Posts Tagged ‘best practices in distance education’
September 7 - Improving Online Learning, part 1
By: Jerry Kapus, PhD in Online Education
Instructors have a myriad of technological tools available to enhance online instruction, such as blogs, wikis, and streaming audio and video. I have been particularly interested in streaming audio and video to deliver course content in a dynamic mode that captures the energy of the traditional classroom presentation while taking advantage of the Web’s functionality to combine text, audio, and images. However, given the significant time it takes to design and create a presentation for streaming over the Web, I have wondered whether the time commitment is justified by the learning benefit for students. Do bells and whistles enhance learning online?
July 29 - A Legal Primer for Online Instructors
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
College professors know their course material and how to deliver online instruction. What most faculty members don’t understand, however, are the legal risks involved with teaching these distance education classes. Find out how to avoid the biggest legal mistakes and ways to safeguard your institution’s distance education offerings.
July 29 - Teaching Online vs. F2F: 15 Differences That Affect Learning
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
Online instruction will continue to grow rapidly on college campuses nationwide. This seminar will show you the most effective teaching practices to help students succeed in the online classroom.
April 27 - Ensuring Online Program Quality with the eQuality Model
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
Concerns about the quality of distance learning have been a hot topic lately. From media headlines to the recent legislative challenges of the Higher Education Opportunity Act, questions about quality are being asked over and over again. Now it’s time to provide some answers–and improve your program in the process.
February 8 - A Checklist for Facilitating Online Courses
By: Mary Bart in Distance Learning Administration, Online Education
There are two common assumptions about teaching online that can sink even the most well-meaning neophyte. One is that “teaching is teaching” regardless of whether it’s face-to-face or online and there’s no reason to deviate from the proven principles that work so well in the traditional classroom. The second assumption is that teaching online is all about the technology, and if you design your course properly, it pretty much runs itself.
January 8 - How One Online Program Won the Sloan-C Award
By: Christopher Hill in Distance Learning Administration
Ever wonder what an online education program needs to do to win a Sloan-C award? The associate of science degree program in veterinary technology at St. Petersburg College, Florida, won the Sloan-C Most Outstanding Online Teaching & Learning Program award in 2007. What follows is an excerpt from an interview Distance Education Report conducted with Dr. Richard Flora, dean of the School of Veterinary Technology.
November 9 - ‘Managing Online Education’ Study Sheds New Light on the Operations Side of Online Programs
By: Mary Bart in Online Education
A survey of senior campus officials responsible for managing online and distance education programs revealed some interesting findings, including almost half of the participants not knowing whether their program is profitable.
October 30 - Critical New Findings from the ‘Managing Online Education’ Study
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
WCET and The Campus Computing Project share their findings from the 2009 Managing Online Education Survey with details on how different schools handle the operational, instructional, and IT issues of their online programs. The survey data are based on responses from 182 senior campus officials at two- and four-year public and private U.S. colleges and universities.
October 22 - More Principles for Improving Online Transparency, Quality
By: Christopher Hill in Distance Learning Administration
In Tuesday’s post, we introduced Transparency by Design, an initiative from a consortium of adult-serving educational institutions with significant commitments to distance education. Today we conclude the organization’s list of eight basic principles for supporting transparency:
June 12 - 10 Principles of Effective Online Teaching: Best Practices in Distance Education
By: Mary Bart in Free Reports, Online Education
Despite the many benefits, teaching online also comes with its share of challenges. This special report will help you establish online instructor best practices and performance expectations for creating a successful teaching and learning experience.
