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Fall 2003 - Volume VI, Number III Motivation and Incentives for Distance Faculty The analysis of over one hundred articles lead to the conclusion that faculty generally teach in distance education programs for the same reasons (incentives) they teach traditional courses; for intrinsic rewards. A profile of the distance educator was developed to assist administration assigned the task of motivating faculty toward distance delivery. The Role of Student Affairs in Distance Education: Cyber-Services or Virtual Communities As distance education technology enables institutions of higher education to offer courses to students throughout the country, it is important for student affairs to offer opportunities for these students to connect with the institution. This article reviews the relevant literature on distance education and discusses differences between providing cyber-services and creating virtual communities for these students.... Perceptions of Faculty on the Effect of Distance Learning Technology on Faculty Preparation Time Over the course of three consecutive semesters, faculty members involved in both video-conference-based and online-based distance learning environments were surveyed in order to determine their perception regarding the technical support services, equipment, training and additional preparation time it takes to teach in a distance environment.... Thirty-two Trends Affecting Distance Education: An Informed Foundation for Strategic Planning 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 trends... Instructional Immediacy and the Seven Principles: Strategies for Facilitating Online Courses The author will describe the current state of research on web-based instruction and posit new directions to expand the current paradigm. Issues of faculty attitude and support toward distance education, instructional immediacy, and the Seven Principles relative to web-based instruction will also be presented as variables in need of further attention in distance education research... The Implications of Brain Research for Distance Education This article presents information drawn from research on brain processes that impact perception, memory, learning, and understandings about the world. This information is related to the use of interactive video and the Web in distance education through a discussion of how best to enhance learning - or mitigate problems caused - through the use of these technologies... Reliability and Validity of a Student Scale for Assessing the Quality of Internet-Based Distance Learning Although individual course evaluation has always been applied, no overall assessment of the UMDNJ School of Health-Related Professions (SHRP) distance learning program had ever taken place, nor was there a strategy to do so. To that end, a Technology Task Force (TTF) was created and charged with evaluating the school’s overall distance learning program.... Learning from Reflections - Issues in Building Quality Online Courses Authorship, implementation, and consumer perspectives should be considered when judging the quality of an online course. Discussion is enhanced with references to literature on online learning, and should assist educators who wish to develop and teach quality online courses, or smaller modules within hybrid courses.... To be notified of future publications contact the UWG Distance Education Center Last modified: September 15, 2003

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