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August 1, 2004
| Full August 1,2004 issue of Distance Education Report in PDF format … |
| Sophisticated, Rigorous Quality Assurance Program, Designed for Your Institution By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti If the first generation of online learning efforts was about coaxing as many people and as many courses as possible onto the Internet, then the next generation is certainly about quality assurance. However, deciding on criteria with which to assess a distance education course, and then gaining acceptance for the assessment process, can be a difficult task. This is just the task that has been undertaken by MarylandOnline and its new program, Quality Matters. |
| In the News Study: For-Profit Distance Ed Popularity Waning with Corporations; University Collaborative Releases Free Course-Management Software; Black Students and Distance Education |
| Community College Identifies Student Expectations as Key Element in Online Retention After you’ve recruited a new online student how do you keep that student? Monroe Community College (MCC) in Rochester, New York has made significant strides in finding answers to that question, according to Marie Fetzner, assistant to the vice president, Educational Technology/Banner Project Manager at MCC. |
| Focus on Collaboration, and the Technology Will Follow By Judy Dahl For years distance education administrators have been striving to implement best practices in their programs. However, says Joel Levine, Ed.D., director of instructional technology and distance education (DE) in the School of Education at Barry University in Florida, too much of this work has focused on technology use, while comparatively little has centered on strategies such as teamwork and collaborative approaches. Levine believes such strategies — and the creation of what he calls “communities of learners” and “communities of developers and implementers” — are vital to establishing high-quality DE courses. |
| Resources Multimedia-based Instructional Design: Computer-Based Training; Web-Based Training; Distance Broadcast Training; Performance-Based Solutions, 2nd Edition Technology, E-Learning and Distance Education; Web-Based Distance Education for Adults (The Professional Practices in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning Series) |
| WSU Provides On-Campus Services to Online Learners Recognizing the importance of student services in the success of its distance learners, Washington State University is committed to providing any student service that is available to on-campus students to its distance students as well. The university accomplishes this goal through a centralized system, says Janet Kendall, director of Washington State’s Distance Degree Programs. |
