The University of Illinois Global Campus was an online university education experiment created by the
University of Illinois system. It was established in March 2007, with the goal to allow students who can't accustom to standard colleges the chance to get a University of Illinois education. The trustees of the university voted to phase out the project in early 2009.
History
In January 2008, the
University of Illinois system launched The Global Campus, the University's newest initiative in
online education. The University
Board of Trustees
A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...
established The Global Campus in March 2007 to further the land-grant mission to expand educational opportunities for the
Illinois community and beyond with
distance education technologies. The University of Illinois Global Campus was intended to serve nontraditional and placebound students, in order that they may gain the academic and career benefits of a University of Illinois education without the barriers of location and scheduled class times.
All degree and certificate programs were created in collaboration with the colleges and academic departments at the University's residential campuses at
Urbana-Champaign,
Chicago, and
Springfield
Springfield may refer to:
* Springfield (toponym), the place name in general
Places and locations Australia
* Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast)
* Springfield, New South Wales (Snowy Monaro Regional Council)
* Springfield, Queenslan ...
. The curricula were developed by University of Illinois faculty.
The Global Campus offered degrees and certificates in
Business Administration
Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management ...
,
E-Learning,
Nursing,
Patient Safety Leadership, and
Recreation, Sport and Tourism.
In May 2009, the board of trustees voted to phase out the Global Campus Initiative. The University of Illinois transitioned the programs developed by the Global Campus to academic units on the corresponding residential campuses.
Educational technology
Educational technology (commonly abbreviated as edutech, or edtech) is the combined use of computer hardware, software, and educational theory and practice to facilitate learning. When referred to with its abbreviation, edtech, it often refer ...
scholars Bush and Mott cite Global Campus as an example of a handful of "very thoughtful educational technology 'solutions,'" including Columbia University's
Fathom.com
Fathom was an online learning portal project, spearheaded by Columbia University, that opened to the public in late 2000. Partners in the venture included the London School of Economics and Political Science, the British Library, the New York Pub ...
, which "failed to meet their stated goal of expanding educational opportunities, most likely because they did not align with student needs, and, hence, were not financially viable."
[Bush, M. & Mott, J. "The Transformation of Learning Technology: Learner-Centricity, Content and Tool Malleability, and Network Effects". ''Educational Technology Magazine'', vol. 49, no. 2, p. 3-20, March–April 2009]
References
*
University of Illinois system
*
External links
University of Illinois system (official site)University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (official site)University of Illinois Chicago (official site)University of Illinois Springfield (official site)University of Illinois Chicago Online Degree Requirements
Footnotes
{{University of Illinois system
University of Illinois System