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Relative to Online Education: A Systems Approach: Expanding Access and Achieving Student Success through Support Services at Rio Salado College This report covers how Rio Salado College (RSC) in Tempe, Arizona provides a full slate of support services to its online learners. The report was designed to capture the essence of a relatively large number of departments and initiatives that touch the faculty, staff and students at RSC. It also describes the historic path that has brought RSC to where it is today: the largest public, non-profit, online 2-year college in the U.S. The SOURCE interviewed 24 RSC employees and reviewed the literature about RSC that has been published as far back as 1998. The SOURCE and RSC offer this free report as an information resource that will hopefully prove to be helpful to any higher education institution that offers online courses and programs. |
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Online Education Learner Engagement & Academic Success Strategies at Community Colleges This report features a synthesis of issues, trends and strategies relative to institutional and student success in online education environments at community colleges. It is based on some of the recent literature about community college online education along with interviews conducted with 17 community college educators who can be considered innovators in the online education sector. |
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That Cover Online Education In-depth and Provide Free Access: Community College Times Community College Week Educational Pathways, 2002 through 2009 issues by Lorenzo Associates, Inc. Online Learning Update, and Educational Technology blogs by Professor Emeritus Ray Schroeder Campus Technology Sloan-C Free Downloads Learning Solutions Magazine WCET Learn blog EDUCAUSE Review Magazine EDUCAUSE Quarterly New Media Consortium Horizon Project WICHE Publications, Papers & Reports Innovate Journal of Online Education (up through 2009) Latest News About Online Education: 05/03/2012: Massive Courses, Massive Data, by Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed 04/18/2012: Elite Universities' Online Play, by Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed 04/15/2012: A Dozen Free Online Computer Science Courses, by Sue Gee, I Programmer 03/29/2012: No Financial Aid, No Problem. For-Profit University Sets $199-a-Month Tuition for Online Courses, by Marc Parry, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Technology 03/16/2012: Online GED Program is Offered, Daingerfield Bee 03/05/2012: Cal State's Online Plan, by Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed 03/04/2012: Beyond the College Degree, Online Educational Badges, by Tamar Lewin, The New York Times, Education 02/23/2012: Ontario Universities Urged to Move More Classes Online, The Canadian Press, CBC News 02/06/2012: MIT’s New Free Courses May Threaten (and Improve) the Traditional Model, Program’s Leader Says, by Jeffrey R. Young, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Wired Campus 01/21/2012: Online Course Start-ups Offer Virtually Free College, by Jon Marcus, The Washington Post 01/19/2012: Florida House Speaker Designate Pitches Idea for Online University, by Nathan Crabbe, Gainesville.com 01/10/2012: 'U.S. News' Sizes Up Online-Degree Programs, Without Specifying Which Is No. 1, by Nick DeSantis, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Technology 01/08/2012: 'Badges' Earned Online Pose Challenge to Traditional College Diplomas, by Jeffrey R. Young, The Chronicle of Higher Education, College 2.0 01/04/2012: Students' Online Academic Experience Becomes More Personal with Bridgepoint Education's THUZE Learning Platform, PRNewswire 12/19/2011: MIT Launches Online Learning Initiative, MIT News Office 12/05/2011: Adjunct Promotion at a For-Profit, by Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed 12/01/2011: UW President: Community College Cooperation Essential to Wyoming Education, University of Wyoming 11/23/2011: GAO Takes Another Crack, by Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed 11/22/2011: Undercover Probe Finds Lax Academic Standards at Some For-Profit Colleges, by Kelly Field, The Chronicle of Higher Education 11/22/2011: Commercial Colleges Broker Rules in U.S. Inquiry, by Tamar Lewin, The New York Times 11/18/2011: Stanford Opens Ten New Online Courses for Enrollment (Free), by Dan Colman, Open Culture 11/11/2011: YouTube U: The Power of Stanford's Free Online Education, by Leonard Medlock and Betsy Corcoran, Fast Company 11/09/2011: Survey Shows That as Online Enrollments Have Boomed, Doubts About Online Quality Persist, by Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed 10/31/2011: Learning From the Internet, by Raymond Mpubani, The Daily Monitor, Education 10/25/2011: StraighterLine Lands U of Phoenix as Partner, Inside Higher Ed 10/25/2011: Capella Education Company Reports Third Quarter 2011 Results, Business Wire via Market Watch 10/23/2011: Area Colleges Competing for Adult Students, by Steve Esack, The Morning Call 10/20/2011: Google Says Pearson's New Learning System Is 'Not a Shared Product', by Jeffrey R. Young, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Wired Campus 10/18/2011: Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2012 - Analysts Examine Latest Industry Trends During Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, October 16-20, in Orlando, Gartner Newsroom 09/03/2011: Internet To Bring Down The Sky-High Cost Of Higher Ed, Experts Say, by Blake Snow, FoxNews.com 07/13/2011: Hybrid Courses Gaining Steam, by Matthew Dembicki, Community College Times 07/07/2011: Open Questions on Open Courseware, by Eric Jansson, Inside Higher Ed, Views 07/01/2011: Quo Vadis, LMS? Trends, Predictions, Commentary, Campus Technology 05/18/2011: Online Ed Trends at Community Colleges, by David Moltz, Inside Higher Ed |
Reports & Articles About Online Education: 04/25/2012: Who's Wearing a Cap and Gown This May? The Answer May Surprise You, by Tom Samph, HuffPost, College 04/25/2012: Open for Business? Why Universities must Collaborate on OpenCourseWare, by Anka Mulder, Higher Education Network 04/24/2012: Distance-Learning Survey Shows Growing Concern for Student Services, by Joanna Chau, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Wired Campus 04/24/2012: Forms of Online Learning Enhance Students’ Experiences, by Stacy Forster, University of Wisconsin News 04/16/2012: Providing Relevant Learning Online…Outside the [LMS] Bubble, Online Learning Insights 04/09/2012: Online Education Gains Momentum, by John A. Lahtinen, Hartford Business 04/2012: Are Online Learners Frustrated with Collaborative Learning Experiences? , by Neus Capdeferro and Margarida Romero, The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning 03/2012: Trends in eLearning: Tracking The Impact of eLearning at Community Colleges, Instructional Technology Council 03/26/2012: More Notes on the Rise of Thrun Credits, by Kevin Carey, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Brainstorm 03/2012: 360° Student Services: Engaging the SinclairOnline Student from Prospect to Degree, by Christina Amato, League for Innovation in the Community College, Leadership Abstracts 03/13/2012: Online Classes and College Completion, by Rob Jenkins, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Run Your Campus 03/06/2012: 20 Tips and Resources for Using Learning Technology in Higher Education, by Eliza Anyangwe, Guardian Professional, Higher Education Network 03/06/2012: Study Suggests Many Professors Use Interactive Tools Ineffectively in Online Courses, by Nick DeSantis, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Wired Campus 02/16/2012: The Economic Advantage of Online Education, by Susan Gilbert, HuffPost, College 02/10/2012: A Bachelor’s Degree for $10,000, by Daniel de Vise, The Washington Post, College, Inc. 02/07/2011: 7 Strategies to Make Your Online Teaching Better, by Andrea Zellner, Inside Higher Ed, GradHacker 02/06/2012: POV: Online Learning Today: What Works, What Doesn’t, by William Wade, Community College Week 02/02/12: 5 E-Learning Trends for Higher Ed, by Bridget McCrea, Campus Technology 01/26/2012: Online and Engaged, by Elizabeth Millard, University Business Magazine 01/23/2012: Online Student Engagement Success Stories, by Elizabeth Millard, University Business Magazine 01/05/2012: In the Digital Age, How Much Is Informal Education Worth?, by Audrey Watters, PBS, MediaShift 01/02/2012: e-Learning Outlook for 2012: Will it be a Rough Ride?, by Tony Bates, Contact North 12/28/2011: How Digital Learning Will Benefit Low Income Students, by Tom Vander Ark, HuffPost, Education 12/26/2011: A New Approach, Imported from England, to Getting Students Through College, by Jon Marcus, Hechinger Report 12/16/2011: The 7 Largest Online Universities, HuffPost, College 12/16/2011: The Many Problems of Online Education, by J. M. Anderson, CAU, Minding the Campus 12/2011: Are Students Tuning You Out or Downloading You In? Improving Online Instruction for 21st Century Skills, by Jennifer Levin-Goldberg, eLearn Magazine 12/2011: Online Learning Today: What Works; What Doesn’t, by William Wade, League for Innovation Nov-Dec/2011: Online Learning Challenges: State Authorization, Federal Regulation, by Jarret Cummings, EDUCAUSE, EDUCAUSE Review 11/30/2011: Rethink Higher Education, by Donald Bobbit, Arkansas Times 11/30/2011: Open Education Resources: Feedback from the Social Web, by Mary Grush, Campus Technology 11/17/2011: New Jersey Colleges Seeing Popularity of Online Courses Rise, by Dianne D’Amico, Press of Atlantic City 10/24/2011: 6 Easy Steps to Online Success, by Richard Rose, Campus Technology 10/21/2011: Interview with Burck Smith: A StraighterLine to Education, edtech Digest 10/21/2011: Myths of Online Education, by Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed 10/13/2011: As Online Courses Grow, So Does Financial Aid Fraud, by Tamar Lewin, The New York Times 10/06/2011: Online Higher Education's Individualist Fallacy, by Johann N. Neem, Inside Higher Ed, Views 10/06/2011: New Higher Education Model, by Jeb Bush and Jim Hunt, Inside Higher Ed, Views 10/03/2011: Building an Online Learning Community, by Kevin Wilcoxon, Learning Solutions Magazine 10/2011: For Profit Schools: Experiences of Undercover Students Enrolled in Online Classes at Selected Colleges, by U.S. Government Accountability Office 9/26/2011: Why You Should Root for College to Go Online, by Clayton Christensen and Henry Eyring, The Atlantic, Business 08/28/2011: The Digital Revolution and Higher Education: College Presidents, Public Differ on Value of Online Learning, by Kim Parker, Amanda Lenhart, and Kathleen Moore, Pew Social & Demographic Trends 08/08/2011: Technology Today: Experts Advise on Moderating Online Discussions, by Reid Goldsborough, Community College Week 07/18/2011: The Strengths of Online Learning?, by Frank Donoghue, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Innovations 07/11/2011: Redesigning Learning Spaces for Digital-Age Students, by Larry Conrad, eCampus News 06/30/2011: U.S. News Seeks to Fill 3 Gaps in Online Education Data, by Eric Brooks, US News, Education, Morse Code 05/18/2011: Guidelines for Online Teaching Success, by Mary Bart, Faculty Focus 05/2011: 2010 Distance Education Survey Results: Trends in eLearning: Tracking the Impact of eLearning at Community Colleges, Instructional Technology Council 04/2011: Distance Education Report, by the Academic Affairs Division and the Office of Communications, California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office 03/1/2011: Blueprint for a Virtual College, by Shoreline Community College Virtual College Leadership Team 03/2011: Online and Hybrid Course Enrollment and Performance in Washington State Community and Technical Colleges, by Di Xu and Shanna Smith Jaggars, Community College Research Center 03/2011: State Authorization for Institutions Offering Distance Education to Out-of-State Students, Instructional Technology Council January/February 2011: Online Education: Where Is It Going? What Should Boards Know?, by Kenneth C. Green and Ellen Wagner, Association of Governing Boards 01/2011: Online Learning: Does It Help Low-Income and Underprepared Students?, by Shanna Smith Jaggars, Community College Research Center 2011: 2011 Outlook for Online Learning and Distance Education, Tony Bates, Contact North 11/2010: Recent Large Scale Research on Online Learning Effectiveness: Hybrid Course Success Across the Virginia Community College System, by Shanna Smith Jaggars, Community College Research Center 10/31/2010: For-Profit Learning Is Always Cheaper, and Other Myths, by Jorge Klor de Alva, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Online Learning |
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