Tagged: education

BU Online Featured in BU Today!

See the original article in its entirety here. Online program wins plaudits By Rich Barlow Craving a BU education after learning about its academic reputation and strong interdisciplinary curriculum, Hillary Blazer-Doyle faced a hurdle: she was living in Singapore, where her husband’s insurance company job had posted him. But Blazer-Doyle, a voiceover actress, was determined […]

Online Student Spotlight – A Global Odyssey

Thanks to Hillary Blazer-Doyle, 2010 graduate of MET’s Undergrad Degree Completion program, for submitting such a great blog post. I was never one of those people who felt like something was missing in my life because I never finished my undergrad degree.  Quite honestly, I was in a career field that didn’t require a degree […]

Lessons Learned: A first year online program opens new doors for educators

Dr. Judith Simpson reflects on a year of innovation and transformation in BU’s year-old online MA in Art Education program, also featured in a recent BU Today article. “Our teachers are an island in their schools, alone. Artists and teachers both need the right vocabulary to advocate for themselves. My goal is to equip them […]

BU Online Innovation Recap

We wanted to take a moment to recap some of the upgrades and additions we made to the BU online learning environment this past year.  Stay tuned for more new features and enhancements in the coming months. Social Media: This year we introduced a Facebook fan page for topics of interest, Twitter account for quick […]

Online Master of Health Communication Degree in the Spotlight

June 2-5 in Boston, Domenic Screnci, program co-chair of our joint Metropolitan College/College of Communication Master of Science in Health Communication (Health Comm) degree program will be a keynote speaker and Steve Quigley, also program co-chair,  as well as Pauline Hamel and Tom Fauls, Heath Comm instructors, will be presenting at  the upcoming Revolutionary Ideas […]

Get Involved in BU’s Global Day of Service: April 17th, 2010

Boston University’s Alumni Association & Community Service Center joined forces to organize the inaugural Boston University Global Day of Service on April 17th, 2010. The goal is to demonstrate our commitment to service and unite the entire BU community with a global day of volunteerism. The Office of Distance Education staff support this initiative and […]

BU Online Students Study in India

The following post is from Jennifer Birch, a current BU Online student in the Master of Science in Project Management program.  She traveled to India in January 2010 with 20 other BU students, BU President Bob Brown, and the Dean of Metropolitan College, Jay Halfond: “In January 2010, Boston University (BU), in partnership with Infosys, […]

National Distance Learning Week: ODE Behind the Scenes

Place holder for ndlw_09_office_02 Today’s video blog entry takes you behind the scenes of a typical day at the Office of Distance Education. Meet some of the people who bring BU’s fully online programs to you each day. Click here for a text transcript of the audio.

National Distance Learning Week: Future Challenges of Online Higher Ed

Today, we have posted an article written by Nancy Coleman, Director of BU’s Office of Distance Education entitled Brave New World: The Challenges of Online Higher Education 2014, presented at the Distance Learning and Teaching Conference, Madison, WI, August 2009. Click Future Challenges to open the article as a pdf in a separate window.  Tell […]

Happy National Distance Learning Week!

November 9-13, 2009 is National Distance Learning Week.  Visit our blog all week for news and information about Boston University Online.  More information and events at http://www.ndlw.org/