UNCG Division of Continual Learning Online Team
The Division of Continual Learning at UNCG is a unique hub of innovation and creativity; a group that seeks to improve student learning at all levels; and an organization devoted to customer service by constantly revisiting and refining our process.
The online courses designed by our teams can transport you to another time and place. You might be asked to become a patron at a corner newsstand browsing magazines on political ideologies…a member of the U.N. negotiating a hostage standoff…or an alien who crash-lands on Earth and must learn how to survive.
Our faculty and course designers are convinced that effective online learning involves far more than just reading a textbook online and memorizing facts that are quickly forgotten. Instead we immerse you in an online world where you can experience the information you need to learn. You’ll be asked to evaluate evidence, make decisions and weigh the consequences.
Even our tests are a cut above and as creative as the courses they support. You might be asked to solve a puzzle, compile a documentary film on major course themes or write an argument for the Supreme Court.
If you've got a few minutes, poke around these demos and see for yourself--click on the tabs at the top of the page and explore. You may decide to become a student again!
Recent Awards:
- U.S. Distance Learning Association
- 2008 Platinum Award for Best Practices in Online Distance Learning
- 2007 Gold Award for Best Practices in Online Distance Learning
- 2005 Silver Award for Best Practices in Online Distance Learning
- Campus Technology
- 2006 Innovators Award in Gaming
Significant Accomplishments in Online Learning:
- Created the nation’s first videogame for college credit in microeconomics, presented in a format where students naturally spend time – in online gaming environment.
- Spearheaded UNCG iSchool, the nation’s first “virtual early college program” that enables North Carolina high school students to get a head start on their college education.
- Developed innovative online experiences for an online Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program that is recognized nationally for excellence in Web-based instruction.
- Designed and produced an online Bachelor’s degree-completion program with a concentration in the Humanities that is one of the top five majors in the University.
- Developed innovative, branching tree online learning objects that use the Socratic method to capture many of the benefits of a face-to-face dialogue with a faculty member.
- Developed online assessment tools that mirror the pedagogical value and creativity of the courses they support.