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Staff and faculty from Capella University, an accredited online university, to lead presentation on blended learning practices at 8th Annual Sloan Consortium
Dr. Randy Johnson, faculty chair and colloquia lead for Capella, to share how the online university redesigned its PhD colloquia to create a better learning experience
MINNEAPOLIS, March 14, 2011 – Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited online university* that has built its reputation by providing high quality online degree programs for working adults, has been invited to discuss the online university's best practices for blended learning at the 8th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop: Evidence to Practice: Fulfilling the Promise. The conference, which is being held March 28 and 29 in Oak Brook, Illinois, will provide an opportunity for administrative leaders, faculty members, instructional designers and researchers to discover and share effective practices in blended learning. Randy Johnson, PhD, faculty chair and colloquia lead at Capella, and Tom Godfrey, course development supervisor for Capella's Next Generation Learning department, will deliver a presentation on how a redesign to create a blended learning experience for the university's PhD colloquia improved students’ preparation before the event, helped to maximize the experience during the event, and provided a way to better assess learning outcomes.
"The staff and faculty at Capella University are committed to continuously improving the quality of our programs," Dr. Johnson commented. "The PhD colloquia redesign project is a great example of our cross-functional teams working together to think beyond our traditional learning delivery methods in order to provide the best learning experience possible."
The Sloan Consortium is an institutional and professional leadership organization dedicated to integrating online education into the mainstream of higher education, helping institutions and individual educators improve the quality, scale, and breadth of education.
About Capella University
Capella University (www.capella.edu) is an accredited online university* that has built its reputation by providing quality online degree programs for working adults. Nearly 80 percent of Capella students are currently enrolled in master's, specialist, or doctoral degree programs in business, counseling, education, health administration, human resource management, human services, information technology, nonprofit management and leadership, nursing, psychology, public administration, public health, public safety, and social work. Capella also offers bachelor's degree programs in business, information technology, nursing, psychology, public administration, and public safety. Within those areas, Capella currently offers 136 graduate and undergraduate specializations and 17 certificate programs. More than 39,000 learners were enrolled as of Dec. 31, 2010, from all 50 states and 59 other countries. Capella is committed to providing high-caliber academic excellence and pursuing balanced business growth. Founded in 1993, Capella University is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capella Education Company, headquartered in Minneapolis. For more information, please visit http://www.capella.edu or call 1.888.CAPELLA (227.3552).
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* Capella University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), www.ncahlc.org.
Capella University, Capella Tower, 225 South Sixth Street, Ninth Floor, Minneapolis, MN 55402, 1.888.CAPELLA (227.3552), www.capella.edu.
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