eLearning at Virginia Tech

In 1999, Virginia Tech created the Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning to provide leadership, coordination, management, and support of the university's distance and distributed (eLearning) activities. IDDL is one of three units within the Distance Learning and Summer Sessions organization, with the other two being University Summer Sessions and Operations and Administration.

As an academic enterprise, the Institute works collaboratively across the university community to:

• Electronically extend Virginia Tech's campus throughout the Commonwealth and beyond;
• Provide an open learning environment where teaching and learning occur anytime and anyplace;
• Share the practical applications of the university's knowledge and expertise to benefit society and support the economic vitality of Virginia;
• Increase Virginia Tech's access to the world and the world's access to Virginia Tech;
• Research eLearning environments and emerging technologies.

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Virginia Tech adheres to the Best Practices for Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs as endorsed by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Virginia Tech, Costa Rica Institute of Technology Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Delivering Distance Education Courses - 11/18/2009

Virginia Tech and the Costa Rica Institute of Technology (Costa Rica Tech) recently entered into a memorandum of understanding, with the first official activity teaching an online course titled Business Process Management for the Manufacturing Systems Program.

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