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APUS in the News
- Dean of Libraries and Course Materials Dr. Fred Stielow named University of Rhode Island’s Library School Alumnus of the Year - He will be honored at the URI Faculty Club in Kingston, Rhode Island on March 26th
- Dr. Phil Ice, APUS Director of Course Design, Research and Development, co-authored the book “An Introduction to Distance Education: Understanding Teaching and Learning in a New Era”, which is being published in March - Dr. Ice wrote the chapter “The Future of Learning Technologies: Transformational Developments.” Over 200 bookstores have pre-ordered the book to use as a text at the master’s and doctoral level.
- Gates Foundation seeks APUS input - APUS Provost Dr. Frank McCluskey and Director of Course Design and Research Dr. Phil Ice have been asked to participate with a small number of other institutions in a discussion about quality in online education sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to be held in April 2010.
- APUS Provost invited to join in a dialog about online education at Oxford University - Dr. Frank McCluskey has been invited to participate in a project sponsored by Oxford University to enhance the conversation between conventional academia and online education titled “Internet, Politics and Policy 2010: An Impact Assessment”, scheduled for September 2010.
- APUS honored by Sloan Consortium - In October 2009 APUS was recognized for its excellence and achievements by being named the winner of the Ralph E. Gomory Award for quality online education, and the winner of the Sloan-C Effective Practice Award, both awarded by the Sloan Consortium, the leading association of institutions and organizations of higher education engaged in online learning.
Past Achievements
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DEC'09
Dr. Larry Flegle, associate professor in the School of Management, and Janice Flegle, adjunct, presented a workshop on "Best Practices for Online Educators."
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DEC'09
Dr. John Moore, professor in the School of Management, facilitated a webinar on Post Tramautic Stress Disorder.
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DEC'09
Dr. Fred Stielow, dean of Library and Educational Materials, will present the perspectives from an online library at the Cultural Heritage online conference in Florence, Italy.
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NOV'09
Dr. Chris Reynolds, program director of Emergency Management, earned recognition for hosting a radio show on AMU Radio, "Issues and Trends in Emergency Management," as part of the University's receipt of the Academic Recognition Award.
December 3, 2009
Dr. Flegle and Ms. Flegle presented a one day workshop to the faculty of the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia. Topics in their presentation of best practices included student engagement, plagiarism, giving feedback, and the use of multi-media in the online classroom.
For more information, please visit the following web site: University of West Georgia
Back to NavigationDecember 10, 2009
Dr. Moore presented the PSTD webinar for the faculty and staff of Park University (Parkville, MO). This topic is of interest to them because of their pilot program, the Park Warrior Center (PWC). The PWC will provide support to returning wounded military and veterans as they transition to college and ensure that they acquire the skills, confidence and resources needed to become a successful student in a higher education program.
For more information, please visit the following web site: Park University's Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Back to NavigationDecember 16, 2009
Following the success of the previous conference held in 2006, the Foundation Rinascimento Digitale, in collaboration with the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and the Library of Congress, is delighted to announce the 2nd edition: CULTURAL HERITAGE online Empowering users: an active role for user communities. The conference aims to explore, analyze, and evaluate the state of the art and future trends in user communities and cultural contents on the web from an international perspective, and bring together academic researchers, policy makers and practitioners, providing a forum for discussion and dissemination of the selected themes.
For more information, please visit the following web site: http://www.rinascimento-digitale.it
Back to NavigationNovember 2009
The Academic Recognition Award recognizes an academic leader or institution that has made a significant contribution to the formal education of students pursuing a career in emergency management or through research and development of paradigms or standards that have helped shape the broader field of emergency and disaster management. The 2009 recipient of the IAEM Academic Recognition Award is the American Military University for its undergraduate and graduate degree program in emergency and disaster management. The university is 100% online and was originally designed in the mid 1990s to meet the higher educational needs of active duty military personnel stationed around the world. Since then, AMU has grown to include civilians as well as military.
AMU is the first 100% online university to be accredited by the Foundation of Higher Education (FoHE) for Disaster and Emergency Management and Homeland Security, and its faculty members are actively involved with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Higher Education Initiative. Technological innovation is a hallmark of AMU, which also has its own radio show on AMU Radio, "Issues and Trends in Emergency Management," hosted by Program Director Dr. Chris Reynolds, CEM. AMU has the largest IAEM Student Chapter, which publishes a monthly newsletter and holds monthly teleconferences with members and special guests.
For more information, please visit the following web site: International Association of Emergency Managers
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