January 09, 2002
AOL Launches Online Campus

AOL is climbing onto the E-learning bandwagon with their launch of the AOL Online Campus, a portal offering access to a variety of online courses. The Online Campus is focusing on career advancement, degree courses, and personal enrichment (hmm...when you think about it, what other categories are there?).

In an article in InformationWeek.com, Terry Crane, AOL VP of information and education products, says that according to an AOL survey 65% of AOL users would like to take an online course. And that number jumps to 93% when offered as part of an AOL membership. Partners in the venture include University of Phoenix, University of California, Berkeley, Extension program, Keller School of Management and, according to Crane, thousands of other content partners.

Posted by dcoates at January 09, 2002 08:30 AM