The Ӱר is No. 1 on Best SchoolsӰר ӰרTop 10 Online Colleges in Louisiana.Ӱר
ӰרWe interviewed the No. 1 school, Ӱר of Louisiana Lafayette and loved their extensive training program for any faculty member who will teach an online class,Ӱר according to .
Best Schools evaluated 13 Louisiana universities and colleges that offer at least one bachelorӰרs degree that can be completed entirely online. It only considers schools that are accredited by a regional accrediting body.
Best Schools reviewed Ӱרthe history and growth trajectory to gauge commitment to online education, about the student experience to find out what elements make students the most successful, and about facultyӰרs role in online education to explore what makes them engage with online learners,Ӱר the website states.
It notes that UL Lafayette offers online self-assessments for potential students and is prepared to make accommodations for students with disabilities.
A Best Schools representative interviewed Dr. Luke Dowden, director of Distance Learning at UL Lafayette.
He said UL Lafayette faculty members who teach online classes can identify with students engaged in distance learning. ӰרOur faculty have been online students, every one of them, because we require them to be. . . we have put them in situations to be online students. I think that experience transcends into their instructional approach.Ӱר
Dowden says graduate students who take UL Lafayette online courses are usually adult learners who want to enhance their careers.
ӰרOur undergraduate programs are different. We really have two groups of students. We have the adult learner that is coming back to earn a bachelorӰרs degree after they get an associateӰרs degree. But we also have true undergraduate students, who were in majors that they werenӰרt successful in, and so theyӰרre seeking a different option. TheyӰרre also seeking flexibility because theyӰרre working,Ӱר Dowden states.
Northwestern State Ӱר and the Ӱר of Louisiana at Monroe are second and third, respectively, on Best SchoolsӰר Top 10 list. Others cited are McNeese State Ӱר, the Ӱר of New Orleans, Louisiana Tech Ӱר, Louisiana State Ӱר Ӱר Shreveport, Southern Ӱר in New Orleans, Nicholls State Ӱר and Louisiana State Ӱר at Alexandria.
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