Jaschik, S. (2009) The Distance Ed. Tipping Point Inside Higher Education, May 26
What happen’s when your distance education enrolments exceed 50% of all enrolments? This is what’s happened to Cerro Coso Community College, a traditionally campus-based two year college in California.
This article discusses some of the issues that colleges are increasingly facing as online distance education programs grow and become a major source of enrolments. This article has also provoked lots of comments. some of which are interesting, too.
Dr. Tony Bates is the author of eleven books in the field of online learning and distance education. He has provided consulting services specializing in training in the planning and management of online learning and distance education, working with over 40 organizations in 25 countries. Tony is a Research Associate with Contact North | Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network.
Thanks for this information sharing. Would you mind sharing the web URL as the existing one seems not working?
John
Hi, John.
The url is: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/05/26/distance