All evaluations are positive and indicate a high level of satisfaction with the course and the mode of delivery. Several students who have not had a personal computer experienced delays in sending and receiving messages and acknowledge that they will need to acquire a computer with e-mail in the near future in order to successfully move through the program. Summative evaluations related to the delivery aspect of the course have been submitted to the Office of Distance Education and will be available to the Director within the week. Support services such as financial aid, transfer credit, bookstore needs and library services are in place and working for the students. Student feedback along with faculty assessment will result in requiring students in the future to have a personal computer and e-mail access prior to enrolling in the program.
Plans are well underway for completing the needs assessment for the Harrisburg area.
Discussions continue with HAAC to establish this program at that site for fall, 1999. All projected action plans have been met, to date. Enrollment in HTH 325 is at 18 with 8 students at MCCC and 10 students at Williamsport linked in the same class by pic-tel. Students at the MCCC site are very satisfied with the course delivery as they are now in their second semester of taking courses through videoconferencing. Students at the Williamsport site are less receptive with this form of delivery as they are very accustomed to taking classes in a more traditional format and for most of the students, this is their first experience with any form of distance education.