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June 15, 2005
| Distance Education Report - June 15, 2005 - Full Issue … |
| Serving the Post-Modern Student: Personalization is Central By Susan Gaide In 2001, I began instructing classes online after a five-year hiatus from teaching. I immediately noticed a difference, not in the environment itself as compared to a traditional “bricks and mortar” classroom, but in a particular student demographic. This difference presented a formidable challenge that I was determined to meet head on. |
| World Conference Calls for Open Educational Resources By Catherine Stover World leaders of distance education gathered in Paris during the second week of May to discuss major distance education issues at a conference sponsored by the United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Reider Roll, the secretary general of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) shared his keynote address and his thoughts on current and emerging issues with Distance Education Report. |
| Library Support for Distance Learning Librarians at Appalachian State University in North Carolina have undertaken four initiatives in the past few years to provide its distance learners with library services comparable to those available on campus. ASU offers on-site, online, and hybrid distance programs through the Appalachian Learning Alliance, a consortium of 10 community colleges in North Carolina. |
| Lost in Translation: Turning On-Ground Courses into Effective Web-Based Learning By By Sherion H. Jackson, Ed.D Creating a Web-based course from a current, successful on-ground course is difficult. At best, it can be considered a translation process. In the past, instructors have created Web-based courses by taking those courses that were being taught on-ground and posting the information online, then calling these courses “Web-based.” Imitating a sound, successful on-ground course will not necessarily bring about the same success for students in a Web-based learning environment. |
| ‘Learner Centeredness’ the Key to Quality By Susan Gaide I began my career in higher education in 1984 at Five Towns College (FTC), a small, proprietary college on Long Island. At my interview, FTC president and founder Dr. Stanley Cohen asked, “What is the difference between an institution of higher education and an institution of higher learning?” I didn’t know, but I very quickly learned! |
