Distance Education

Distance Education

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The Course Planning Process - a page from Penn State. See the article, "Turning Traditional Courses Into Distance Education" in the Chronicle of Higher Education in which Instructional Designer, Ann Luck, is featured.
University-Wide Collaborative Faculty Development for Web-Based Course Development and Asynchronous Learning - a paper presented at the Web97 conference. For institutions that want to help their instructors begin developing web-based courses, this is a must read.
University Strategic Plan, Goals and Mission: Guides for the Development of On-line Programs and Courses
An Effective Course Model for Teacher Education via Distance Learning - by Marsha L. Burmeister, Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University
How Much Does It Cost to Develop a Distance Learning Course? It All Depends.... by Judith Boettcher from Design for Learning
Development of Training and Support Programs for Distance Education Instructors - by Melanie Clay, M.P.A., Director of Distance Education, State University of West Georgia
Distance Educator - this is an entire web site dedicated to subject of distance education.
Five Pillars of Quality Online Education - by the Sloan Foundation
The Standards Approach: Planning for Excellence in Distance Education - from the September 2003 issue of Syllabus. A pdf version of the copy is available here.
Rubric for Online Instruction - This rubric from Chico State University provides a means of evaluating your online courses. A variety of PDF documents that contain information about evaluating your courses can be found at this page "Exemplary Online Instruction Awards."