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January 15, 2006
| Distance Education Report - January 15, 2006 - Full Issue … |
| Choose a Better Learning Management System, and the Campus Will Beat a Path to Your Door By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti How do you select a learning management system (LMS)? As with any large-scale technology purchase, the process is a lengthy one, requiring input from various constituencies and analyses of key metrics to be sure that the solution selected is appropriate for the college that will use it. |
| Ask Naj Dear Naj, The people who make marketing decisions for our online programs are using a lot of techniques that I consider kind of tacky–and ineffective as well. I mean things like a really aggressive use of banner ads and (worse) pop-ups. I know there must be a better way to do this and get the enrollment we need, but I don’t know enough about marketing to make the argument. What do you think? Ad-man |
| ePortfolios Supercharge Performance-Based Student Assessment By Susan Gaide Portfolios have long been used in education to organize and present student work; to provide a context for discussion, review, and feedback from instructors; and to demonstrate progress and accomplishments over time. Now the digital age has ushered in the electronic portfolio, or ePortfolio, bringing high technology together with student-based performance assessment. ePortfolios provide an effective way to combine accountability and clarity within the fabric of each classroom. |
| Ethical Principles and Faculty Development By Judy Dahl Integrating ethical principles into online-faculty development is an ongoing process, according to Tina J. Parscal, faculty, Regis University School for Professional Studies’ (SPS) distance education program, Denver, Colorado. “Our objective is for faculty to take an ethical approach to teaching,” she says. |
| Online MBA Programs: Emulating Global Business By Jonathan Hochberg Working professionals travel frequently on business, have family commitments, and are often unable to consistently attend the weekend or evening classes of traditional MBA programs. Today they are gravitating in greater numbers toward a blended/hybrid online and on-site distance education delivery model to pursue MBA degrees. |
