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Inside Iowa State
September 22, 2000

Professional development classes online soon

by Steve Sullivan
Iowa State is one of seven institutions that will offer professional development and enrichment courses online through Fathom.com, a new education Web site.

ISU Extended and Continuing Education will oversee ISU Web- based learning resources and the credit and non-credit registration processes on Fathom.com. Ann Hill Duin, associate provost and director of Extended and Continuing Education, said she hopes programs offered through Fathom.com will be available Jan. 1, 2001. Details about specific programs still are being worked out, she said.

Fathom.com is providing ISU an opportunity to create a successful learning "marketspace," Duin said.

"We define the learning marketspace as an Internet gateway through which learners, employers and learning providers are drawn together into a dynamic partnership that creates value for learners, enhances economic development and engages institutions," Duin said.

Fathom.com is a center for online education programs from leading universities, libraries, museums and research institutes. Fathom offers public, high-quality digital media in the form of lectures, articles, performances and specialty Web sites.

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