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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.

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...

Abstract: The sense of community found in the traditional classroom is often lacking in the facelessness of the online course. This lack of community often results in high attrition rates and lack of satisfaction for students in online courses. ...

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...

The Online Initiative to Support Content Development in the Middle Schools is a collaborative partnership among the Northwestern State University College of Education, the NSU Space Science Group, and the Louisiana Middle School Association which...

Video conferencing for use in education has included the development of expensive yet sophisticated technology capable of delivering quality instruction to multiple sites. Limitations arise from using a closed network and a factor such as cost to...

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...

Desktop Video Conferencing (DVC) is one of newest evolutions indelivering distance learning courses. This paper reports on findings of an ethnographic study conducted in spring 2000 at a mid-sized university thatunderscored the importance of...

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...

In the Fall of 2001, The International Society for Technology and Education announced the performance assessment standards for initial and advanced educational computing and technology programs. To address this, the State of Louisiana approved new...

The Online Initiative to Support Content Development in the Middle Schools is a collaborative partnership among the Northwestern State University College of Education, the NSU Space Science Group, and the Louisiana Middle School Association which...

Abstract: Distance education is the largest growth area in education. New trends and practices are underway that are just now appearing in the literature. This paper will review current trends and best practices in distance applications,...

The Online School Continuity Plan: Academic, Accreditation, & Accountability initiative is a planned collaborative partnership among the Northwestern State University College of Education faculty and faculty at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, ...

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 ...

On-line learning has been highlighted as a new delivery system for distance learning in higher education as it can provide students who are dispersed across the nation with a wealth of interaction and richest learning experiences. Although well...

This research is to compare the teaching/learning styles/methods between Asian and European high schools, and to determine the styles and methods that are more effective for the teaching and learning of English. The purpose of this study is to...

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....