Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Monday, March 25, 2002

http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A3902.cfm

Adding Up the Distance: Can Developmental Studies Work in a Distance Learning Environment?
Stells Perez, Ph.D., and Rob Foshay, Ph.D.

Most reports of distance education applications focus on academically accomplished learners. But for community colleges and adult learning programs, the more common learner is in need of developmental studies. Developmental learners are not new to academic institutions, and the profile of the developmental learner extends beyond income, race and gender lines. Despite great need and high demand for service, there is little research on how to reach these learners successfully through dis-tance education....

 



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