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October 15, 2005
| Distance Education Report - October 15, 2005 - Full Issue … |
| Using Project Web Sites in Distance Education Administration By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti A university has decided, at long last, to take the plunge into distance education. Committed to building an online MBA program from the ground up, the administrators are daunted by the task of coordinating the efforts of faculty, administration, technology experts, and support staff. What is a distance education administrator to do? |
| Inter-institutional alliances lower costs and risks By by Judy Dahl The demand for new graduate programs is likely to continue rising nationwide, yet as universities’ costs also rise, it becomes riskier and more difficult to implement new programs. A group of universities in the Great Plains region has come up with one solution... |
| Evaluating Distance Education Programs with Online Surveys By Susan Gaide Gathering feedback from students is a vital step in assessing the effectiveness of an online distance education program or course. Online surveys can be an effective tool in gathering this information. In fact, according to Simone Conceição, Ph.D., University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin; Elaine Strachota, Ph.D., Milwaukee Area Technical College; and Steve Schmidt, Ph.D., Training Coordinator, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, authors of “Using Online Surveys to Evaluate Distance Education Programs,” online surveys offer a number of advantages over mail and telephone surveys. |
| 10 Ways to Improve Online Learning Distance Education Report recently spoke with Barry Dahl, vice president of technology and the Virtual Campus at Lake Superior College in Minnesota, about things institutions can do to improve their online learning programs. |
