OCD as an ION's Global Partner

From our humble beginnings in 1997, ION has grown to help develop quality use of network technologies in education across the globe. Recent partnerships are described below. Additional use of the ION program from around the world can be seen on our Scope page.

American University of Beirut, Lebanon

In January of 2007, the American University of Beirut joined ION as a global partner. They will soon have several Master Online Teacher Certificate holders as well.

Organizational Capacity Development Company (OCD), Vietnam

OCD became an ION global partner in January of 2009. They have several trainers engaged in the pursuit of the Master Online Teacher certificate.




Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University, UAE

HBMEU became an ION global partner in May of 2009 after their Director of Center for e-Learning Excellence discovered the value of ION partnership and the quality of the MVCR program.

Korean University of Technology and Education

As part of a developing partnership with KUT and many other South Korean businesses and institutes, the Illinois Online Network is excited to provide vital staff developing opportunities. Beginning in 2002, Michael Lindeman began a partnership between ION and KUT. Since, the ION team has presented five workshops lasting from 1 to 4 weeks for faculty from across South Korea. These intensive workshops bring together aspects from all areas of online education including: assessment, instructional design, administration, pedagogy, etc. A comfortable, sharing atmosphere is developed where we not only share educational knowledge, but come to know one another as friends.

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Summer 2004

Boise State Alumni Vietnam

Vietnam MBA alumni chapter members include (left to right) Tran Doan Kim (’99), Tang Van Khanh (’99), Phan Thuc Anh (’95), Phan Thuy Chi (’95), Dau Thuy Ha (’99), Chu Huong Giang (’99), Professor Nancy Napier, Vu Huy Thong (’95), Nguyen Trong Khang (’99), Ngo Minh Hang (’95), Tran Phuong Lan (’99), Dao Thi Thanh Lam (’99) and Hoang Thi Thuy Nga (’99).

First International Alumni Chapter is Formed in Vietnam

The Vietnam alums are graduates of an English language MBA program that Boise State ran in Vietnam from 1990-99, the first-ever internationally accredited MBA program conducted in Vietnam. There were 84 graduates of the program, many of who now run their own successful companies or hold leadership positions in the private or public sector in Vietnam.
“It's great to see and feel ourselves part of the alma mater,” said Ha Nguyen, a 1997 graduate who has helped lead the chartering process and is serving as president for the alumni chapter.
The Vietnam alums have maintained ties with Boise State through former professors, including Nancy Napier, a professor of international business who headed up the Vietnam MBA program and still teaches courses in Hanoi once a year. She just visited this month and took the newly formed chapter members Boise State pompoms, luggage tags and other alumni association membership items.
“This is our first international chapter, so it’s very new for Boise State,” said Jennifer Wheeler, senior associate director for alumni relations at Boise State. “We have set up a Web page to help them communicate with us and each other.”
The purpose of the Boise State Alumni Vietnam Chapter is to provide closer contact between the university and the Vietnam alums. But the formation of the chapter could have other positive results.
The Boise State alums also met with Sabine Klahr, director of international programs at Boise State, and colleague Chalimar Swain, when they visited Hanoi prior to joining an Idaho trade mission to Asia in Ho Chi Minh City, led by Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter in October.

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