Best Practices in Distance Learning
A Portfolio
Types of Distance Learning
Distance Education, Distributed Learning, Distance Learning, Distributed Education Web-based 2-way Interactive Television 1-way Video 2- Audio Conferencing Telecourses
Distance Learning Stats 2000-2001
Distance Education at Degree-Granting Postsecondary Institutions: 2000-2001from the National Center for Education
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education
Institutions DL offering courses:
56% of all 2-yr and 4-yr Title IV-eligible, degree-granting, (est. 2,320 institutions)
90% of public 2-year
89% of public 4-year
59% of all institutions indicated that distance courses were offered
Students in Distance Courses
An estimated 3,077,000 students enrolled in all distance education courses offered by 2- and 4-year institutions.
An estimated 2,876,000 students enrolled in college-level, credit-granting distance education courses, with 82% at the undergraduate level.
Technologies Used 2000-2001
2 and 4 yr institutions 90% of 2 and 4 yr offered asynchronous
Internet courses 51 % reported using 2-way audio/video 43% offered Internet using synchronous
computer based instruction 41% used 1-way prerecorded video
4 Categories to Consider
Faculty
Administrative/ Institutional
Students
Technology
Faculty
Desire Training Instructional Design Support Time Incentives
Active Learning
If you tell me, I will listen
If you show me, I will see
If you let me experience, I will learn.
Lao Tzu (6th Century BC)
ITV
Set Expectations
Keep Everyone Tuned in
Use Active Strategies
Encourage Dialogue
Become Familiar with Technical Issues
Reconceptualizing Effective Learning
(a) Source: Andersen Consulting.
How People Learn
EMERGING TRENDS IN POST SECONDARY EDUCATION - THE VIEW TO 2012 by Michael T. Moe, CFA and Chief Executive Officer, ThinkEquity Partners
Administration/Institutional
Administrative systems and policies Faculty and student support Faculty development Incentives and rewards
Effective Workload Management Strategies for the Online Environment-Penn State Univ.
Strategies
1. Ensure Faculty Access to Instructional Design and Systems Support
2. Provide Adequate Faculty Development Opportunities
3. Provide Technical Support for Faculty and Students
Strategies
4. Provide Adequate Learning Management System
5. Establish Institutional Parameters for Online Operation
Strategies
6. Integrate Institutional Administrative Systems and Tools
7. Provide Clear Institutional Policies on Intellectual Property
8. Define the Role of Online Education in the Mission of the Institution
Strategies
9. Develop Institutional Policy for Compensating and Rewarding Faculty and Academic Units
10. Provide Copyright and Permissions Support and Policies
Student Support
Orientation Accessibility Student Services Helpdesk
Technology
Infrastructure Faculty Training Learning Management System Helpdesk
Connections
Resources
Best Practices in Distance Learning Web site
http://www.brazosport.edu/~distance/teachers/best_practices_in_distance_learn.htm
Emerging Trends in Post Secondary Education –
The View to 2012
Michael T. Moe, CFAThe St. Regis, Washington, D.C.
December 9, 2002http://www.usdla.org/ppt/1
EMERGING TRENDS IN POST SECONDARY EDUCATION - THE VIEW TO 2012 Recently, Dr. John G. Flores, Executive Director of USDLA, participated in The Education Industry Finance and Investment Summit "Driving Post-Secondary Education" conference. ThinkEquity Partners, Michael T. Moe, CFA and Chief Executive Officer, presented a broad overview of historical and emerging trends in the post-secondary education market. ThinkEquity Partners has granted permission
to USDLA to reprint the presentation.