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OLT presents twice at AAACE in St. Louis, Missouri: Managing a Distance Continuing Professional Education Program, and Taxonomy of Conflict Prevention - November 2002

Managing a Distance Continuing Professional Education Program. This peer reviewed presentation discusses management of a CPE program from three perspectives, the administration, the student, and the instructors point of view. Topics included are types of program structure, screening and preparing students for online instruction, setting proper expectations, and valuing the course from the student's perspective.

 

The second paper presentation addresses conflict prevention. This paper presentation entitled Taxonomy of Conflict Prevention takes the position that conflict is normal, at some level. Further, it argues that the absence of conflict is abnormal and waiting until conflict breaks out is a poor approach to preventing war. This paper identifies antecedents to conflict and provides a simple framework for identifying when the potential for open conflict is high. To view a copy of the presentation and paper click here.

German Adult Learning and Development Journal Published an Article on Global Learn Day, written by OLT CEO Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D. - in three languages - July 2002

Global Learn Day, a 24-Hour Celebration of Distance Education and Technology

The Internet is making new forms of learning possible. An annual “Global Learn Day” has been held for some years. This “Celebration of -Distance Education and Technology”, held worldwide over a period of 24 hours each year, is attracting more participants every year. Global Learn Day is sponsored by the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Global Education.

 

200 hour Property and Casualty Course Approved by the Florida Department of Insurance. May 2002

Broward Community College, in conjunction with OnLine Training, has received approval from the Florida Department of Insurance to offer the 200 hour General Agents course online. Sandra King, Director of Marketing, OLT stated that the 100 and 40 hour Customer Service courses will be available online later this year.

 

OnLine Training releases 28 hours of online continuing education courses for Florida Life, Health and Variable Annuity agents through Florida community colleges. March 2002

The Florida Consortia of Community College Providers of Continuing Education for the Insurance industry received approval to deliver two online 14 hour continuing education courses for the insurance industry. The first is a 14 hour intermediate level Life course. The second is a 14 hour intermediate level course for Health. The suggested price is based on $6 per hour. These courses will be offered this summer by the member colleges of the Florida Consortia.

 

Practice Exam Generator Released - December 2, 2001

Online Training has released a new line of online test preparation tools designed to provide students with an unlimited number of practice exams. The first practice examination course is for Life, Health, and Variable Annuity students making final preparation to sit for the State licensing examination. Drawing from a pool of over 1,500 questions, the Life, Health, and Variable Annuities Practice Exam Generator permits the student to generate an unlimited number of practice exams during the 30 days they have access to the course. Each time the Exam Generator is used, it provides the student with a completely new online exam. The exams are self-grading, reporting the student's cumulative grade each time they select a right answer. The Exam Generator is completely online, completely cross-platform, and can be used with any Java enabled browser. There is no software to download or install. The introductory price is $21.95.

 

HorizonLive Desktop Lecture Series - by Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D. September 4, 2001

Distance Education students, to day, are different. 100 years ago distance education students were enrolled in correspondence courses. 50 years ago some distance education students relied on radio broadcasts. 10 years ago distance education students were enrolled in courses that were television based. Today, all of the above methods of delivery are in use. But, we also have the emerging distance education student who studies exclusively online via the Internet. This student can best be thought of as a Third Wave, or High Self-Directed Learner student. You may see and hear this presentation in the HorizonLive.com archive.

OLT Course Develop System Featured at SALT 2001 Educational Technology Conference, Arlington, VA. July 2001

Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D., lead instructional designer for OLT presented a research paper on developing highly effective distance education courses to the Society of Applied Learning Technology 2001 Educational Technology Conference. Entitled "An Iterative Method for Planning, Developing, and Presenting Effective Online Courses, Dr. Redding's paper was well received by the 60 + participants who attended his session.

Recent Power Outage Forces Online Students to Relocate, June 20, 2001

OLT's online insurance pre-licensing students never visit OLT's corporate headquarters, that is until now. When a recent area wide power outage hit Lake Worth, Florida, their instructor and author of the 2-15 Life, Health, and Annuities online pre-licensing course had a problem. Notified just 15 minutes before the start of the Class, Jack decided to go to the campus to let the students know what happened. When he got there he discovered six students, some had traveled a long distance and another two were going to be out of Florida for the next few weeks and would not be available for a make-up class for more then a month, were anxious to have a class. Jack had a problem. Where could he find a lighted classroom on such short notice? Click here to see what he did!

OLT to Support Brevard Community College FIPSE Grant, April, 2001

Brevard Community College has been awarded a FIPSE grant to study ways to increase the retention of distance education students in for credit courses.

15th International Self-Directed Learning Symposium 2001

Assessing the Impact of Notions Associated with Self-Directed Learning on a Nation, was the topic selected by OLT's founder, Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D. for the 15th International Self-Directed Learning Symposium held in Boynton Beach, Florida February 22-24, 2001.

College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas to offer online GED preparation courses. January 28, 2001.

College of the Mainland, Texas CIty, Texas is the first college to offer OLT's GED preparation course series. These courses are available beginning immediately. They are designed meet the needs of students who might other wise not be able to pursue a GED because of accessibility issues. For more information about College of the Mainland's online GED courses, please click here.

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