The Connected Community is the "Student Union Building" of our electronic campus and anchors our general-purpose learning community; all features and functions can be found here.

Broadly speaking, the Connected Community is devoted to member and student socialization, free workshops and news. It is the student activity center, student union and community center of all of our participants; serving students, faculty, staff, alumni, guests AND people just here to look around. We offer a variety of programs, activities, services and free educational workshops.

This password-protected Connected Community is the central component to the whole website and serves as our virtual campus, Student Union Building and common room for both students and faculty. All students who subscribe to any distance learning course or free event will automatically be granted access to the Connected Community member portal.

The centerpiece of the Connected Community member portal will (1) function as the entrance gateway for all classes, private communities, private consulting rooms; and (2) host all of our Connected Community social computing features and functions for current and former students. Current and former students will typically return to the Connected Community member portal weekly, if not daily.