Comments on: Do you feel University of Phoenix is a school of the future? http://www.university-guide.net/do-you-feel-university-of-phoenix-is-a-school-of-the-future/392/ Your Questions, Our Answers Thu, 17 May 2012 02:54:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Walter M http://www.university-guide.net/do-you-feel-university-of-phoenix-is-a-school-of-the-future/392/#comment-668 Walter M Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:54:37 +0000 http://www.university-guide.net/do-you-feel-university-of-phoenix-is-a-school-of-the-future/392/#comment-668 University of Phoenix indeed pioneered distance learning via the internet with the concept of online learning teams. The older version of distance learning was a result of corresondence courses, not degree programs and they were not set up the way Univ. of Phoenix pioneered in which resources such as online library databases; research material and other important resources are available on a website accessable by account holders, faculty and administrators. The below link will explain what I am referring to in terms of UOP pioneering modern distance learning. I also hope you are able to attend superbowl 2008 at the Univ. of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona. University of Phoenix indeed pioneered distance learning via the internet with the concept of online learning teams. The older version of distance learning was a result of corresondence courses, not degree programs and they were not set up the way Univ. of Phoenix pioneered in which resources such as online library databases; research material and other important resources are available on a website accessable by account holders, faculty and administrators. The below link will explain what I am referring to in terms of UOP pioneering modern distance learning.

I also hope you are able to attend superbowl 2008 at the Univ. of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona.

]]> By: CoachT http://www.university-guide.net/do-you-feel-university-of-phoenix-is-a-school-of-the-future/392/#comment-667 CoachT Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:46:21 +0000 http://www.university-guide.net/do-you-feel-university-of-phoenix-is-a-school-of-the-future/392/#comment-667 UoP didn't pioneer distance learning, we've had DL models for well over 100 years in the US. What UoP did was borrow a marketing technique from AOL - they saturated the market with advertising explaining how easy their model is to use. Unfortunately, I think UoP damaged their own reputation by professing the ease of their programs for so long. Whether or not they are really "easy" no longer matters - the public believes that they are. But, yes, I believe that online delivery of higher education (and even secondary education) is the way education is going to be done. We can now get a master's degree from Oxford University substantially by distance. It's here. Add: that article isn't about UoP being a pioneer. Nova Southeastern was online with degrees in 1983. NYIT in '88. East Carolina in '94. In fact, UoP doesn't make the top 20 of oldest providers in this model. It's just that they were the first to market heavily. Just as AOL wasn't the beginning of the internet but they were the first to get out and really market. Excelsior, Charter Oak, and Thomas Edison were around way before UoP got into distance learning. You're not going to convince people that UoP is any more credible than they are. It's just not going to happen until some alumni are placed in high position. disclaimer: I own stock in APOL (owns UoP), CPLA (Capella), and COCO (Corinthian Colleges) and hold degrees earned by DL. I am employed by no college in any capacity. UoP didn’t pioneer distance learning, we’ve had DL models for well over 100 years in the US. What UoP did was borrow a marketing technique from AOL - they saturated the market with advertising explaining how easy their model is to use.

Unfortunately, I think UoP damaged their own reputation by professing the ease of their programs for so long. Whether or not they are really “easy” no longer matters - the public believes that they are.

But, yes, I believe that online delivery of higher education (and even secondary education) is the way education is going to be done.

We can now get a master’s degree from Oxford University substantially by distance. It’s here.

Add: that article isn’t about UoP being a pioneer. Nova Southeastern was online with degrees in 1983. NYIT in ‘88. East Carolina in ‘94. In fact, UoP doesn’t make the top 20 of oldest providers in this model. It’s just that they were the first to market heavily. Just as AOL wasn’t the beginning of the internet but they were the first to get out and really market. Excelsior, Charter Oak, and Thomas Edison were around way before UoP got into distance learning.

You’re not going to convince people that UoP is any more credible than they are. It’s just not going to happen until some alumni are placed in high position.

disclaimer: I own stock in APOL (owns UoP), CPLA (Capella), and COCO (Corinthian Colleges) and hold degrees earned by DL. I am employed by no college in any capacity.

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