PEERING INTO THE FUTURE OF WEB-BASED SERVICES FOR ONLINE
LEARNERS
Among numerous past and present WCET undertakings is a
three-year collaborative project now in its last year called
"Beyond the Administrative Core: Creating Web-based Student
Services for Online Learners." Beyond the Administrative
Core, which is a Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships (LAAP)
grant project, was "designed to address time- and
location-independent access to student support services for
distance education students."
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RESOURCES ON WEB-BASED SERVICES FOR ONLINE LEARNERS
These include books, webcasts and model services . . .
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NEW SCHOOL FOR A NEW STUDENT
Perhaps being based in Greenwich Village has something to do
with the reason why New School Online University (NSOU) is
so innovative when it comes to providing Web-based student
services to its online student body.
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WSU'S OL STUDENT GOVERNMENT AND ALUMNI MENTOR PROGRAM
Washington State University met the challenge of building a
sense of belonging for their online students back in 1998
when it started, among a number of innovative students
services for its distance students, a completely online
student government.
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SNHU AND THE DEFINITION OF QUALITY ONLINE DISTANCE EDUCATION
New Hampshire is customarily noted for its spectacular fall
foliage, picturesque villages and rolling farmland. The
state is also gaining widespread recognition for a top-notch
online distance education (ODE) program offered at Southern
New Hampshire University (SNHU).
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SLOAN-C STUDY COVERS IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT QUALITY
"Elements of Quality Online Learning," the third volume in
the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) series, explains how people
in private, public and for-profit online education are
building their educational efforts around what Sloan-C calls
the five pillars of quality: learning effectiveness, cost
effectiveness, access, student satisfaction and faculty
satisfaction.
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"WEB CENTER FOR LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH" BUILDING
KNOWLEDGE-BASE OF EMPIRICAL STUDIES
"Web Center for Learning Networks Effectiveness Research"
Building Knowledge-Base of Empirical Studies "The goal of
this research program is to increase the quality, quantity,
and dissemination of results of research on the
effectiveness of Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN). It
will synthesize existing knowledge and create new knowledge
about the methods and findings of research on the
determinants of effectiveness of ALN, and to make the
results available worldwide."
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STUDY SHOWS CLASSROOM FACULTY PERCEIVE COLLEAGUES' DISTANCE
TEACHING UNFAVORABLY
Study Shows Classroom Faculty Perceive Colleagues' Distance
Teaching Unfavorably University of New England Professor of
Education Michael F. Beaudoin recently published the results
of his research titled "From Campus to Cyberspace: The
Transition of Classroom Faculty to Distance Education
Roles."
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BACK TO THE FUTURE: CAN TECHNOLOGY PUT THE LEARNER BACK IN
THE CENTER?
by Gordon Freedman An evolution that had once placed the
learner in the center has been put on hold. Can technology
bring it back?
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