College Educators

As a College Educator, use this comprehensive collection of high-quality resources for creating online course content. Search for MnSCU and U of M online courses and programs. Learn about student services and Adult Basic Education (ABE). Obtain college, career, and financial aid planning resources. Identify library data bases that your students can use to do homework, improve studies, and complete a quick review of subjects. Incorporate interactive tools and widgets, simulations, learning objects, video, audio and online textbooks in your curriculum. View professional development information. Use eFolioMinnesota to create and maintain your professional electronic portfolio.

Newest Professions, Growing Salaries
Article on 12 jobs that didn't exist until recently.

Getting an Education on the Internet
National Public Radio story on online learning (Sept. 22, 2009).

Strong Faculty Engagement in Online Learning
.A new report by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities and the Sloan National Commission on Online Learning indicates that online learning is now part of the "fabric" of academia, but that many faculty are unhappy with a lack of support; includes recommendations for campus leaders.

Finding equivalencies by course in u.Select
Learn how to find course-to-course equivalencies in u.Select, the transfer information tool for Minnesota.

Create an education plan in u.Select
How to create an education plan including transferring to another institution in u.Select

Remedial education policy paper
new joint report from the Education Commission of the States and others examines the current policy landscape surrounding the ongoing problem of postsecondary students who need remediation and offers a framework to guide the further study of policies related to remedial education.

Vision 2020: Creating Opportunity for America's Next Generation
Policy actions for the nation to ensure that all young people graduate high school ready for college. Reaching this goal requires increasing the numbers of young people and adults who earn postsecondary credentials.

Horizon Report 2010
The Horizon Report identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative inquiry on college and university campuses within the next five years.