Accreditation and Assuring Quality in Distance Learning. CHEA Monograph Series, 2002. [Report No.: No-1

Institution	Council for Higher Education Accreditation, Washington, DC.
Titel	Accreditation and Assuring Quality in Distance Learning. CHEA Monograph Series, 2002. [Report No.: No-1
Quelle	(2002), (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Standards; Accreditation (Institutions); Accrediting Agencies; Distance Education; Educational Quality; Educational Technology; Higher Education; Technological Advancement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Unterrichtsmedien; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung
Abstract	This report describes the scope and impact of distance learning on higher education and identifies the primary challenges that distance learning poses for accreditation. The responses of the accrediting community designed to assure quality in distance learning are outlined. Data from a variety of sources show that 5,655 institutions are accredited by the 17 regional and national accreditors. Of these institutions, 1,979 offer a form of distance-delivered learning programs or courses, some of which lead to degree acquisition. Standards, guidelines, and policies to determine academic quality are in place for the scrutiny of distance learning. The 17 institutional accreditors actively apply these standards or guidelines in their reviews. Assuring quality in distance learning presents three major challenges to accreditation, those of: alternative design of instruction, alternative providers of education, and the expanded focus on training. Accrediting organizations examines alternative instructional designs with a particular focus on curriculum and instruction, faculty support, student support, and student learning outcomes. Accrediting institutions scrutinize new providers of higher distance education in a manner that parallels the scrutiny of site-based institutions and programs. Accreditors may use the platform of the eight regional accrediting organizations and the standards of the nine national accrediting organizations to focus on the expanding universe of discrete training activities offered apart from longer-term, structured offering such as degree programs. (SLD)
Anmerkungen	For full text: http://www.chea.org/Research/Accred-Distance-5-9-02.pdf?pubID=246.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01