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WEU, pronounced WE-You is an education technology company which offers ^free online diploma, certificate and accredited degree programs anytime and anywhere. Located in Rancho Mirage, CA, it is currently finishing its adaptive learning technology and has acquired two online colleges. Initial launch will be October 2012.

Students begin their WEU learning journey by taking a proprietary personality test that measures the cognitive learning style of each student. This serves as the basis for how information and content is presented to each student. Courses are self-paced and allow learners to progress through programs based on the skills achieved and competencies mastered. The aggregation of these mastered competencies equal course proficiency or credentialing and over time these credentials translate into diplomas and degrees.

[edit]Business plan The University is financially supported by a variety of monetization strategies that capitalize on high volume website traffic. Some of these strategies will be implemented immediately, and others are planned for future releases of the Pinpoint Adaptive Learning SystemTM. Some of these monetization strategies include: • Online Advertising • Corporate Sponsorships • Fee Based Tutoring • Premium Content • E-Commerce • E-Publishing • Consumer Surveys • Gaming

Professors who develop courses used by the University will be compensated from the advertising revenue generated from that site.

Advisors

Legal: Larry Sonsini, Wilson Sonsini Mark Victor Hanson, co-author of "Chicken Soup for the Soul"

[edit]Courses With over 15 undergraduate and graduate degree, certificate and professional development programs and more than 200 courses as part of the University’s initial offering, WEU is continually building it’s academic content. Ultimately, the University will offer one of the largest online programs available in the world, in some cases customizing programs based on the workforce needs of foreign countries. Programs will span multiple disciplines.

[edit]See also

Khan Academy Udacity edX Coursera

[edit]References

^ Kolowich, Steve (7 March, 2012). "An LMS for Elite MOOCs?". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 13 April, 2012. ^ Tamar Lewin (July 17, 2012). "Universities Reshaping Education on the Web". The New York Times. Retrieved July 17, 2012.

History

The low-cost [ was pioneered by several major players. The first program to bring well recognized branding to the [not-for-profit]] online education industry was the for-profit Udacity (at the time, Know Labs), which launched a course mirroring the Stanford AI course in the fall of 2011. Coursera, a similar VC-backed commercial venture, launched shortly after Udacity. In addition, edX follows a number of non-certificate-granting programs, including Khan Academy, MIT OCW (Massachusetts Institute of Technology's OpenCourseWare), and CMU OLI (Carnegie-Mellon Univeristy's Open Learning Initiative). Coursera was launched shortly after Udacity -- a similar venture by former Stanford Professor Sebastian Thrun, and shortly before edX, a similar not-for-profit initiative by MIT and Harvard.

Earlier projects offering university level courses online, "Fathom" developed by Columbia University, failed in 2003 and AllLearn in 2006.^[1] The AllLearn project was a consortium of Stanford, Yale and Oxford Universities. This was an ambitious online learning project which provided 110 high-quality enrichment courses from Oxford, Stanford, and Yale Universities for modest fees to over 10,000 participants from seventy countries.^[2] ^[3]

External links and further reading

[1] – official site
"Barriers to Adoption of Online Learning Systems in U.S. Higher Education" study by Lawrence S. Bacow, William G. Bowen, Kevin M. Guthrie, Kelly A. Lack, Matthew P. Long published by Ithaka S+R May 1, 2012 This study coins the term "“Interactive Learning Online” or ILO.
Taylor Walsh, author, William G. Bowen, foreword, Unlocking the Gates: How and Why Leading Universities Are Opening Up Access to Their Courses, Princeton University Press (December 28, 2010), hardcover, 320 pages, Template:ISBN-10 Template:ISBN-13
"The X Factor" Brainstorm blog post by Kevin Carey Chronicle of Higher Education

^ Cite error: The named reference NYTAnnounce was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Failure of a Prestigious Venture". Retrieved 21 January 2010.
^ Townshend, Emma (2009). Darwin's Dogs: How Darwin's Pets Helped Form a World-Changing Theory of Evolution. Francis Lincoln Ltd., London.

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[2] "Failure of a Prestigious Venture". Retrieved 21 January 2010.

[3] Townshend, Emma (2009). Darwin's Dogs: How Darwin's Pets Helped Form a World-Changing Theory of Evolution. Francis Lincoln Ltd., London.

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