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February 15, 2006
| Distance Education Report - February 15, 2006 - Full Issue PDF … |
| A Gradual Transformation: Talking with Larry Ragan about Face-to-Face Faculty and Online Education Penn State’s World Campus is recognized as one of the most successful of the many online programs launched by American universities in the late 90’s. The World Campus delivers over 50 distance education programs to learners in 43 countries. In 2002, the World Campus received the American Distance Education Consortium’s (ADEC) Barrier Buster Award. In delivering the award, ADEC Executive Director Janet Poley said that the World Campus "serves as a prototype for the still developing field of online distance education nationally." |
| Ask Naj Dear Naj, I frequently get ideas for new online courses, or I’ll see a traditional course that I’d like to convert to online format, but there never seems to be enough time or money to develop material. I have heard about open course material repositories. Do these offer solutions to my problems? — Stretched |
| Teaching the Teachers to Use Technology and Assessment Online or offline, two aspects of contemporary teaching and learning — technology and assessment — are subjects that contemporary teachers must master — or at least have a reasonable familiarity with. Georgia College and State University recently instituted a program to acquaint faculty with both at once. |
| Developing Effective Online Student Services By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti Student development theorists often speak of student services as the other half of a student’s education, arguing that what goes on in the classroom is only part of the entire educational experience. This is true for the traditional campus environment, and it is equally true for the world of online education. |
| In the News BellSouth foundation launches e-learning initiative The BellSouth Foundation has announced a new e-Learning initiative, “BellSouth’s 20/20 Vision for Education.” The $20 million initiative is designed to bring engaging, rigorous, online instruction to students throughout the Southeast. |
