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September 15, 2004
| Full September 15, 2004 issue of Distance Education Report in PDF format … |
| Outsourcing is Inevitable By Judy Dahl “There isn’t a distinct line between building and buying when it comes to higher education technology solutions,” says Jason LaMar, interim director of information services at Ohio Wesleyan University. |
| In the News Traditional Campus Tour is Going High Tech Students Returning to Campus with Serious Gear Content System Enables Faculty to Access Learning Materials Philadelphia to Build Free Citywide Wi-Fi Network National Learning Infrastructure Initiative and New Media Consortium Collaborate to Discover New Technologies for Teaching |
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| Doing Online Professional Development — Online By Mary Lou Santovec According to the old saw, if you give a person a fish, that person eats for a day. But teach a person to fish and they will eat for a lifetime. That lesson is applicable to the world of distributed learning, says Susan Crichton, assistant professor in educational technology and part of the faculty of education at the University of Calgary. |
| Strategic Planning in Distance Education By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti Eugene G. Kowch is assistant professor of education in the division of graduate research at the University of Calgary (Canada). At the recent conference of the Alberta Distance Education and Training Association, Kowch addressed “New Considerations for Successful Strategic Planning in Both Public and Private Sectors.” Afterwards, Kowch spoke with Distance Education Report to discuss strategic planning, social capital, and why they are important for distance learning. |
| Learning Course Design, by Design A common approach to preparing faculty to design and teach online courses is some combination of workshops, tutorials, and technical support. Yet this approach often fails to integrate content, pedagogy, and technology -- resulting in courses that have the same look and feel regardless of the faculty member’s teaching style or the course content. |
