April 1, 2006

By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti

When Steven Malikowski of the Learning Resources & Technology Services department at Saint Cloud State University (Minn.) talks about the research he undertook for his doctoral dissertation, it is clear that he did not set out to unilaterally critique distance education orientation courses in general, or the one he studied in particular. But when he delved into two sections of a required, 12-week, zero credit course offered at a university that had served distance education students exclusively for 30 years, he found weaknesses that very likely plague many other such efforts at other institutions.

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