Scalability in Distance Education: "Can We Have Our Cake and Eat It Too?"

R Dwight Laws; Scott L. Howell; Nathan K. Lindsay

Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration Vol. 6, No. 4

The decision to increase distance education enrollment hinges on the factors of pedagogical effectiveness, interactivity, audience, faculty incentives, retention, program type, and profitability. A complex interplay exists among these scalability...

Reevaluating Course Completion in Distance Education: Avoiding the Comparison between Apples and Oranges

Scott L. Howell; R Dwight Laws; Nathan K. Lindsay

Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 5, No. 4 (2004) pp. 243–252

Critics of distance education frequently assert that completion rates are lower in distance education courses than in traditional courses. Such criticism comes despite sparse and inconclusive research on completion rates for distance and traditional ...

Thirty-Two Trends Affecting Distance Education: An Informed Foundation for Strategic Planning

Scott L. Howell; Peter B. Williams; Nathan K. Lindsay

Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration Vol. 6, No. 3

Recent issues in this journal and other prominent distance-learning journals have established the need for administrators to be informed and prepared with strategic plans equal to foreseeable challenges. This article provides decision makers with 32 ...

Seven strategies for enabling faculty success in distance education

Scott L. Howell; Farhad Saba; Nathan K. Lindsay; Peter B. Williams

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 7, No. 1 (2004) pp. 33–49

Many challenges associated with distance education and technology integration initiatives focus on faculty issues and concerns. This article analyzes these difficulties by identifying from the literature current trends affecting faculty, faculty...

Language: English

Topics: Faculty