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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.
Dr. Ikseon Choi, Online Learning Design and Technology Professor, Begins Robotics Lab at Local Elementary School
October 20, 2015Dr. Ikseon Choi, associate professor in the Department of Career and Information Studies in the University of Georgia College of Education, has initiated a new robotics lab at a local school through a partnership with South Korean robotics company RoboRobo. He has worked with the Department of Career and Information Studies’Research for the Advancement of Innovative Learning (RAIL) Program to create new curriculum for fifth-grade classrooms in Georgia counties based on the technology.
So, You Are About to Teach Online
September 17, 2015By: Lloyd P. Rieber, Ph.D. Professor of Learning, Design and Technology The University of Georgia, College of Education Since I started teaching online in about 2001, I have learned many things about teaching and myself. I’ll share a few of these insights in this post. The most basic…
A Teacher With a Love of Learning Wants to Extend Her Career Using Her LDT Degree
July 30, 2015Beth Littlejon has been a lifelong teacher. She’s been teaching since the 1970’s when she graduated with her undergraduate degree, and has taught middle school for most of her teaching career. She has also been an avid learner for much of her life, achieving her master’s degree in 1997, and…
M. Ed. Student Tracy Arner Gets Formal Training Through Her Online Program
July 9, 2015Tracy Arner, a current student in the M. Ed. Learning Design and Technology program, has gradually evolved in her profession from an accountant to someone who provides training for local and state governments on all of the aspects of financial management that they would need to know about.
Cheryl Stanga Took A Chance With Her Online Degree & Found Her Place
July 1, 2015Cheryl Stanga graduated from Emory University in 2008 with a double degree in Political Science and Women's Studies. She graduated right into the midst of the Great Recession. It was not a great time to graduate with liberal arts degrees--even if she had two of them. A lot of her friends were going off to law school and not getting jobs, but she knew that she had to get a job and think about improving or changing her career.
Online Student Profile: Marissa Munroe, M. Ed in Learning Design and Technology
May 28, 2015Marissa Munroe is completing her first year in the M. Ed Learning Design and Technology online degree program. She is scheduled to graduate after Summer 2016. She is originally from New Jersey, but got her B.A. in English and Psychology at Georgia State
Online Student’s Love of Technology Leads to an Online Program
May 14, 2015UGA online student, Ben Hall, is applying his life-long passion for technology to his studies in the online M.Ed. Learning Design and Technology (LDT) program.
Professor Emeritus of LDT Co-Edited a New Book on Online Learning
April 1, 2015Dr. Thomas Reeves, Professor Emeritus of Learning, Design and Technology in the College of Education at the University of Georgia, has co-edited a book about online learning that is coming out this summer. The book, MOOCs and Open Education Around the World, goes into depth on the different applications of…
UGA Students Can Use Lynda.com for More Online Learning
March 20, 2015All University of Georgia students have access to the online training site, lynda. Lynda has over a thousand videos that teach everything from coding, to business skills. Any online students are encouraged to take advantage of this resource during their time at UGA. Dr. Lloyd Rieber, Professor in the…