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Tuesday, September 14, 2004
College is just a click away - Mary Mosquera, GCN Staff
Going off to college used to mean packing all one's worldly possessions into a steamer trunk for a long trip to a faraway campus. But now, getting to college can be as simple as logging on to the Internet. Many state colleges and universities are expanding their use of online learning systems to reach more students in rural areas and serve growing student populations while containing costs. E-learning enrollment at the University of Florida has doubled every year since 2000, with more than 75,000 student seats in 1,300 courses. State laws require the school to offer information on food and agricultural concerns to communities around the state as well as to individual farmers. An e-learning system makes a wider array of resources available to those who want to pursue a formal certification program or just get gardening information specific to the state, said learning support systems manager Doug Johnson, who chairs the University of Florida Course Management System Advisory Group.
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