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News, Reports & Publications
Inter-institutional
Academic Alliances - When, Why, Who and How
Virginia M. Moxley, February 2005.
Cooperating
to Compete: A Campus Leaders’ Guide to Developing Curricular Partnerships
and Joint Programs
Peter Eckel, Mathew Hartley and Britany Affolter-Caine
American Council on Education (ACE), July 2004.
The Great
Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance
Virginia M. Moxley and Sue C. Maes
Continuing Higher Education Review, 67 (2003).
A
Model for Collaboration in Multi-Institutional Graduate Programs
David Hilderbrand and Bruce McLeod
Council of Graduate Schools Communicator; p. 9, (March 2003).
Expanding
Access to Learning: The Role of Virtual Universities (2003)
Carol A. Twigg
This monograph assesses the current state of statewide virtual university
initiatives, discusses five critical success factors derived from
that assessment, and offers an alternative strategy to the predominant
collaborative model that can improve current practice.
R1edu.org
Search and preview distance learning degrees, certificates and courses
offered by 34 American research universities, who have joined forces
to distribute distance learning programs, and to share teaching
methods and resources.
New
Times, New Strategies: Curricular Joint Ventures
American Council on Education (ACE) 2003
Great Plains IDEA is one of 12 joint ventures discussed in this
publication.
Can
Distance-Learning Planners Share?
Syllabus Magazine December
1, 2002
Distance-learning programs could more efficiently respond to market
demand by importing courses from providers who have already developed
them.
Where
Credit Is Due: Approaches to Course and Credit Recognition Across
Borders in U.S Higher Education Institutions
American Council on Education (ACE) 2002
Useful strategies and instruments from select FIPSE-funded consortial
exchanges with North American and European countries and other programs.
The
Application and Implications of Information Technologies in Postsecondary
Distance Education: An Initial Bibliography
National Science Foundation Special Report
November 2002
ADEC
IDEAL IRIC-D Committee Checklist
American Distance Education Consortium
June 20, 2002
Checklist higher education institutions can use in assessing where
they stand in the development and delivery of distance education.
Draft
Statement of the Regional Accrediting Commissions on the Evaluation
of Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs and Draft
Guidelines for the Evaluation of Electronically Offered Degree and
Certificate Programs
September 2000
Developed by the 8 regional accrediting commissions with assistance
from the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications
(WCET) to assist and facilitate the review of electronically offered
degree and certificate programs.
Quality
On the Line: Benchmarks for Success in Internet-Based Distance Education
National Education Association (NEA) and Blackboard Inc.
April 2000
Study finds 24 measures of quality in Internet-based distance learning.
Quality
Standards in eLearning: A Matrix of Analysis
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning(IRRODL)
(October-2002)
2002
Summary and analysis of current published quality education standards
in the U.S.
Models
of Technology and Change in Higher Education: An International Comparative
Survey on the Current and Future Use of ICT in Higher Education
Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS)
December 2002
Study on the emerging issues related to the use of technology in
higher education.
Distance
Education: Growth in Distance Education Programs and Implications
for Federal Education Policy
U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO)
September 26, 2002
Statement of Cornelia M. Ashby, Director Education, Workforce, and
Income Security Issues before the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate:
Online
Education Sees Murky Future: Closing of Columbia Fathom Site Raises
Questions About Online Education
Yale Daily News January 31, 2003
Online learning ventures can be successful, especially those within
single institutions or strategic inter-institutional alliances.
Ten
Ways Online Education Matches, or Surpasses Face-to-Face Learning
by Mark Kassop
May/June 2003 Commentary
A publication of The Michigan Virtual University
E-CLASS:
Creating A Guide To Online Course Development For Distance Learning
Faculty
Published on Aug 20, 2003
Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology
Dr. Steven M. Gerson, English Professor
Johnson County Community College
Sketches
of Innovators in Education: A Collection of Articles on Teaching
with Technology
Indiana State University, Fourth Edition (2002)
One article has excellent resources on storyboarding.
What
Academic Administrators Should Know to Attract Senior Level Faculty
Members to Online Learning Environments
State University of West Georgia, Distance Education Center
Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration
2003
Factors that influence the participation of senior faculty members
in distance education.
Special
Committee on Distance Education and Intellectual Property Issues
American Association of University Professors
October 24, 2000
Suggestions, guidelines, and sample language for institutional policies
and contract language.
Who’s
Not Online: 57% of Those Without Internet Access Say They Do Not
Plan to Log On
Pew Internet and American Life Project
2001
Summary findings from the research on Americans’ Internet
use.
The
Changing Online Population: It’s More and More Like the General
Population
Pew Internet and American Life
2000
Number of Americans with Internet access grows, especially for women
and minorities; dramatic disparities defined by income and age.
Home
Computers and Internet Use in the United States: August 2000
U.S. Census Bureau
2000
Data on computers and Internet use in the home.
The Institute for Academic
Alliances at Kansas State University can provide you with further
information and assistance in developing collaborative academic
programs
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