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Strategies to Manage High Enrollment Online Courses
As class size increases, it may not be practical to keep all assignments, discussions, exams, and other activities exactly as before, but it is not always easy to know which adjustments will provide the best results. This seminar will help you meet the demands of teaching large online courses without compromising quality or expanding faculty workload.
audio Online Seminar • Recorded on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Distance Education Administrators Face Unique Challenges
Distance education administrators must constantly juggle concerns about academic integrity, technology, and student access, along with campus politics and their own learning curve. Fred Lokken is chairman of the Instructional Technology Council and associate dean for teaching technologies at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nev. As part of an ITC Conference panel, he and his colleagues considered some of the challenges that distance education administrators face
Understanding the Unique Needs of Adult Learners
Returning adults, particularly those looking to complete degree work, demand online options, distance education programming, and a campus culture fitting their learning style. Bruce N. Chaloux, Ph.D., past president of the Sloan Consortium and a highly-respected authority in adult degree completion, discussed some of the unique needs of adult learners with Distance Education Report. What
Distance Education: The Centralization vs. Decentralization Debate
The debate for “control” of distance education at institutions of higher learning continues. On one side, the administration side, there is a need for centralization of operations, to include course development, instructor training and development, scheduling, evaluation, and student and faculty issues. On the other side of the debate, faculty leaders (deans, department chairs, program coordinators) tend to favor decentralization.
External Pressures Bring Changes to Higher Education
Higher education faces a number of pressures today that online learning may be able to help address. The economy is increasingly driven by knowledge and technology continues to evolve. At the same time, people are becoming more mobile while demanding lifelong learning to meet their educational needs. All of these pressures are coming to bear on academe, and universities are deciding whether and how to respond.
Changes in Federal Distance Ed Policy: How You Can Respond
If you’re involved in distance education, the recent changes in federal policy and regulation are going to affect you. Get a comprehensive update on the latest developments, from a distance educator who actually helped shape the language of the new law.
audio Online Seminar • Recorded on Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Rethinking the Distance Education Business Model
Everyone wants a blueprint for managing their distance education program, but sometimes the best thing to do may be to throw away the old business model and begin thinking about new ways to deliver and share online courses.
Understanding the HEOA’s Student Authentication Provision for Distance Education Programs
Hundreds of distance education administrators breathed a collective sigh of relief upon learning in a recent online seminar that the vast majority of schools are already in compliance with the Higher Education Opportunity Act’s new rules on student authentication.
Distance Education – Measuring the Benefits and Costs
In the early years, web-based distance education was looked at as a magic bullet. A relatively quick and easy way to increase revenue without a lot of additional work or expense. Like so many things in life, however, turning a profit in online distance education is easier said than done. [...]
