First posted just a few short weeks ago in a blog post, we are inching ever so closely to that 1 million students served through SmarterMeasure mark.  We can't wait to share with you WHO will be the 1 millionth student!  So far this month we've had over 20K students take it so we are on the edge of our seat watching the real time counter makes it way up, up, up!  Want to follow the counter?  Check it out!

Are You One in a Million?

In 2010 the Career Education Scholarship Fund (ESF) hosted its inaugural CESF Charity Golf Tournament to raise much needed scholarship funding for the students that attend any of CEC’s 90 campuses. SmarterServices is proud to be a sponsor at the upcoming 2011 CESF Charity Golf Tournament.

EVENT INFORMATION: This year’s event will be held on Monday, August 29, 2011 at the Twin Orchard Country Club in Long Grove, IL. Our event goals are to double both the number of sponsors and funds raised for student scholarships.

THE PURPOSE OF THE EVENT: • Raise awareness of the Career Education Scholarship Fund (CESF) • Raise much needed funding for the scholarship fund

WHAT IS THE CAREER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND? • Nonprofit 501(c)(3) fund • Dedicated to providing need and merit based scholarships • To deserving students attending one of the institutions under the CEC umbrella • Awarded more than $6 million in scholarships • To more than 5,500 deserving students If you would like additional information on the Career Education Scholarship Fund please visit www.cesfund.org.

Career Education Scholarship Fund Charity Golf Tournament

Did you know that we are about to reach an incredible milestone?  Our realtime counter located on our SmarterMeasure home page shows we will soon reach 1,000,000 students who have benefitted from taking SmarterMeasure!  Now that's exciting!!  Seems like there should be some sort of prize for the 1 MILLIONTH student, wouldn't you think?  Stay tuned...we'll be watching...will you?

(image shows realtime counter on 7/20/11 at 3:10 pm central)

Get Ready, Get Set, 1 MILLION Here We Come!

SmarterMeasure Integrated with Blackboard Webinar

Released in May 2011, from the Instructional Technology Council, the 2010 Distance Education Survey Results: Trends in eLearning: Tracking the Impact of eLearning at Community Colleges, offers seven issues of relevant regulatory and legislative activity that are currently impacting the trends in distance learning.

1. State Authorization for Institutions Offering Distance Education to Out-of-State Students
2. Increased Scrutiny of For-Profit higher Education Institutions
3. Broadband Techology Opportunities Program (BTOP)
4. Failure to Enact the American Graduation Initiative
5. Passage of the TAA Community College and Career Training Grants Program
6. The Department of Education's National Education Technology Plan
7. The 2008 Higher Education Opportunites Act (HEOA)

Learn more by reading the full report.

2010 ELearning Trends - Instructional Technology Council