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This is the section introduction for Distance Education, in .doc format. The introduction here is the same as the one e-mailed to Nicole.

The purpose of this paper is to examine and describe the role of faculty support in the instructional design of an on-line course. The training model provided focuses on the adaptation of existing courses to implement new technologies....

As schools continue to invest heavily in technology, more trained technology leaders are needed to manage the use of it and prepare teachers to integrate technology in the classroom. To address this the State of Louisiana has created a new...

This Round Table invites participants to examine modern distance education in light of the work of several visionaries whose evaluations of contemporary education and prognostications for a future we now inhabit offer much to illumine the path we...

Abstract: Improving teacher preparation is an initiative supported by mandates from Federal and state agencies. The State of Louisiana now requires institutions to be responsible for the preparation of teachers in conjunction with the Colleges of...

A new project, headquartered at Northwestern State University of Louisiana, offers comprehensive training for middle school teachers, supervisors, and university faculty through a series of workshops, Web discussion groups, and summer institutes....

Technologies for teaching at a distance are expanding rapidly. Though web-based delivery, using the computer and Internet, has attracted substantial interest recently, other technologies, like full motion video compression, continue to provide...

The Internet and asynchronous delivery continue to dominate distance education presentations this year. As web-based learning becomes more commonplace, scholars are turning from writing about discovering the medium to investigating the underlying...

Contemporary distance education programs attract learners who participate expecting an experience as complete as that of any classroom. That expectation is not unreasonable, for modern, technology based distance education is warranted to be as good...

This paper is a description of the lesson learned in the design and implementation of two successful grants dealing with online staff development activities. In the first initiative, NSU's Education faculty and its Middle Laboratory School staff...

There is a documented history of student attrition in graduate programs. While programs with significant online components offer no less a problem for student persistence than residential ones, both the causes and possible strategies for remediation ...

As institutions expand online programs decisions must be made to continue a design that includes blended or hybrid instruction or to adopt a model that embraces a design where all services are available to all students wherever they may be located....

Practitioners create remarkable models of teaching and learning. This is particularly apparent when technology is involved, for the sheer richness of available resources demands the attention of the entire profession of teachers to discover, adapt,...

Abstract: Online faculty burnout is quickly becoming a concern to college administrators at institutions with large numbers of courses and degrees online. Factors such as teaching loads, research requirements, profession development, years of...