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Distance & Online Education

From Open Courseware to hybrid classes and podcasts, distance learners are accessing higher education in greater numbers and through multiple channels. First Stop highlights promising practices in distance learning and online education that meet the changing needs of lifelong learners.

Research & Reports

The Time is Right for Internet Course Exchange (ICE) is a white paper on the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education's ICE, a collaborative model of distance education to provide cost-effective delivery of online learning in higher education environments.

More reports and research on distance education.

Resources

Illinois Online Network is a faculty development initiative that provides professional development opportunities in online teaching and learning to faculty and staff from higher education institutions in Illinois and other states.

More distance education resources.

What's Working and Where

Name: Transparency by Design Initiative

Location: Nationwide

Description: An initiative to assist adult learners in becoming educated consumers of distance education.

Structures for Success:

  • Members comprise a consortium of regionally-accredited, adult-serving, distance education institutions.
  • In August 2009, a website, College Choices for Adults, was launched to inform adult learners of program learning outcomes, measurements, and results at member institutions to assist their selection process.
  • All institutional members have pledged to uphold the Principles of Good Practice for Higher Education Institutions Serving Adults at a Distance to ensure the quality and accessibility of higher education distance learning programs.
  • Standards of data reporting are jointly developed by member institutions.


View more promising practices in distance education for adults.

We Want To Hear From You!

Email us at lifelong_learning@ace.nche.edu to suggest a promising practice targeting distance learners at your institution or organization.

 

Please direct questions about this page to:
lifelong_learning@ace.nche.edu
This page last updated on 08/28/2009