Sharon Alexander

"It's one of our fundamental principles - reaching out to students and providing access to education ... is clearly a part of our mission," says Sharon Alexander, UM's dean of Continuing Education.In fact, Alexander believes that a "major role" of Continuing Education is to develop and provide access to UM's courses and programs."Our primary focus," she says, "is moving more and more toward online delivery.We've been involved in distance learning for years, from correspondence courses to interactive video.But now we can do much more with online learning." Alexander says that was one of the main reasons John Kuglin recently was named UM's associate dean of Continuing Education.
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"We've got an awful lot of people in Montana and other places who can't come to campus for traditional learning," Alexander says."And it's not always good enough for people just to take an ad-hoc course here or there.That's not to say it will ever replace traditional learning," she says."It will not.
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Alexander says the time is ripe for UM to jump headlong into the growing Internet education market.She also says the Internet is exactly the technological tool UM needs to bolster its outreach efforts in the state and throughout the world. "We are committed to outreach, and we are committed to meeting the needs of students wherever they are," she says."We're just scratching the surface right now."

Sharon Alexander, UM's dean of continuing education and Kuglin's immediate supervisor, says Kuglin's insight into education and technology makes him a hot commodity."What he has brought to us is that outside industry vision," Alexander says.
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"He has been so diligent in moving this idea forward," says Alexander.

Sharon Alexander, UM's dean of continuing education and Kuglin's immediate supervisor, says Kuglin's insight into education and technology makes him a hot commodity."What he has brought to us is that outside industry vision," Alexander says.
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"He has been so diligent in moving this idea forward," says Alexander.

"It's one of our fundamental principles - reaching out to students and providing access to education ... is clearly a part of our mission," says Sharon Alexander, UM's dean of Continuing Education.In fact, Alexander believes that a "major role" of Continuing Education is to develop and provide access to UM's courses and programs."Our primary focus," she says, "is moving more and more toward online delivery.We've been involved in distance learning for years, from correspondence courses to interactive video.But now we can do much more with online learning." Alexander says that was one of the main reasons John Kuglin recently was named UM's associate dean of Continuing Education.
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"We've got an awful lot of people in Montana and other places who can't come to campus for traditional learning," Alexander says."And it's not always good enough for people just to take an ad-hoc course here or there.That's not to say it will ever replace traditional learning," she says."It will not.
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Alexander says the time is ripe for UM to jump headlong into the growing Internet education market.She also says the Internet is exactly the technological tool UM needs to bolster its outreach efforts in the state and throughout the world. "We are committed to outreach, and we are committed to meeting the needs of students wherever they are," she says."We're just scratching the surface right now."