Distance Teaching
Three Rivers Professional Day - 1/18/2001
AFT Guidelines for Distance Learning:
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Distance education students
should be given advance information about course requirements, equipment needs and techniques for succeeding in a distance learning environment, as well as technical training and support throughout the course. No student should be offered distance education as his or her only opportunity to obtain a public college education.
Close personal interaction
should to be maintained in distance education courses among students and between teachers and students through electronic means, and whenever feasible, opportunities for same-time same-place interaction should be provided.
Equivalent library materials and research
opportunities should be made available to distance education students.
Assessment
of student knowledge, skills and performance should be as rigorous as assessments in classroom-based courses.
Academic counseling and advising
should be available to distance learning students at the same level as it is for students in more traditional campus environments.
Academic faculty
should shape, approve and evaluate distance education courses. Faculty who teach distance education courses need to be adequately compensated and provided with the necessary time, training and technical support to develop and conduct classes. Faculty should retain creative control and intellectual property rights over the use and re-use of distance education materials.
Full undergraduate degree programs
should include classroom-based coursework, with exceptions for students truly unable to participate in classroom education.
"Is online education off-course?" AFT press release
"Going the Distance," an article from AFT On Campus
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ANTHONY G BENOIT (860) 885-2386
abenoit@trcc.commnet.edu
Environmental Engineering Technology
Three Rivers Community College