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April 15, 2005
| Distance Education Report April 15, 2005 full issue PDF … |
| A New Approach to Marketing Strategies for Distance Education By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti Nationwide, a slowly-recovering economy has had a dramatic impact on higher education, as state budget coats have been drastically cut to fit the available economic cloth. While tightening budgets have been felt across all departments in colleges and universities, they have meant an increase in interest in return on investment for those charged with marketing. |
| In the News Texas bill seeks more opportunities for online attorneys; Computers make students better test takers — Study; Computers ”can harm learning” — Study; Personal data of 59,000 people stolen; School that gave MBA to cat sued; University of Toledo recognized for student service |
| The Four Stages of Faculty Development at Empire State By Catherine Stover In 2005, “faculty development” means something completely different than it did in 1979 at the distance education program at the State University of New York (SUNY). Like many long-running programs, it has experienced dramatic changes over the years. In fact, when Distance Education Report recently spoke with four program administrators, it became clear that SUNY’s faculty development efforts have already been through three different stages, and are now entering an innovative fourth stage. |
| Project SAIL Creates Market for Specialty Courses The mission of most community colleges is to prepare students for the types of jobs that are available locally, but community colleges don’t always have the expertise or the resources to offer the specialized courses and programs that students need. |
| Are On-Site Courses as Effective as Online? By Dale Fowler, instructional designer at the Center for Distributed Learning at Indiana Wesleyan University Despite the fact that online learning is a pretty well-established learning modality, there are those who continue to discuss and debate whether online is “equivalent” to on site. There are thousands of “no significant difference” studies. For those of us who have been online for some time, the issue is settled. We no longer entertain the question. It is a moot point with us. In fact, a recent experience of simultaneously teaching online and onsite has me asking quite the opposite question: Are on-site courses as effective as online? |
