Faculty in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment (ETRA) are now more skilled in the delivery of “HyFlex” – hybrid-flexible – teaching. Such courses provide “both a classroom and at least one online participation option, or mode, to students. Students
Read moreOnline grad programs in good company via U.S. News & World Report rankings
Online master’s programs in the NIU College of Education are in good company, according to the annual rankings released Jan. 25 by U.S. News & World Report. NIU, which has been ranked every year since the distinction debuted in 2013, is tied
Read moreStephanie DeSpain among first winners of inaugural NIU online teaching award
Stephanie DeSpain can count herself among forward-thinking educators who were somewhat prepared to handle the sudden shift to remote learning in March 2020. An assistant professor of Early Childhood Education, DeSpain already had developed and was teaching some classes online in the
Read moreDecade of distinction: U.S. News ranks online graduate degrees in nation’s best
Online graduate programs in the NIU College of Education are celebrating their 10th consecutive year of high acclaim from U.S. News & World Report. The College of Education is ranked 21, placing in the top 10% of the 296 institutions assessed with
Read moreU.S. News raises NIU College of Ed score in annual online grad program rankings
The NIU College of Education remains in the country’s Top 10 among U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of online graduate programs. NIU ties for ninth with Pennsylvania State University-World Campus, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Virginia (Curry).
Read moreU.S. News extols College of Ed online grad programs – again
Another January, another celebration of a Top 5 ranking from U.S. News & World Report for the NIU College of Education’s online graduate programs. NIU is tied for fifth with the University of Houston and Utah State University this year, bringing the
Read moreCoE online graduate programs earn high U.S. News rankings for fifth consecutive year
Online graduate programs in the NIU College of Education continue to perform near the top of the country, according to new rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report. NIU places fourth (tied with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln) in the current
Read moreCollege of Education online graduate program ranked No. 5
For the fourth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the NIU College of Education’s online graduate program among the country’s best. The COE program was ranked No. 5 out of a field of 188 competing programs offered by institutions
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