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May 15, 2004
| Distance Education Report, May 15, 2004 Full issue PDF format |
| NYU’S Virtual College Creates Its Own Kind of Hybrid By Susan Gaide Synchronous delivery or asynchronous delivery? That was the question New York University had to answer four years ago when they reassessed their online distance education programs and “opened the doors” of The Virtual College. According to Dr. Robert L. Manuel of New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies, the answer for The Virtual College was neither one nor the other, but rather an integrated approach. |
| Distance Ed — The Enemy of Academic Freedom? By Judy Dahl Academic freedom has been an important issue in higher education since the Civil War, according to Robert Colley, associate dean, continuing education, at Syracuse University. “The seeds of the debate go quite far back in history,” he says. The debate has evolved with cultural changes, and the tremendous growth of distance education has lent a new urgency to faculty concerns about academic freedom. In his presentation, The impact of distance education on academic freedom, Colley outlines faculty concerns and offers a constructive response based on an analysis of the issue’s historical background. |
| Global Village University of the Aegean Promotes Online Learning Throughout Greek Islands; Committee Ponders What to Do With Remains of Britain’s UKeU; Dublin embraces Linux-based e-learning |
| Ten Emerging Insights about Distance Learning and the Community College By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti Community colleges are a natural match for distance education. More than any other type of institution, the community college attracts a student body that varies widely in age, life circumstance, and need to balance study with other commitments. |
| Resources MERLOT International Conference, Syllabus2004: A Bridge to the Future; Student Retention in Online, Open and Distance Learning; Planning and Management in Distance Education |
| Interactive Agent Helps Students Get the Information They Need Providing students with easily accessible, timely answers to their questions can be an important factor in student satisfaction whether they are on-campus or distance learners. While websites and portal technology can give students the information they need, they often have to search for it. |
