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January 15, 2005
| Distance Education Report January 15, 2004 full issue PDF … |
| Secure Website Improves Faculty Recruitment, Development and Retention By Judy Dahl Any tool that helps distance education administrators with the important tasks of recruiting, developing and retaining high-quality faculty is worth a second look. Especially if the tool improves faculty administration without a huge cash outlay or a major technology investment. A tool developed at Anne Arundel Community College, Maryland, does just that. |
| In the News Study Finds Indications Positive for Strong Growth in Demand for Online Courses; More from Sloan Entering the Mainstream Study; IT Funding Continues to be Major Issue for Higher Education; Study: Comparing Outcomes of Like Exams Given to Residence, Distance-based Pharm.D. Students; Distance Learning Grants Offered for Rural Needs |
| Course Quality and Instructor Workload : Pt. 2 Course quality and workload are two big issues that often stand in the way of faculty members’ willingness to participate in developing and delivering online courses. On the surface it would appear that course quality is directly proportionate to the amount of work the faculty member is willing to put in. However, this is not always the case. |
| Resources Learning Together Online: Research on Asynchronous Learning Networks (paper); A Look at five pedagogical principles to improve online instruction; Report Examines Foreign Markets for Higher Ed e-Learning; ED-MEDIA 2005, June 27-July 2 Montreal, Canada; From Distance Education to E-Learning: Lessons Along the Way: New Directions for Community Colleges, No.128 Winter 2004; 8th Annual Innovations Conference — League for Innovation in the Community College |
| IUPUI Jump Start Program for New Faculty Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis had mixed results getting faculty to develop and teach online courses before implementing its Jump Start program, a faculty development initiative that provides faculty members with a team of online learning experts to help develop online courses. Now there is more faculty interest in creating online courses than the program can accommodate. |
