Industry Leadership Roles Reinforce Ongoing Commitment to Advancing
Quality, Accessibility and Affordability in Online Education
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va., Oct 12, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
American Public University System (APUS) today announced that senior
faculty and executive staff are participating in several upcoming
industry conferences and educational organizations focused on the
pursuit of excellence in online education. The announcement follows
APUS's recent recognition by the Sloan Consortium for an Effective
Practice Award.
Ongoing engagement with industry peers supports the university's core
mission to provide quality distance learning programs to adult learners,
according to President and CEO Dr. Wallace E. Boston. "In order to
accomplish this goal, we continually strive to create the most
interactive, effective learning environment for our students," he said.
"This enables us to effectively meet our students' diverse educational
goals by expanding access to affordable, quality education."
Dr. Boston will be joined by APUS Senior VP and Academic DeanDr.
Karan Powell and APUS Director of Course Design Dr. Phil Ice to
collaboratively present three concurrent sessions at the upcoming E-Learn
conference, October 18-22 at the Wyndham Orlando Resort in Orlando, Fla.
E-Learn provides a forum for government, healthcare, education, and
business professionals to discuss the latest research, development,
applications, issues, and strategies, to explore new technologies, and
to identify solutions for today's challenges related to online learning.
The sessions include:
- "Comprehensive Assessment of Student Retention in Online Learning
Environments"
- "Optimizing Faculty Workload and Learning Effectiveness"
- "The 21st Century University: A Model for Integrating Best
Practices in Distributed Learning Environments"
To register for or obtain further information on the conference, visit: www.aace.org/conf/elearn/
In related news, APUS also announced the following board appointments
for key staff:
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Dr. Karan Powell was named to the board of directors of Higher
Education Resource Services (HERS), an educational non-profit
organization providing leadership and management development for women
in higher education administration.
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Dr. Phil Ice was named to the eLSE
conference board. eLSE is an international refereed conference
created to promote eLearning- related activities.
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Dr. Ice was also named to the 2011 Horizon Report Advisory Board,
which provides vision and stimulus to the Horizon
Project, New
Media Consortium's (NMC) annual effort to identify and describe
the key emerging technologies that will be influential for teaching,
learning, and creative expression in tertiary education.
"We are committed to sharing our best practices and lessons learned with
educators across the broad spectrum of academia," added Boston. "More
importantly, our participation in education industry events and advisory
bodies exposes our senior staff to other approaches in online
instruction and improving the educational experience for our students."
About American Public University System
American Public University System, winner of the Sloan Consortium's 2009
Ralph E. Gomory Award for Quality Online Education and a recipient of
Sloan's Effective Practice Award in 2009 and 2010, offers 79 online
degree programs through its American Public University and American
Military University institutions. APUS's relevant curriculum,
affordability and flexibility help more than 70,000 working adults
worldwide pursue degrees in subjects ranging from homeland security to
management and liberal arts. For more information, visit www.apus.edu.
SOURCE: American Public University System
American Public University System
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