May 1, 2004

By Judy Dahl

Calhoun Community College in Alabama has used a best practices approach to build its successful distance education program. The approach, according to DE program coordinator Carmen Blalock, is built on a model developed by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), and reflects the work of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and other organizations. But Blalock acknowledges that, while the SREB Principles of Good Practices define criteria for all aspects of developing a DE program, Calhoun has experienced challenges in implementing the model within the “comfort zone” of program participants. In response, Blalock, along with colleagues Chris Deep and Sue Mitchell, offers strategies for acknowledging and broadening participants’ comfort zones, and for understanding and synthesizing different definitions of success.

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