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Cambridge Judge Business School delivers Leadership Programme for UNICEF

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:04:56 +0000

Designed for UNICEF’s senior leaders, the Senior Leadership Development Programme will be delivered in study blocks for around 150 of UNICEF’s leadership team over a two-year period.

In a time of unprecedented internal and external change, including the introduction of new organisation-wide systems and processes, UNICEF determined the need for a competency-building, strategic and developmental leadership programme. The UNICEF leaders involved will benefit from a deeper understanding of team work and the drive for results, support in gaining a long-term strategic view, as well as having the opportunity to be challenged by a network of world-class faculty, sector experts and each other.

The duration of each group is seven months and the content is split into three study blocks covering key leadership areas and delivered globally at locations including UNICEF’s headquarters in New York and at Cambridge Judge Business School, UK. The programme utilises a blended learning approach of plenary faculty-led discussions, group coaching, individual mentoring, project work and online interaction and learning through a Virtual Learning Environment.

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The Growth of Virtual Learning (rebroadcast)

admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:48:12 +0000

The idea of virtual learning is growing in the American education system. More students from Kindergarten through 12th grade are learning in front of a screen rather than from a live teacher. While some say the format is cost efficient and tailored to each individual’s learning speed, others say essential components of the schooling system, such as development of social skills and hands on lessons, are being compromised in the process. Many educators are looking on with reluctant optimism as the virtual world expands in its implementation. Today we’re looking at education that favors computers over classrooms.

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Alabama to receive local help

admin — Thu, 12 May 2011 06:12:40 +0000

Open enrollment for Sarasota Virtual School will begin Monday for the 2011-12 academic year.

The first day of school is Aug. 22.

The virtual school is a district public school that provides a full-time online learning option for students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

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Distance learning connects classes in every Alabama high school

admin — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:00:14 +0000

Wesley Minor didn’t want much. Just a shot at an advanced education he couldn’t get at Cordova High School.

Savanah Gilbert didn’t want much, either. She had spent so much energy pushing the academic boundaries at Oak Grove High School that she simply needed more classroom time than she could fit into a day.

A few years ago, both of these high-achieving students would have been out of luck.

But thanks to technology — and a program called Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators and Students Statewide, which is now in every high school in the state — they both got what they needed.

The distance learning program is, educators say, the biggest advance in leveling the playing field in Alabama education since desegregation.

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Alabama online high schools now have website

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:49:36 +0000

Best Online High Schools is pleased to offer yet another state-specific website for online high schools. Alabama Online High Schools will offer solid information on virtual high schools as well as related information about what is happening with these schools in Alabama.