Sloan-C and Texas A&M University-Commerce Announce Strategic Partnership

NEWBURYPORT, Mass. - March 27, 2014 - PRLog -- COMMERCE, Texas — The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), the leading professional online learning society devoted to advancing the quality of e-Education, and Texas A&M University-Commerce have announced a strategic partnership.

The collaboration involves co-marketing activities to generate awareness among A&M-Commerce students and faculty of the 7th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium (ET4Online), which is produced jointly by Sloan-C and MERLOT, and takes place April 9-11, in Dallas, Texas.

The partnership will extend beyond the conference, providing the University all the benefits of a Sloan-C Institutional Membership, including access to the Sloan-C Quality Scorecard (for evaluating online programs), webinars and online seminars, publications, advisory services and the Sloan-C Mentor Program.

“We are delighted to bring access to Sloan-C events and membership resources to students and faculty of Texas A&M University-Commerce through this partnership,” said Kathleen Ives, D.M., acting chief executive officer and executive director, The Sloan Consortium. “

“We are excited to be partnering with Sloan-C to generate awareness of the upcoming ET4Online conference throughout the A&M-Commerce community,” said Adolfo Benavides, Ph.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs, Texas A&M University-Commerce. “And we look forward to having access to the resources available through Sloan-C’s institutional membership, in support of our efforts to continually advance our online education programs.”

Information about ET4Online, including registration links for onsite and virtual attendance, is available at http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2014/et4online/welcome.

Learn more about Sloan-C Institutional Membership at http://sloanconsortium.org/membership/institutional.

About Texas A&M University-Commerce

Since 1889, Texas A&M University-Commerce has been known as a leader in providing an excellent education. Its purpose is to discover and disseminate knowledge for leadership and service in an interconnected and dynamic world.

About Sloan-C

The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) is the leading professional online learning society devoted to advancing quality e-Education learning into the mainstream of education through its community. Sloan-C is dedicated to providing access to high quality e-Education to individuals, institutions, professional societies and the corporate community.