Tuesday, February 12, 2013

The Sloan Consortium's Style - Gotta Love it!


Among the other delights in this morning's email inbox, I received an email from (sic): "type="text/css"> body p { font-family: A@sloanconsortium.org The Sloan Consortium  style>" .

That is pretty much verbatim* what it said. I had other emails from Steve, Nancy, Carmen, The Learning Center and so on but this one has a "from" and a "reply to" space filled in with (here it comes again!):  "type="text/css"> body p { font-family: A@sloanconsortium.org The Sloan Consortium  style>"

 The email is actually from a pretty reputable group. The body starts with:

Leadership Development through the Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning (IELOL)

FREE INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR: February 13, 2013 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET
Is your institution prepared with the necessary leadership to navigate the new higher education landscape? A wide range of internal and external forces are causing great excitement and disruption to business-as-usual in higher education. Market forces, federal and state regulation policies, new and emerging technologies, and the demands of today’s learners for convenience and flexibility are impacting the operational and strategic direction of many institutions. Join this free webinar to learn how IELOL, the Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning (IELOL), a blended-learning leadership development program sponsored by Penn State and the Sloan Consortium, is serving to prepare the next generation of institutional leaders in online learning.

This amuses me on the back of the last few week's fiasco with the deliciously ironic disaster of the Coursera MOOC on the Fundamentals of Online Education.  Audrey's write-up is pretty good.

Here's the exact code for you geeks out there!
from: "type="text/css"> body p { font-family: A@sloanconsortium.org The Sloan Consortium  style>
reply-to: "type=\"text/css\"> body p { font-family: A@sloanconsortium.org The Sloan Consortium"  style"
to: john ...
date: Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 1:32 PM
subject: Leadership Development through the Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning (IELOL)

And, for nostalgia, how about some images from education past. 
* It is not verbatim since, unless I changed the code, it truncated the blog post!