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Friday, June 29, 2001
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/06/26/university.net.courses.idg/index.html University Net courses help pros make the grade June 26, 2001 Posted: 8:44 a.m. EDT (1244 GMT) By Nancy Weil (IDG) -- Vicki Earll can't get enough online learning. Earll, a National Park Service Web master, park ranger and education coordinator living in Massachusetts, took her first Internet-based course, Introduction to Online Technologies, through the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the fall of 1999 and became hooked on the concept. "I like being on the cutting edge," Earll said via e-mail, in response to questions about her online learning experience. "I liked being able to take the course from my computer at home. ... Perhaps, most important, as a sociologist -- and futurist -- I was convinced that this was the way of future education." She's not alone in that conviction. While there has been a lot of focus on "e-learning" as a training method for companies, universities and colleges worldwide are increasingly offering courses online, allowing busy professionals to finish degrees, earn advanced degrees or take technology-related courses that help with their jobs without putting careers on hold....
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