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July 1, 2005
| Distance Education Report - July 1, 2005 - Full Issue … |
| Climbing the Ladder: Web-based Courses and Low-Income Learners By Judy Dahl Web-based education can help many low-income learners gain career-building, life-changing skills, according to Aline Click, assistant director, eLearning Services, Northern Illinois University (NIU). However, the challenges these learners face often impede their ability to take advantage of online programs. |
| Defense Department Fosters “Common Language” for DE By Sandra C. Ceraulo, Ph.D. With an annual training and education budget of approximately $17 billion dollars, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is a major force in the development of cutting-edge learning technologies; its technical recommendations to software vendors have enormous influence. Through its Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, the DoD is leading the way in developing a technical “common language” for elearning. |
| Study Finds Over 75 percent of American Students Interested in Online Courses Quality Still a Concern The results of the first comprehensive survey of consumer attitudes towards on-line education were unveiled in June, at Eduventure’s annual “Competing in Higher Education” conference in Boston. The audience found some of the numbers startling. |
| The Indiana Wesleyan Model for Online Faculty Training I recently attended a conference on distance learning and was surprised at the number of institutions that did not have any training to prepare faculty to facilitate online. At Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU), we have a three-week course called ORE101, Online Facilitator Orientation. Every person who wants to facilitate online classes must attend the course -- from adjuncts to full-time in-seat instructors to senior school administrators. |
| In the News EDUCAUSE AND COSTS HIGHER ED TECHNOLOGY SURVEYS WILL MERGE Leaders of the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service (CDS) and the Cost of Supporting Technology Services (COSTS) Project have announced that, later this year, they will integrate their respective efforts to gather and analyze data about the costs and environmental factors of information technology in higher education. |
| Kent State Offers Learning Communities for Online Instructors Four years ago, Kent State University established its first faculty learning community, which focused on teaching and tenure issues for early-career faculty. Since then, faculty have created FLCs focused on collaborative technologies, adult learning and workforce development, educational psychology, information literacy, learning and teaching in large classes, online learning and teaching, and more. |
