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There's no doubt that many things can be partially responsible for our sudden increase in online enrollments again this spring. When we went through our major growth spurt from 2000 to 2004 we had five straight years of more than a 55% increase in online enrollments with an annualized growth rate of 93% per year over the five years. Then things leveled off pretty well. This semester we have seen a 13% increase in online enrollments. That is the largest semester increase since spring 2004. Why did this happen? Economy? Sure, probably several economic factors are at play here. General student demand for online? Sure. Advertising? Yes, I think so. There is no way to know for sure, but our award-winning promotional campaign for Lake Superior Connect might very well have had an impact on our enrollments. I've worked closely with Gary Kruchowski, Director of Public Information and Governmental Affairs at Lake Superior College to promote our e-Campus offerings and services. I'm...

The next installment in the video series of using Web 2.0 tools inside Desire2Learn takes a look at how to embed a music playlist into your online course. Also check out this previous post with more info about making free playlists using iMeem, Seeqpod, Songza, and Pandora . Click to play Visit the Blip.tv page for this video here . (Larger video plus a full-screen option) Why use this? There's plenty of reasons; here's three for starters. 1) Finding some music that is relevant to your course subject matter can be a good way to start a discussion thread about what the song is trying to say or how it relates to a topic in class. Works great with history classes, political science, and the like. Can't think of any music that's relevant to your accounting class? Time to get a little creative, isn't it? 2) Including a playlist of music you like in your faculty profile is a good way of letting your stu...

Since I haven't had the time yet to write another lengthy post about technology fees and the like, please help me gather some info about how we should be setting the pricing for higher education. If you have a good reason for your answer, please leave a comment. View results at Zoho Creator .