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June 1, 2007
| Social Software & Distance Ed: Killer Application or Hype? Social software—MySpace, YouTube, Wiki’s, blogs and Podcasts, etc—is obviously the story of the year when it comes to online applications. But what about its implications for distance ed? Does the social aspect of social software have a chance of providing that large missing piece of distance education--the problem of social presence? |
| Five Tips for Picking Your Next LMS By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti By now, most colleges and universities with any sort of distance or hybrid education have gone through the growing pains associated with choosing their first learning management system (LMS). But what happens when it is time to replace or upgrade an existing system? |
| A 12-Step Program for Gaining College-Wide Support for Online Programs If you want an uphill struggle, try instituting an online program at your school without getting college-wide buy-in. Many have tried it, to their chagrin. It’s a lengthy, grueling process, with the possibility of failure always present. On the other hand, if you start the buy-in process from the very beginning and go about it thoughtfully step by step, it’s surprising and gratifying what you can accomplish. |
| Development on Demand©: Professional Enhancement Resources for a Geographically-Diverse Faculty By Emily Donnelli, B. Jean Mandernach, and Amber Dailey The American university is no longer confined to a singular campus location, presenting new challenges for providing accessible professional enhancement resources to faculty. As universities expand their reach via satellite and online campuses, drawing in new student populations, faculty become more dispersed and also more diverse in their professional development interests and needs. With physical access to faculty limited or absent all together, faculty enhancement professionals must conceive of creative and non-traditional outreach methods. This article reports on one university’s success creating a faculty enhancement series to reach faculty dispersed across 42 campus locations. |
