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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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NSU
AND USDLA TEAM UP TO TAP INTO THE NEED FOR DISTANCE LEARNING
EXPERTS
Boston, MA —Nova Southeastern
University’s Fischler School of Education and Human
Services will launch the Distance Learning Leaders Certificate
Program, October 8-9, 2004, as part of a partnership between
NSU and the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA),
to tackle the emerging needs of today’s managers for
new leadership skills, distance learning knowledge and applications,
best practices, and hands - on activities.
The two-day site based program
followed by a six week online component provides leaders responsible
for directing overall distance education and training initiatives
with the critical skills needed to succeed in a distance learning
environment, including establishing strategic direction, procurement,
implementation, distance learning management, and evaluation.
The Distance Learning Leader
Certificate Program is designed for professionals in a wide
range of positions including Chief Learning Officers, Higher
Education/University Distance Education Directors, Training
Directors and Managers, Educational Technology Directors,
and Teachers. “This is a ‘must-take course’
for anyone in the distance learning industry”, said
Dr. John G. Flores, Executive Director of the USDLA.
Classes for the Distance Learning
Leader Certificate program will be held at the state of the
art wireless and interactive technology center at the Alvin
Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center
at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Online registration opened June 1, 2004; the deadline for
registration is September 8, 2004. For more information, contact
Tom Land, Ed. D. at 954-262-8513, or log on to www.fgse.nova.edu/tpd/certprog.htm.
The United States Distance
Learning Association (USDLA) (www.usdla.org),
formed in 1987 and located in Boston, Massachusetts, serves
the needs of the distance learning community by providing
advocacy, information, networking and opportunity and is committed
to being the leading distance learning association in the
United States. USDLA has members from the Pre-K through 12,
higher and continuing education, home schooling, corporate,
military and government training and telehealth communities.
USDLA has convened National Policy Forums, publishes the Distance
Learning Magazine, and maintains a dynamic website at www.usdla.org.
Since 1993, USDLA has continued to establish chapters in all
fifty states.
Nova Southeastern University
(www.fgse.nova.edu)
is the tenth largest independent, fully accredited, coeducational
institution in the United States. The university has been
internationally recognized for innovation and quality in both
traditional and distance education for over 30 years, and
its Fischler School of Education and Human Services (FSEHS)
provides dynamic programs in leadership, teaching and learning,
human development and family studies, training and professional
development and related fields.
United States Distance Learning
Association, 8 Winter Street, Suite 508, Boston, MA 02108
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