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Summer 2004 - Volume VII, Number II * Best Practices for Administrative Evaluation of Online Faculty Topics covered include similarities with evaluation of on-ground teaching, factors unique to online courses, technological considerations, helping administrators unfamiliar with online courses, and national standards, rubrics, and benchmarks... * A Framework for Operational Decision-Making in Course Development and Delivery In theory, the course development process seems straightforward, involving a group of people working collaboratively and synchronously. However, practice shows that this is not a standalone system, but instead an intrinsic part of an institution, characterized by its organizational structure and culture and consequent idiosyncrasies... * Four Families of Multi-variant Issues in Graduate-level Asynchronous Online Courses This is the first of several papers developed from a faculty and student perspective describing a new distance learning (DL) model. Integral to the model are four interrelated families of multi-variant issues, referred to here as (a) the academic divide, (b) student misalignment, (c) administrative influences, and (d) the use of student satisfaction (evaluations) and retention as the “gold standard” for academic excellence... Distance Education Strategy: Mental Models and Strategic Choices What issues do distance education (DE) leaders believe will influence the future of DE? What are their colleges’ DE strategies? This qualitative study compares DE strategic thinking and strategic choices at three community colleges... Student Motivation for Learning at a Distance: Does Interaction Matter? The case study evaluated a distance education program offered by a land-grant university agricultural college. The study used Holmberg's and Moore's theoretical frameworks of didactic conversation and multiple interactions to determine the importance of interaction on the efficacy of distance learning... Cheating in Online Student Assessment: Beyond Plagiarism The prevention of plagiarism has been the subject of much attention, but insufficient attention has been given to other problems of dishonesty in online assessment... To be notified of future publications contact the UWG Distance Education Center Last modified: June 15, 2004