Posts Tagged ‘growing your distance learning program’
August 15 - Best Practices Help Dispel the Myths of Online Faculty Hiring Practices
By: Mary Bart in Distance Learning Administration
Despite the continuing mainstreaming of online education, there are a number of myths that continue to persist, particularly in terms of the hiring practices for online instructors, and whether institutions make a sufficient effort to integrate remote instructors into the campus culture.
June 16 - Steps for Creating and Growing Your Online Program
By: Mary Bart in Online Education
When you think about all the reasons why a college or university would want to offer courses online, “Because it’s easy” isn’t one of them. Yes, it’s a smart way to grow your programs and reach a greater number of students. Yes, it can be an attractive revenue stream. And yes, in order to attract today’s learners – adult and traditional-aged students alike – you likely need an online offering.
June 11 - Case Study: Building New Online Programs from Your Existing Courses
By: Christopher Hill in Distance Learning Administration
So often, universities hoping to expand their online course offerings think in terms of developing entire online programs from scratch, writing new courses, translating existing ones into the new delivery methods, and generally making a program that is separate from its campus analog. But for Northern Michigan University, expanding online offerings was a function of examining their existing course offerings and finding the opportunities to complete programs with courses already online.
March 30 - External Pressures Bring Changes to Higher Education
By: Christopher Hill in Distance Learning Administration
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.
October 3 - Tips for Creating a Distance Learning Program
By: Beth Lindorff in Free Reports, Online Education
Distance education is only now overcoming its status as an academic upstart, or the poor relation of classroom education. Like any new movement, it has its growing pains. But in experiencing these challenges, it’s important for distance educators to know that they’re not alone. Many of these difficulties are actually common experiences, and your colleagues across the country have been working on ways to meet them and turn them to their advantage.
