For my professional teachers, faculty, and administrators...
Just a quick update on a few articles...
Today eCampus news published an article on updates in the Distance Education Policy Standards. I believe this article, The Must-Know Changes in Distance Education Policy, is worth your time, since these policies directly influence our online instructors, students, administrators, and institutions.
In the article, Stansberry (2014, October 10), lists the five main categories of the new or updated polices as institutional context and commitment, curriculum and instruction, faculty and faculty support, student support, and evaluation and assessment. You can read her review by going to the link below.
http://www.ecampusnews.com/top-news/changes-distance-policy-691/
Although it is not new, Ebersole's Forbes article on the Top Issues Facing Higher Education in 2014 is interesting to review at this point in the year, since it reminds us that competency-based learning, changing student demographics, accreditation reform, assessment, and quality assurance should still be logged into our higher education GPS. If you want to take another look at that article, I do not think Ebersole would mind. I will link the article below. What do you believe the top issues are for higher education today?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnebersole/2014/01/13/top-issues-facing-higher-education-in-2014/
These articles gave me "food for thought" today. Happy Friday to all!
Blue skies and full sails,
mj
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