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New Directions for Community Colleges

2004 Volume 128, Number

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Number of articles: 11

  1. From Correspondence to Cyberspace: Changes and Challenges in Distance Education

    Beverly L. Bower & Kimberly P. Hardy

    Higher education has provided students with distance learning opportunities for over 150 years. This chapter traces the evolution of distance learning and provides an overview of some of the... More

    pp. 5-12

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  2. Twelve Maxims for Creating and Sustaining a Successful E-Learning Enterprise

    James Olliver

    E-learning programs bring new challenges and opportunities to community colleges. This chapter identifies twelve maxims for developing and sustaining a successful program, and illustrates the ways ... More

    pp. 13-21

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  3. Institutional Issues when Distance Learning Joins the Mainstream

    Steven G. Sachs

    Distance learning began as an institutional innovation, but as the field matures it faces challenges in finding its place in the community college mainstream. This chapter describes the best... More

    pp. 23-30

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  4. Access and Technology

    Lemuel W. Watson

    Community colleges are well positioned to provide underserved student populations with access to computer technology. This chapter explores the issues of access and technology from multiple... More

    pp. 31-38

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  5. Five Important Lessons about the Cost of E-Learning

    Carol Scarafiotti

    This chapter describes strategies for containing and reducing the costs of e-learning through cost identification, appropriate instructional roles, course development, program scale, and course... More

    pp. 39-46

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  6. Instructional and Work Life Issues for Distance Learning Faculty

    Kimberly P. Hardy & Beverly L. Bower

    As community college faculty become more involved with online courses, questions are emerging about pedagogy, workload, intellectual property, and a number of other issues. This chapter examines... More

    pp. 47-54

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  7. New Roles for Student Support Services in Distance Learning

    Deborah L. Floyd & Deborah Casey-Powell

    This chapter describes exemplary community college student services programs and proposes a model designed to help community colleges reconfigure their support services for distance learners while ... More

    pp. 55-64

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  8. Oregon's Seventeen-Member Statewide Distance Learning Collaborative

    Cynthia R. Andrews

    This chapter recounts Oregon community colleges' challenges and successes in developing a statewide distance learning consortium. More

    pp. 65-72

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  9. Meeting the Next Phase of Challenges

    Lenoar Foster

    Community colleges face a variety of challenges as they seek to expand innovative and effective uses of technology. This chapter discusses questions that must be answered as colleges move into the ... More

    pp. 73-78

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  10. Policy: The Inconspicuous Barrier to Expanding E-Learning in Community Colleges

    Bruce N. Chaloux

    Based on regional and national perspectives developed by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), this chapter examines policy barriers to e-learning and related challenges community colleges ... More

    pp. 79-84

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  11. Sources and Information for Distance Educators

    Veronica Diaz

    This chapter presents additional information and resources for distance educators at community colleges, focusing in particular on the Americans with Disabilities Act, the TEACH Act, and learning... More

    pp. 85-91

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