{"id":6231,"date":"2010-06-14T20:10:06","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T00:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=6231"},"modified":"2010-06-14T20:12:14","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T00:12:14","slug":"wgu-indiana-check-this-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2010\/06\/14\/wgu-indiana-check-this-out\/","title":{"rendered":"WGU Indiana &#8212; check this out!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/indiana.wgu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6232\" title=\"WGU-Indiana-June2010\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/WGU-Indiana-June2010.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"indiana.wgu.edu\" width=\"521\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/WGU-Indiana-June2010.jpg 521w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/WGU-Indiana-June2010-150x74.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAlso see:<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wgu.edu\/about_WGU\/wgu_indiana_established_6-11-10\" target=\"_blank\">Governor Daniels Announces New Online University for Indiana<\/a><br \/>\nExecutive Order establishes charter for WGU  Indiana, the state\u2019s first competency-based university<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Indianapolis \u2014 Governor Mitch Daniels today announced the  establishment of WGU Indiana, <a title=\"http:\/\/indiana.wgu.edu\" href=\"http:\/\/indiana.wgu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/indiana.wgu.edu<\/a>,  a new online, competency-based university aimed at expanding access to  higher education for Hoosiers. Formed by a partnership between the state  and Western Governors University, the nation\u2019s only non-profit,  competency-based university, WGU Indiana offers fully accredited  bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in business, teacher education,  information technology, and health professions, including nursing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogPost\/Indiana-Forms-Branch-of\/24760\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Indiana Forms Branch of National Online University <\/strong><\/a>&#8212; from The Chronicle by Marc  Parry<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Indiana will create a new branch of a national online  institution, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wgu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Western  Governors University<\/a>, under a deal that state leaders <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courierpress.com\/news\/2010\/jun\/12\/indiana-launchesonlineuniversity\/\" target=\"_blank\">announced  on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;Today we mark the beginning of, in a real sense, Indiana&#8217;s eighth  state university,&#8221;<\/strong> Governor Mitch Daniels said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The agreement gives a boost to Western Governors&#8217; model of<strong> competency-based education<\/strong>, in which students advance by showing what  they&#8217;ve learned, not how much time they&#8217;ve spent in class. Students can  also fast-forward their degrees by testing out of stuff they&#8217;ve already  mastered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also see: Governor Daniels Announces New Online University for Indiana Executive Order establishes charter for WGU Indiana, the state\u2019s first competency-based university Indianapolis \u2014 Governor Mitch Daniels today announced the establishment of WGU Indiana, http:\/\/indiana.wgu.edu, a new online, competency-based university aimed at expanding access to higher education for Hoosiers. 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