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Managing a New Distance Learning Program: Policy and Administrative Considerations

A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP

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Introduction

Too often institutions get involved in distance learning without a real consideration of how this new program will affect the overall institution and its missions. It is often assumed that courses can be transported to a distance learning environment pretty much as they are currently taught. Administrators with this attitude are finding that the Achilles' Heel of distance learning is faculty training and adequate support services to insure top quality programs. As the distance learning market becomes more and more competitive, student consumers will select those programs that have been designed or modified for distance delivery instead of those programs that exemplify the "talking head" instructor. This workshop will explore policy and administrative issues that can make a distance learning program successful before it has begun.

Workshop Learning Performance Objectives

The participant will identify the most appropriate policy and administrative issues to be addressed by the administration for their new distance learning program.

The participant will explain the concept of market niche and identify it for their new program.

The participant will identify the priority of distance learning within the existing strategic plan of the institution.

The participant will develop a plan of action to address the issues indentified during this workshop.

Specific topics

1.	How do you define distance learning for your institution?
2.	Distance learning: A working definition
3.	What quality telecourses?
4.	Levels of teleclass production
5.	Inventorying existing resources and support services
6.	Selecting and mixing a delivery system: Interactive television, WWW, Internet, audioconferencing, videotape, CD-ROM, and print
7.	Distance education policy and administrative analysis: Some initial questions
8.	Areas of teaching competence for distance learning
9.	Cost analysis
10.	Faculty issues
11.	Telecourse logistics
12.	Quick reference guide
13.	Marketing
14.	25 myths and realities of interactive television teaching
15.	Student handouts
16.	Student handbook for distance learning
17.	The five-step learner-focused interactive instructional system

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Las Cruces NM 88005

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