Distance Education Report
Current Issue: May 15, 2013
The Higher Education Reauthorization Act comes due for reauthorization roughly every five years, and recent reauthorizations have had implications for distance education. Russ Poulin, deputy director of research and analysis for WCET, cautions higher education professionals that “we need to pay attention,” the subtitle of his recent talk at the 2012 WCET conference. He encourages all higher education professionals to continue to follow the news and to get involved where appropriate.
In 2011, the Faculty Online Observation (FOO) system, created at Park University, was selected as the Association for Continuing Higher Education's Creative Use of Technology Award. With a foundation in Quality Matters and best practices developed at Park, the FOO system serves the dual purposes of evaluation of faculty--accomplished through the observation of a number of distinct factors--and encouragement for improvement by emphasizing key areas for professional development.
Administrators, Experts Uncertain About Future of Free Online Learning Courses
Online Courses Changing College Classrooms: But Humanities Classes Remain Rare In the Digital World
Fla. Governor Signs Education Bill That Allows For Degrees by Online Learning
Learning (Large) Online: Two Cheers for Web U!
New Open Resource for Online Learning: The Digital Public Library of America is Now Open
Credit for MOOCs
How Was It? The UK’s First Coursera MOOCs Assessed
Coursera Online Learning Classes Only Offered by Elite Universities
Western Oklahoma State College on Probation after Review of [Ten-Day] Quick Credit Online Learning Courses
Does your school make specially reduced tuition rates for target groups available to distance learning students?
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