{"id":30233,"date":"2012-06-25T12:07:39","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T16:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=30233"},"modified":"2012-06-25T12:13:59","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T16:13:59","slug":"public-university-becomes-first-to-endorse-untraditional-online-model-carter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/06\/25\/public-university-becomes-first-to-endorse-untraditional-online-model-carter\/","title":{"rendered":"Public university becomes first to endorse untraditional online model [Carter]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecampusnews.com\/top-news\/public-university-becomes-first-to-endorse-untraditional-online-model\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Public university becomes first to endorse untraditional online model<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from by Denny Carter<br \/>\n<em>Some UW faculty members, after political clashes with Gov. Scott Walker, remain skeptical of UW Flexible Degree<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Students at the University of Wisconsin (UW) can earn college degrees based on proven competency in a subject, making UW the first publicly-funded school to launch a competency-based degree program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Led by officials at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwex.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">UW-Extension<\/a>, a continued learning program with offices located across Wisconsin, <a href=\"http:\/\/walker.wi.gov\/Images\/News\/6.19.12%20UW%20Flexible%20Degree%20Proposal%20Packet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">the UW Flexible Degree<\/a> will let incoming students demonstrate their knowledge and cut down on the time it takes to earn a degree.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/walker.wi.gov\/Images\/News\/6.19.12%20UW%20Flexible%20Degree%20Proposal%20Packet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30240\" title=\"UWFlexibleDegree-June2012\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/UWFlexibleDegree-June2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"877\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/UWFlexibleDegree-June2012.jpg 569w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/UWFlexibleDegree-June2012-97x150.jpg 97w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public university becomes first to endorse untraditional online model &#8212; from by Denny Carter Some UW faculty members, after political clashes with Gov. Scott Walker, remain skeptical of UW Flexible Degree Excerpt: Students at the University of Wisconsin (UW) can earn college degrees based on proven competency in a subject, making UW the first publicly-funded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,347,3,180,74,285,239,62,436,310],"tags":[290,739,566,661,607,27,251,601,779,722,579],"class_list":["post-30233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cost-of-getting-a-degree","category-education-reform","category-higher-education","category-innovation","category-leadership","category-legislation-legislatures","category-new-business-models","category-online-learning","category-reinvent","category-staying-relevant","tag-cost-of-getting-an-education","tag-education-reform","tag-higher-education","tag-innovation","tag-leadership","tag-legislation","tag-new-business-models-in-he","tag-online-learning","tag-reinvent","tag-staying-relevant","tag-strategy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30233"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30239,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30233\/revisions\/30239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}