Reading Researching and Publishing Tips for Distance Educators
Tackling Distance Education Challenges
As fast as distance education is growing, scholarship about it is growing even faster – with predictable results:
- Distance educators’ reading load is ballooning.
- The demand for research is accelerating.
- The pressure to publish is intensifying.
If you’re a distance education leader on your campus, you know these pressures well … and you’re undoubtedly ready for this seminar that tackles them head-on.
Presented by Scott Howell, PhD, of Brigham Young University's Division of Continuing Education. A 20-year veteran of distance education, Howell recognizes the unprecedented demands being placed on distance educators, and has designed this seminar especially to address them.
In a fast-paced 60-minute presentation, you’ll learn about:
- Efficient ways to stay current on the latest trends and issues
- Practical tips to manage your reading load
- Powerful search tools that deliver hard-to-find but critical info right to your inbox
- Essential steps to creating a sound professional development plan
- Valuable networking and info-sharing opportunities
- State-of-the-art tools for accessing important research, and ideas for efficiently conducting your own
- Good reasons to publish … and proven methods for getting published
Who will benefit from this seminar
- Distance education administrators
- Distance education faculty
- Librarians
- Department chairs
- Online learning directors
- Academic affairs personnel

Recorded: 8/7/2008
Running Time: 60 minutes
Video with PowerPoint
3 WAYS TO ORDER:
- Supplemental Materials
- PowerPoint Handouts
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