From distance education to e-learning
Subtitle: lessons along the way
By: Beverly L. Bower, Kimberly P. Hardy, editors.
Contributors: Bower, Beverly L.; Hardy, Kimberly P.
Series: New directions for community colleges -- no. 128
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Distance education -- United States; University extension -- United States; Internet in higher education; Education, Higher -- Computer network resources; Educational technology -- United States; Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on -- United States; Community colleges -- United States
Description: As the postsecondary institutions most open to change, community colleges have in many regards led the way to distance education. Recent NCES data show that public two-year colleges account for almost half of the institutions in this country that offer distance education. In creating distance education opportunities community college are responding to the mounting demands of nontraditional learners, working professionals, and lifelong learners, while trying to compete effectively with various educational providers and answer the public and legislative call for cost effectiveness and reform. The volume proposed will examine the past and present landscape of issues and challenges associated with distance education from regional, state, and institutional perspectives. It will look at the current challenges and successes of faculty, student service professionals, presidents, and other administrative leaders as they endeavor to create a quality learning environment through distance education. In addition this issue will address the unresolved issues (e.g. intellectual property rights) and those on the horizon for the rapidly changing arena of distance education -- from publisher.
Notes: "Winter 2004."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From correspondence to cyberspace: changes and challenges in distance education / Beverly L. Bower, Kimberly P. Hardy; title: Twelve maxims for creating and sustaining a successful e-learning enterprise / James Olliver; title: Institutional issues when distance learning joins the mainstream / Steven G. Sachs; title: Access and technology / Lemuel W. Watson; title: Five important lessons about the cost of e-learning / Carol Scarafiotti; title: Instructional and work life issues for distance learning faculty / Kimberly P. Hardy, Beverly L. Bower; title: New roles for student supported services in distance learning / Deborah L. Floyd, Deborah Casey-Powell; title: Oregon's seventeen-member statewide distance learning collaborative / Cynthia R. Andrews; title: Meeting the next phase of challenges / Lenoar Foster; title: Policy: the inconspicuous barrier to expanding e-learning in community colleges / Bruce N. Chaloux; title: Sources and information for distance educators / Veronica Diaz.; title: From correspondence to cyberspace: changes and challenges in distance education / Beverly L. Bower, Kimberly P. Hardy; title: Twelve maxims for creating and sustaining a successful e-learning enterprise / James Olliver; title: Institutional issues when distance learning joins the mainstream / Steven G. Sachs; title: Access and technology / Lemuel W. Watson; title: Five important lessons about the cost of e-learning / Carol Scarafiotti; title: Instructional and work life issues for distance learning faculty / Kimberly P. Hardy, Beverly L. Bower; title: New roles for student supported services in distance learning / Deborah L. Floyd, Deborah Casey-Powell; title: Oregon's seventeen-member statewide distance learning collaborative / Cynthia R. Andrews; title: Meeting the next phase of challenges / Lenoar Foster; title: Policy: the inconspicuous barrier to expanding e-learning in community colleges / Bruce N. Chaloux; title: Sources and information for distance educators / Veronica Diaz.