The Echo 9.7.12

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How do you present Jesus to devout Hindus? Ashleigh Buchanan writes about her experiences wihle studying abroad in India in spring 2012.

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September 7, 2012 Volume 84 Issue 2 echo.snu.edu

In every class, be it high school or college, there seems to be “that student.” You know the one.

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Online Resource Center assists with new online offerings so we can increase the number of stu- of this new aspect to online learning is to Baker Pitts, Staff Reporter Online learning has been a fron- dents taking classes at SNU,” Bowie said. make it possible for someone to get an assotier that colleges have been explor- The enrollment for the early stages of the online ciates degree completely online. At this point, ing since the dawn of the Internet. undergraduate program now being offered is en- 14 course have been developed this year to be Thanks to a two million dollar grant, SNU couraging. The first group of these new all-online offered online in addition to those developed has the tools needed to expand its online Organizational Leadership students has already and offered since 2007. So in the coming year, learning to the next level with the creation started and have filled up quickly, as have the sec- even more courses will be tweaked and optiof the Online Resource Center. The idea ond and third groups that are due to start soon. mized for an online format to make it as quick behind online courses is to make college ac- Organizational Leadership students now have the and easy as possible to get a degree online. The O.R.C in located on the third cessible to those who would not normally be choice to do their studies online or face to face, and able to attend typical weekday classes or are the enrollment for the face-to face hasn’t dropped floor of the library. Any further questoo far away to travel to on-campus classes. at all, meaning that the new online capabilities tions regarding can be directed to Gwen The Online Resource Center, or O.R.C, is of SNU have already brought in more students. Rogers, the Director of the O.R.C. The possibilities for this new online coma place for professors to get help in making Editor’s note: This updated cover contains clarifying language and ponent to SNU academics are promising, and a different picture than the issue originally released on the morning the transition from face-to-face classes to online courses. The O.R.C offers weekly train- this grant program is just now at the end of of September 7, 2012. Contact the editor-in-chief at echo@mail. ing sessions for faculty that will cover topics year one of five total years. An additional goal snu.edu for more information. such as learning how to teach online, softwares to use in teaching online and specific strategies that are encouraged for use in online classes. Jody Bowie, who is the instructional designer at the O.R.C, made sure it was known that they were in no way trying to move students from oncampus classes into online courses. “We’re trying to develop classes that we have on campus into an online format The Online Resource Center will help professors make the transition from face-to-face to online courses. (Photo provided by ORC)


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