Cornell College offering online education courses

One hundred and sixty years after its founding, Cornell College is on the edge of a frontier again—this one digital instead of geographic.

This summer the college will offer its first online-only courses: Foundation of Literacy and Literacy in the Content Areas—Elementary, taught by Professor of education Kerry Bostwick, and History of American Education taught by Assistant Professor of education Kate Kauper.

The courses taught by Bostwick, along with with two online courses to be offered during summer 2015, fulfill the elementary reading endorsement.

Cornell College Dean Joe Dieker said the college’s first online-only courses are the result of several years of work by faculty and administrators.

“Cornell has always been and will always be primarily a residential liberal arts college, but we also recognize the importance of online education,” he said. “We’ve worked very hard to ensure that these new course offerings will provide the same rigorous education and personalized support as the courses offered on campus.”

The reading endorsement courses will be open to Cornell students and alumni. The education history course is open to Cornell students and others with permission of the instructor.

The registration deadline is April 28 for session one (Foundation of Literacy), which will run May 12 to June 22; and June 16 for session two (Elementary Literacy and History of American Education), which will run June 30 to Aug. 10.

For more information about the reading endorsement courses, contact Professor Bostwick at (319) 895-4282 or KBostwick@cornellcollege.edu. For more information about History of American Education, contact Professor Kauper at (319) 895-4254 or KKauper@cornellcollege.edu. To register for the courses, contact the Registrar’s office at (319) 895-4394 or registrar@cornellcollege.edu.