Distance Learning Association
Nowadays people all over the world are very interested in the continuing of their education and receiving of the university degree, as the investment into education is the best contribution. Those people, who have university degree, have usually better career chances, level of incomes and opportunities on the labor market. Besides, such people have good theoretical knowledge and practical skills in their professional field. With the advent of online education obtaining of the university degree became more accessible, convenient and flexible. There is a special organization in the United States, which deals with the distance education: The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA). It is non – profit organization, which was established in 1987 and has the main office in Boston. The main aim of this organization is to promote the opportunities of online and distance education among the people and support the students with all essential information. The board of directors consists of the best professors and teachers from such universities, as University of Texas, Oklahoma State University, Stanford University, etc.
The Distance Learning Association develops special educational programs for people. One of the most known programs is the Educating Everyone program. This program is reachable on the 24*7 schedule. The students from other countries can receive studying instructions on their native language.
Besides, USDLA is wonderful source of information about the online education in general and people can receive much important and interesting information on the official website of the USDLA: http://www.usdla.org. The USDLA has more than 30 chapters in the US and each chapter provide support to the local online students and provide them with all essential information. This organization makes as much as possible to make the distance education more effective and qualified. Besides the information on the official websites this organization makes many publications in the media.
Posted: January 26th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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