Distance education policy : a study of the SREB faculty support policy construct at four virtual college and university consortia.

The present study has a three pronged purpose: one, describe how the faculty support policy construct developed by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) exists at four Virtual Colleges and Universities Consortia (VCU). Two, describe how VCUs degree of centralization and emphasis on business practices influences the faculty support policy construct of their respective sampled institutions. Three, search for patterns in policy characteristics across the same four VCUs accounting for their degree of centralization and emphasis on business practices. The study is among the first in-depth qualitative studies to apply SREB\u27s faculty support policy construct to representative VCUs of the Epper and Garn taxonomy, delve into specific details of the faculty support policy construct proposed by SREB, and search for policy patterns among representative VCUs selected for the study. The study provides much needed insight that is currently missing from the literature and that should assist university leaders, policy makers, and faculty in the administration of day-to-day activities at Virtual Colleges and Universities Consortia or academic collaborations. The study design is a multiple-case study. The design facilitated obtaining better insight, description, and discovery of how the faculty support policy construct exists today at the selected VCUs, how the construct influences the operation of each VCU, and if patterns exist in faculty support characteristics among the four institutions. The design encouraged a high level and comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon under study, distance learning policy, and the development of general theoretical statements. Data gathering techniques were semi-structured phone interviews and document analysis. Study findings revealed that the SREB faculty support policy construct exists at the four sample institutions with very distinct levels of intensity. Findings also revealed that sampled VCUs degree of centralization and business practice influence some faculty support policies implemented at the sampled higher education institutions. Lastly, findings reveal that patterns exist across higher education institutions in terms of faculty support policies. While some patterns diverge from the Epper and Garn taxonomy most patterns are just expected and consistent across higher education institutions

An analysis of the relationship between faculty perception of administrative support and the faculty perceived levels of implementation of good teaching practice in distance education

The faculty perceptions of administrative support for distance education and best distance education teaching practice were investigated. Participants were selected from the 2004-2005 full-time distance education faculty at Kentucky Community and Technical College, n = 432. The researcher developed a self-report survey, the Good Practices Survey, as a means to collect data for the research. Research questions investigating the relationship between four independent variables and perception of good distance education teaching practices were significant indicating that faculty perceive administrative support when implementing good distance education teaching practice. Research questions investigating the relationship between faculty support, student support, and support for assessment were significant. However, research questions investigating the relationship between administrative support for technology and good distance education teaching practice indicated no significance. Further research is needed more information is needed to (a) identify motivational factors of the distance education faculty member; (b) further investigate the various concerns addressed by administration and faculty of distance education, and (c) elaborate on how leadership responsibilities at each level of support or hinder the delivery of quality distance education programs

Evolution of the formal quality indicators of the web spaces of university libraries in Spain

The need to measure and assess the electronic information made available by the Web has given rise to the development of indicators that can be used to evaluate the final quality of this information. Web spaces of the informational units, which include virtual university libraries, are prime candidates for such a process of assessment. The present study has a look at the quality of the informational services supplied by virtual university libraries in Spain, adopting as the variable of analysis the evolution that certain quality indicators of a formal character have exhibited over an exemplary period of six months. The interpretation of our results makes manifest an overall satisfactory evolution, though the breakdown by regions or Autonomous Communities of Spain reveals deficiencies in some cases

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Morehead State University 2000 Self-Study Report

2000 self-study of Morehead State University prepared for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/college_histories/1182/thumbnail.jp

Morehead State University Compliance Certification Report, 2010-2011

The 2010-2011 Compliance Certification Report by Morehead State University submitted to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools on September 10, 2010.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/college_histories/1295/thumbnail.jp