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May 15, 2005
| Distance Education Report - May 15, 2005 - Full Issue … |
| Visual design: Its more than window-dressing By by Judy Dahl When designing distance education courses, “Many people just present PowerPoint slides, maybe including some movement of the text or images,” says Tony Brock, assistant professor, graphic design, at North Carolina State University (NCSU). “It’s like the film strips we watched in grade school where the teacher advanced the frame at the beep.” |
| UT Campuses Collaborate on Online Education By Sandra C. Ceraulo, Ph.D. Colleges and universities thinking of offering online courses in collaboration with other institutions can find a successful model program in The University of Texas (UT) System’s UT TeleCampus (UTTC). And Lori McNabb, Student and Faculty Services Manager of The University of Texas (UT) System, has advice to offer them. |
| Making Great Hires for Your Technical Staff Technical staffing problems in distance ed programs-- usually not having enough positions or finding good talent hard to attract and retain -- figure prominently in most annual “hot issues” lists. When the national economy is in poor condition, academics generally do a little better in recruitment, but the topic never goes away to stay. But not all groups are equally staffed for the positions they do have. There is no escaping the fact that a strong staff is the product of strong individual hires -- though good management and development are essential, too. |
| Aside: An Open-Source, Web-Based Tool for Anonymous Student-Instructor Dialogue End-of-course evaluations provide valuable information that instructors can use to make improvements to their courses in the future; however, other than providing a forum for students to express their opinions, these evaluations come too late to make a difference for the people who fill out the forms. |
| US military eyes online mental healthcare Medical software developer DGL Doctor Global is on the verge of a multimillion-dollar deal to supply its eCare for Life software to the United States military. The software would be used for online consultations with people suffering mental health problems after serving in military operations. |
| Strong Growth in For-Profits, Despite Legal, Regulatory Woes For-profit colleges are being challenged by legal and regulatory issues just as Congress mulls whether to loosen funding restrictions on the sector. Even so, Wall Street analysts say they don’t expect the for-profit industry to suffer any lasting damage and, in fact, are forecasting continued strong enrollment and revenue growth of between eight and 10 percent per year. |
