Established in winter of 1997, the University
of Illinois Online (U of I Online) is a university-wide
initiative providing coordination and support
to the three campuses of the University of Illinois
(Chicago, Springfield,
and Urbana-Champaign)
in the area of online education and public service.
Its primary goal is to increase the number of
high-quality online education programs available
to place-bound and time-restricted prospective
students in the U.S. and internationally.
U of I Online does
not admit and register students nor does it develop
and deliver online courses; rather it facilitates
these activities related to online education
by providing the following services to the University
community and to prospective students:
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publishing an online catalog of all U of I online
education and public service programs conducted
largely or wholly over the Internet
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responding to inquiries about the University's
online courses and programs |
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helping the three campuses to develop appropriate
support services for off-campus students
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supporting research on the effectiveness of online
instruction
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providing an outreach mechanism to identify and
cultivate general and specialty markets for online
education and public service
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offering consulting and training to faculty who
are developing and teaching online courses
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providing oversight and ensuring University-level
attention to issues of special concern to faculty,
such as quality control, ownership of materials,
workload, and recognition
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offering grants to units developing Internet-based
programs; these awards are intended to cover the
one-time costs of converting existing course materials
to a pedagogically-sound online format.
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promoting the benefits and potential of Internet-based
instruction to faculty and administrators on the
three campuses
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marketing the University's online education programs
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U of I Online has
received over one million dollars in grants from
the Alfred P.
Sloan Foundation to support the development
of new online education programs and is a member
of the Sloan
ALN Consortium. All funds from the Sloan
Foundation have been reallocated to campus departments
in the form of program development grants.
For
more information about University of Illinois
Online, browse our archive
of news articles and press releases and check
out the rest of our Web site. Visit our Student
Testimonials page to see what our students
are saying. If you have questions that aren't
answered here, please complete our online
inquiry form.
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