CourseInfo 2.0 is a relatively new courseware product and faculty are inexperienced with the technology of creating materials for the Web. A conservative average for this out of class time associated with an accounting course would be 2 hours a week for every 3 hours of in class teaching, which would add another 60 hours for a two summer course load. Therefore the total release time for two summer courses is estimated to be a total of 150 hours. Because faculty release time will only account for 150 hours of the 540 hours estimated, support staff will make up the remaining 390 design and development hours for the course. For example, in July of 1999, GASB issued Statement 34, a 400-page document significantly changing many of the current practices associated with governmental accounting.
Textbooks are typically on a three-year publication cycle and therefore become dated quickly.
The Accounting Program Area already subscribes to the FASB and GASB materials. The balance will be used for postage, telephone, reproduction, copyright release and other related miscellaneous expenses. She has a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois and a Masters in Business Administration from Eastern Illinois University. She is also a Certified Public Accountant. Her doctoral studies included coursework in computer-assisted instruction, training and development, program evaluation, and accounting information systems.