ERIC Number: EJ764319
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Apr
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1049-4820
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A Distributed Model for Managing Academic Staff in an International Online Academic Programme
Kalman, Yoram M.; Leng, Paul H.
Interactive Learning Environments, v15 n1 p47-60 Apr 2007
Online delivery of programmes of Higher Education typically involves a distributed community of students interacting with a single university site, at which the teachers, learning resources and administration of the programme are located. The alternative model, of a fully "Virtual University", which assumes no physical campus, poses problems of resource provision, recognition, and accreditation. We describe here an intermediate solution, based on an established on-ground university, but in which both students and teachers are distributed worldwide. We discuss the issues of management, communication, and quality assurance that are faced in implementing this fully distributed model. We describe the solutions we have applied in a wholly online programme of Higher Education which is delivered to over 2,000 graduate students in more than 100 countries by a worldwide pool of instructors. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Higher Education, Quality Control, Graduate Students, Distance Education, Online Courses, Internet, Web Based Instruction, Educational Administration, Masters Degrees, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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