I was reading an article recently on graduate MBA programs.  This particular article happened to be focused on Duke University’s distance learning platform for their MBA program.  Online / remote / distance learning  graduate programs are becoming ubiquitous.  They provide educational value in a convenient, flexible format that is very attractive to working professionals.

MIT’s Technology Review website offers some great insights about distance learning.  Here’s a link:

http://www.technologyreview.com/CareerResources/career/qa/online.aspx

To quote from the website above:

“In a recent survey conducted among Boston University online students, almost half of them indicated that their online programs were superior to a face-to-face classroom experience. Many students noted that they have forged lasting personal and professional relationships through their online learning experiences.”

For quite some time, we’ve been planning to extend the IEM Program to a wider geography through distance learning, offering the same content and quality as the on-campus version.  We are now in the process of rolling that out.  It’s an exciting time for the program.

<em><a href=”http://iemprogram.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Prof-Don-Appleby-01.jpg”><img title=”Prof Don Appleby 01″ src=”http://iemprogram.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Prof-Don-Appleby-01-276×300.jpg” alt=”" width=”104″ height=”113″ /></a>Don Appleby has served since 2004 as an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he teaches in the Information Engineering and Management Program.  He has over three decades of professional experience in the information technology industry.  Prof. Appleby is retired from IBM.</em><em><a href=”http://profappleby.com/professional-development/online-graduate-programs/”>Thanks to ProfAppleby.com for this article. </a></em>