The three articles by Moller, Huett, Foshay and Coleman go into great detail about the need to evolve distance education to the next generation. I will key in on one salient point made by the authors in Part 2 of the series. And that is competition. The authors tell us that for profit, private sector competitors will force the conventional schools to offer distance education to more students and in more degree programs. But, the authors claim, the competition may lead to a rush to get in the game, with little thought to ID processes. At first, this could be a problem. But, with accreditation eyes upon the distance education schools, the quality of instruction will, most certainly improve.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Daniel,
ReplyDeleteYou make a very valid argument, accreditation plays a huge role in the development and execution of education and does play an equally important part in the development of rigorous curriculum which fosters rigorous instructional designs for distance education.