Perpetual Enrollment Online Courses: Advantages, Administration, and Caveats

Autor/in	Fekula, Michael J.
Titel	Perpetual Enrollment Online Courses: Advantages, Administration, and Caveats
Quelle	In: Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 13 (2010) 1, (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1556-3847
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Online Courses; Scheduling; Educational Innovation; Distance Education; College Administration; Higher Education; College Instruction; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Enrollment Management + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Online course; Online-Kurs; Disposition; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hochschullehre; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse
Abstract	Although the advent of online learning has revolutionized the delivery of education, from the average student's perspective there have been few radical innovations in the general administration of pure online courses since their inception. With some exceptions the scheduling of online courses generally aligns with the university calendar, while professors adopt a delivery timetable parallel to the classroom. Although the technology continually improves, the experience of the students regarding the calendar remains the same. An alternative is to allow students to enroll in and complete a course at almost any point in time. These courses would operate continuously without a restricted start or end date. This paper poses the advantages and design considerations for perpetual enrollment online courses, as well as caveats. This proposal will be too radical for some institutions, but first-movers will have an advantage in attracting students from an untapped market. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	State University of West Georgia. 1601 Maple Street, Honors House, Carrollton, GA 30118. Tel: 678-839-5489; Fax: 678-839-0636; e-mail: distance@westga.edu; Web site: http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10