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Article: REASSESSING THE ASSESSMENT OF DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSES.(Technology Information)
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- T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education)
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- September 1, 1999
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A Proposal for an Alternative Framework in Higher Education
Institutions that offer distance education programs to adult learners in any form -- from correspondence to Web-based courses -- have been honor bound to establish that such courses provide student learning and content equivalent to that found with campus-based instruction. Often, distance education programs that are in their initial or pilot stages must demonstrate equivalency of learning outcomes in order to gain a more permanent position on campus, and evidence is typically gathered through assessment.
Assessments and evaluations conducted over the past 15 years have attempted to shed light ...