China Via the Great Circle Route
Beijing - Oct. 31. I arrived in Beijing, China this afternoon to attend the second annual China Forum jointly sponsored by the Chinese Continuing Education Association (CCEA) and the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) of the United States. The first forum was hosted last fall by the University of Massachusetts Boston. I almost didn’t make […]
Web 2.what?
Ok, by now if you have spent at least 20 minutes on the Internet in the past year you’ve heard of Web 2.0. Of course, unless you are a technologist you probably are still wondering what the heck it is (and the truth is some technologists secretly wonder too.) It’s certainly a term that itself […]
What Accreditation Is and Is Not; Why It’s Time for Change
A college or university’s accreditation status is on almost every parent’s and student’s check list. That’s a good thing. And yet, it is a widely misunderstood and often overly trusted metric. If you want to immerse yourself in the nuance of accreditation from an independent source, here’s a Wikipedia overview of the current system. But […]
Background About Today’s Launch of This Blog
Today marks the official public launch of this new online community site called the UMassOnline blog. All of us at UMassOnline who have participated in the development and piloting of this site welcome you, invite you to explore its many features, urge you to return often, and hope you will freely participate in the ongoing […]
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