Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Breakthrough eLearning Method Integrates McGraw-Hill Content to Improve Student Performance in Math

The Pacific Center for Advanced Technology Training (PCATT), a consortium of the University of Hawaii Community Colleges, today announced the expansion of its e-Learning math pilot to include leading math content from McGraw-Hill Higher Education. The breakthrough pilot was developed by EdgePoint Technology using Cisco Systems, Inc.'s Global Learning Network, which was developed to support the needs of its Networking Academy program currently used by more than 470,000 college and high school students worldwide. The pilot test, developed for high school and college students in Hawaii began in the Fall 2003 semester and originally included Algebra I developed by PCATT in partnership with EdgePoint, a leading builder of learning networks that deliver innovative, multi-media rich content via the web. The new expansion includes pre-Algebra and Algebra II courses developed by McGraw-Hill and EdgePoint.


 



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