courses are offered conflicts with other
courses/activities, or
- the course isn't available when you are
We might have the perfect solution.
E-learning! Search from hundreds of courses in the Electronic Campus. All
courses are offered by accredited colleges and universities and carry
regular academic credit.
Educators in K-12 are facing new challenges to meet re-certification
and re-licensure requirements in SREB states. Other educators might be
looking for a graduate program, courses to qualify for certification in a
new area, or need a specific course to maintain certification. And for
many educators, these activities are on top of your regular teaching or
administrative duties, work preparation and family and other
responsibilities.
E-learning might help you balance your busy schedule with opportunities
to learn on your schedule. And SREB's Electronic Campus is the place to
find a course or degree program to meet your need.
Educator
look here.
With the growth and development of distance learning and the emergence
of the Electronic Campus, the Southern Regional Education Board
announced an innovative program that combines the tuition benefits of the
Academic
Common Market with the distance learning capacity of the Electronic
Campus. This initiative makes selected programs available at
in-state tuition and through distance learning.
The Distance Learning Policy Laboratory will seek to remove policy
barriers that hinder the expansion of distance learning. The laboratory
will examine policies at the institutional and state levels and will
recommend when these policies need to be changed or, if necessary,
eliminated.
The Policy Laboratory initially has targeted tuition - specifically
out-of-state tuition - by promoting “electronic tuition rates.” For a
particular course, the tuition rate would be the same for all students
regardless of their home state. A growing number of courses and programs
in the Electronic Campus are available at the electronic tuition
rate.
About SREB
The Southern Regional Education Board is the nation's oldest compact
for education. Its programs are designed to improve K-12 education and
higher education in its 16 member states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West
Virginia.
Need more information?
If you have other questions or need clarification, please visit the Electronic Campus at
www.electroniccampus.org or send e-mail to
ElectronicCampus@sreb.org You may call the Southern Regional Education Board in Atlanta at
(404) 875-9211; ask to speak to someone associated with the Electronic Campus. |
