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December 1, 2005
| Distance Education Report - December 1, 2005 - Full Issue |
| Peer Mentoring Builds Faculty Satisfaction By Judy Dahl The Sloan Consortium calls faculty satisfaction one of the five pillars of quality in online education and names peer mentoring as an effective practice leading to faculty satisfaction. Pamela Patrick, PhD, executive director of the School of Human Services at Capella University, agrees that mentoring online faculty is vitally important. |
| Ask Naj Dear Naj, I develop online courses for a community college. I’m also a video game fan. I have been fighting a running battle with my associates over the advisability of adding gamelike elements to some of our courses. I know that there are people working on ideas such as this. Can you give me some ammunition for my argument? A Gamer |
| e-Writing Center Brings Services to Online Students By Mary Lou Santovec One of the sticking points about distance learning is the lack of services for online students compared to those available for their face-to-face peers. The general agreement is that online students should have access to the same or equivalent services offered to those on campus. |
| Streaming Audio, Video Level the Online Playing Field By Samuel Berns Students in text-based online classes can feel that they are as distant from class material as they are from the classroom itself. Streaming video and audio provide a means for distance learning instructors to better connect with their students while keeping classes accessible -- even to students with slow Internet connections. |
| Resources Exploring the Digital Library: A Guide for Online Teaching and Learning Kay Johnson, Elaine Magusin Paperback 176 pages July 2005 $25.00 |
| Can Faculty Members Do It All at a Distance? The interview process was going well. The search committee had identified the top candidate for the tenure-track faculty position. Now it was up to the vice president for academic affairs and the faculty senate chair to conduct the final stage of the interview. The candidate had impressive credentials and relevant experience, and the interviewers were ready to offer the candidate the position. Casually, the vice president asked, “When do you plan on moving to Las Vegas?”—a legitimate question given the college’s location. The candidate replied, “I don’t plan to move to Las Vegas. I will be teaching all my courses online.” |
