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Distance
Education Resources
- "The
Promise and the Reality of Distance Education"
- The reality of distance education is far from
the high expectations set by many of the start-up dot.coms of the mid
1990s. This Research Center Update reports on the successes and failures
of the for-profit and nonprofit education institutions offering distance
education.
- Excerpt: Leadership
Manual for Association Leaders in Higher Education UnitsTechnology Bargaining,
Policy and Costs
- This publication addresses a number of technological
issues—including distance education—that should be considered
in negotiating collective bargaining agreements. The excerpt of Chapter
2 which reviews "breakthroughs of the past, expectations of
administrations, and the impact on academic productivity. E-mail
NEA's Office of Higher Education to request the manual.
- Research
Center Update: Focus on Distance Education
- As a follow-up to the NEA
survey on Distance Education, this report delves deeper into faculty
concerns about human contact, training and support, compensation and
property rights, enrollment limits, and quality.
- Distance Learning Faculty
Poll
- Confronting the future of distance learning,
one in 10 of NEA higher education faculty members have taught a distance
learning course in the last five years. The vast majority of faculty
have very positive feelings about distance learning. This survey taps
into the perceptions of over 400 members who teach distance learning
courses, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of distance teaching
and learning.
- "Quality
on the Line"
- This report identifies quality benchmarks considered
critical to ensuring quality Internet-based distance learning. The report,
supported by NEA and Blackboard, was prepared by the Institute for Higher
Education Policy.
- "Distance
Education at Postsecondary Education Institutions: 1997-98"
- This Research Center Update report presents
the findings from the National Center for Education Statistics survey
on distance education for the 1997-98 academic year. While distance
education offerings are becoming more commonplace, questions regarding
costs, quality assurance, faculty challenges, and intellectual property
still must be addressed.
- "What's the Difference?"
- This report is a review of the contemporary
research on the effectiveness of distance education in higher education.
Commissioned by NEA and AFT, The Institute for Higher Education Policy
conducted this review to analyze what the research really tells us.
- Distance
Education at a Glance
- Visit this site for a series of guides written
to help teachers, students and administrators understand distance education.
- Distance
Education in Higher Education Institutions
- This survey on distance education course offerings
was released in October 1997 by the National Center for Education Statistics.
- The
American Center for the Study of Distance Education
- The center was established for scholars who
have a common interest in doing research, studying, and teaching in
the field of distance education. An electronic journal, The American
Journal of Distance Education and several other on-line resources
are available on this site.
- United States
Distance Learning Association
- This nonprofit organization formed in 1987
to promote the development and application of distance learning for
education and training. Their electronic journal, The ED Journal
is touted as the only academic journal specifically for distance learning.
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