University of Phoenix: A Pioneer in Educational Technology

Every organization, including higher education, is constantly looking for unique ways of managing technology that works best for them. University of Phoenix (UOPX) has been a leader in technology and paved the way for online learning to become an accepted alternative to a traditional face-to-face classroom environment. Founded in 1976 as an option for working adults to continue their education, University of Phoenix now serves over 400,000 current students worldwide and is the nation's largest private university (University Of Phoenix, 2010). This blog will share the technologies that UOPX currently uses and how these are managed as well as how concerns with the capabilities of the technology are addressed. As University of Phoenix has historically been innovative with online learning, new opportunities to implement technology for adult education will be explored and discussed.

University Of Phoenix (2011). History. Retrieved from http://www.phoenix.edu/about_us/about_university_of_phoenix/history.html