On Saturday afternoon, attendees will participate in one session of their choosing, that in which they have most interest. There they can refine the guiding principles and develop future directions and recommendations on a given topic. Sunday morning will feature a general review session during which will be a reporting out by each of the Saturday session leaders. The groups can seek all conferees endorsement of any concrete recommendations. The following are descriptions of the seven topical strands to be explored at this benchmark conference.
Many students seem concerned only with GPAs and jobs.
The sessions will include material gathered by NCA s Service Learning Leadership Team. There are many challenges facing communication departments and faculty in the frontier of distance education. This strand brings together distance-education veterans with newcomers to facilitate discussion about best practices and to collaboratively develop guiding principles. Given the variety of delivery systems and technologies used in distance education and the varied levels of experience that participants may bring, this strand seeks to provide an overview of these delivery systems, and identify critical problems and issues facing faculty and administration. Issues such as course design, course management, and administration will be among those covered.