New Frontier in Teacher Training: Distance Learning

The Economics Center is working to develop its first distance learning program, thanks to the gift from the Alpaugh Family Foundation. This distance learning initiative leverages technology to create quality, online training opportunities for educators who teach, appreciate and have a commitment to economics and financial education in their classrooms. Its aim is to provide full online courses and “blended teachers training courses” - those that utilize some traditional, in-person introduction with online learning – to educators in our geographic footprint and beyond. The Center’s courses will become dynamic educational experiences, more responsive to the changing teacher training market and catering to a new generation of teachers who expect online professional development opportunities. . The Center’s first distance learning course will be introduced this fall, 2011.

“This program is crucial; it will provide a vehicle for reaching more educators and ultimately impacting more students with a stronger economic and financial education message.”
– Dr. Val Krugh, Program Director

We believe that growing the community of teaching professionals using online learning will deepen the impact of our mission.

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Economics Center introduces Distant Learning Initiative.