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ACCREDITATION AGENCIES

SACS                                                               ECPI College of Technology is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Bachelor of Science, Associate of Science, and Associate of Applied Science degrees.

 

North Carolina                                         University of North Carolina Board of Governors, Code and Policy

ACCSCT                                                           Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology

South Carolina                                                      South Carolina Commission on Higher Education

SCHEV                                                                   State Council of Higher Education of Virginia

 

ECPI LIBRARY SERVICES

Ask the Librarian                                                  Schedule a library orientation or instruction class and reserve instructional AV classroom equipment.

 

Collection Development Form                              A request form for ordering new library materials.

TECH TREATS

Bloglines
FREE online service for searching, subscribing, creating and sharing news feeds, blogs and rich web content.

  Education Podcast Network (EPN)
A range of podcast content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century.

Campus Computing Project                                  Survey data since 1990 on the use of information technology in American higher education, with emphasis on related planning and policy issues.

True Random Number Service                             Generate integers, statistics, and sequences. Try a virtual coin flip!

HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE NEWS

Career College Association                                   Follow the "Legislative Issues" link for alerts, public policy, and more.

  New York Times Learning Network
“Today’s Education News” link as well as lesson plans linked to news articles.

Education World ©
"The Educator's Best Friend" and search engine. Here you will find education links and dozens of features including "New Today! School Issues." 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS

Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Information on professional development and leadership across all education professions.

 

MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
A subject index of links to online learning material designed for faculty AND students of higher education. Membership is FREE.

National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium 
Links to training and development resources in adult education, including the FREE Curriculum Technology Quarterly and Curriculum Update publications.

 

LEARNING THEORIES & CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

BUBL Information Service LINK Catalogue    Browse through subject categories to see Internet resources available on your topic. Selections and annotations are written by information professionals.

 

TIP Database
Summary of 50 learning theories with applications to the educational environment.

Don Clark's Systems Approach to Training 
Links to training and development web sites.

PERIODICALS & DATABASES

ERIC Database
Educational Resources Information Center includes abstracts, some full text, of  1 million+ periodical articles on education topics.

 

The Chronicle of Higher Education
The number one news source for college and university faculty members and administrators for today’s news and discussion forums.

The Educator’s Reference Desk 
Annotations of sites of interest to educators in higher education.

American Educational Research Association  Check out the SIG (special interest groups) directory of links to academic interest groups.

EDUCAUSE Resource Center
Promoting information technology in education.

The Mentor, Academic Advising Journal    FREE electronic journal published by Penn State's Center for Excellence in Academic Advising.

The Teaching Professor Newsletter
FREE to ECPI Faculty. Ask your Dept. Head for the Login information. This newsletter, published ten times a year, provides a variety of helpful tips, hints, and reflections on teaching and learning.
Suggested Readings on Distance Learning and Teaching                                                                   Compiled by Teri Gil, Instructor, ECPI Online Campus.