NROC Network Members Meeting
March 1-3, 2009
Monterey, California
The inaugural NROC Network members meeting will be held at the Monterey Beach Resort. There will be tracks on Professional Development, Technology, and Content Development and NROC Start Up Training. Member organizations (as of December 2008) are invited to send representatives. Registration details will be available soon.
Online Education Ratchets Up for Georgia Students: Georgia Virtual School Joins the NROC Network
Taking classes in cyberspace just got better for Georgia
high school students. Georgia Virtual School (GAVS) has become a supporting member of the National Repository of Online Courses (NROC), making this library of top notch online courses available to students and educators
across Georgia.
MITE is 2008 MacArthur Grant Recipient
The Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE) has received a $2 million grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to support the development and publication of a new quarterly journal, the International Journal of Learning and Media (IJLM) to be published by MIT Press.
Free online materials could save schools billions
This article on Free Online Content which appeared in the November 6, 2007 edition of USA Today prominently mentions Hippocampus.
Distance Learning Today
Supplement on distance learning that appeared in the November 9, 2007 issue of USA Today.
NROC- SREB Partnership
A regional leader in helping state leaders create and expand effective uses of technology in schools and colleges, The Southern Regional Education Board’s (SREB) Educational Technology Cooperative has partnered with the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE) to provide high schools and colleges in SREB’s 16 member states with online content from the National Repository of Online Courses (NROC).
