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Thrust into online learning at scale in 2005 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina--a disaster that put 45 percent of its physical campus out of commission--New Orleans-based Delgado Community College experienced the aftershock of realizing that many of its students were not "online ready." Success rates--and therefore retention and completion rates--suffered just because of a student skills gap in online education. A self-guided online learning module, DORM, has made a big difference even as a doubling of enrollment since 2006 has put further pressure on available classroom space. More
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The Iowa Community College Online Consortium (ICCOC) has renewed the contract with its online learning platform provider, extending a relationship that dates back 12 years. MoreThe California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office in Sacramento has adopted a streaming platform to beam Board of Governors meetings, press conferences, and other events over the Internet to more than 112 community colleges in California. MoreAs part of its effort to improve graduation and retention rates, Becker College has adopted a hosted early alert tool and a case management system from Starfish Retention Solutions. MoreTiffin University has deployed a virtual student orientation program that, starting with the school's distance learning population, will allow the Tiffin staff to "be more efficient and effective and to provide more convenience to our students," the school said. MoreCampusCruiser has released Academic Alert, a cloud-based platform designed to help colleges and universities identify at-risk students. MoreBlackboard has added both an open enrollment option and mobile support for its CourseSites cloud-based course option. More
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