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Order Items Online, Come To Graduation In Person!
March 31, 2016As we all know, graduation is coming up, and spring and summer graduates are gearing up for this special day. At UGA Online, we are of the firm opinion that our online students should have the same graduation experience as in-person students.
UGA Online Faculty Involved in College of Education’s Georgia Children’s Book Awards
March 24, 2016A picture book about bears who awaken from their slumber to go sightseeing and a chapter book about a young girl and her once-magical town are the winners in this year’s Georgia Children’s Book Awards, sponsored by the College of Education at the University of Georgia.
UGA faculty learn to apply the Quality Matters rubric to online courses
March 24, 2016Over 30 of the University of Georgia's faculty and staff who teach online courses participated in a Quality Matters workshop last semester offered through UGA's Office of Online Learning. Quality Matters is a faculty-centered, peer review process intended to promote the design and development of quality online courses, and the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric workshop introduces course designers to these standards.
Engaging in Sustainable Online Course Development
February 23, 2016The instructional design team at the Office of Online Learning takes pride in working with faculty to create online learning experiences that live up to the academic standards of the University of Georgia. We also consider how the environment we work in can support the continued offering of the courses we help develop. To this end, we encourage faculty to engage in sustainable course development practices for all online courses.
Financial Hardship Resources at UGA
February 16, 2016The University of Georgia recently introduced a new website to deal specifically with financial hardship issues that arise in students’ lives after they begin at UGA. Financial circumstances can change quickly, at times in ways outside of students’ control. Financial hardship creates significant stress and can impede student success. The Financial…
UGA Included in Princeton Review’s ‘Colleges That Pay You Back’ List
February 12, 2016The University of Georgia has received recognition in The Princeton Review’s new book, “The Best Value Colleges: The 150 Best-Buy Schools and What It Takes to Get In.” The book, published on Jan. 28, includes 150 academic institutions—75 public and 75 private—based on surveys The Princeton Review, an education services…
Two Online Professors Selected as Service Learning Fellows
February 9, 2016This year, the University of Georgia's Office of Service-Learning has selected three faculty members from the College of Education to participate in its yearlong Service-Learning Fellows program, two of whom teach in online degree programs.
UGA Remains on Kiplinger Best Value in Public Colleges List
January 26, 2016UGA continues to rank as one of the nation's top values in higher education, according to Kiplinger,which placed UGA 12th on its Personal Finance list of 100 best values among public colleges and universities for 2016.
UGA’s Online Programs Ranked Among the Best In Nation by US News
January 12, 2016The University of Georgia has some of the best online degree programs in the nation, according to the 2016 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs Rankings. UGA is ranked No. 3 among all universities for best online graduate programs in education and No. 5 for best online bachelor's programs overall.
UGA Online Educational Psychologist Mark Runco Contributes 30 Years of Creativity Research to NEA Report
October 6, 2015Mark Runco, a professor of educational psychology at the College of Education, who teaches in the Master of Education in Educational Psychology, Gifted and Creative Education online program, recently participated in a workshop and a report called, "How Creativity Works in the Brain." He was selected to represent the creativity research field during the two-day meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico with several artists, neuroscientists and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) representatives.