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August 15, 2006
| Distance Education Report - August 15, 2006 - Full Issue PDF … |
| Eleven Tips for Improving Retention Retention remains a knotty problem for distance education. Bob Nash manages instructional design for Coast Learning Systems, a division of Coastline Community College in Fountain Valley, California. He proposes that distance learning retention is a difficult problem because it is “multi-variant” – there is no single cause that can be addressed by a single solution. |
| Ask Naj Dear Naj I have felt for a while now that we have a real problem with attrition in our online programs. The problem is that I don’t know how to translate my gut feeling about this into a dollars and cents case to present to our administration. I have looked, but it seems that revenue loss from attrition must be hard to calculate. Can you refer me to some sources where I can get support? No Accountant |
| Growing by Degrees: Four Things You Must Know About the Condition of Online Education By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti When online education was in its infancy, everyone could name the prevailing challenges. Concerns about academic rigor, faculty preparation to teach, and the digital divide were the subjects of many discussions in the community. Now that online education has reached a certain level of maturity, it is time to take a second look at its unique characteristics and challenges. |
| In the News Non-Profits Catching Up With For-Profits in Electronic Marketing Florida Virtual School Launches Virtual School Administrator |
| Building a Program: Key Questions to Answer When building, or running, an online program, there are certain big questions that need to be answered. Chief among them is what kind of program you want it to be. High tech or low tech? Professor intensive or adjunct-driven? What media will deliver the teaching? Will the students ever meet with their instructor, or each other? |
