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NOTE: withdrawn per email to bert -byk 30 1/6/2010 5:47:07

General Session - Conference Presentation Only (no formal paper)

//Scot Headley, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, USA, sheadley@georgefox.edu//
 * Twelve Years Online: Reflections of a Distance Educator**

The purpose of this presentation is to review the media, methods, and issues associated with graduate professional education courses delivered via Internet-based distance education over the last twelve years. This presentation includes personal reflections of a veteran online teacher as well as a review of the key benchmarks and developments in one university’s attempt to develop and refine appropriate online programming for working adults.

The following factors will be discussed:
 * An examination of the growth and development of the tools and applications available for distance education
 * Institutional needs for standardization, security, accountability and stability
 * Preparation and training of instructors; efficiency and effectiveness of instruction
 * Student access and student need for interaction and guidance
 * Issues arising out of conflicts between institutional, instructor and student needs
 * An emerging philosophy of distance education

This presentation is intended to present a personal and institutional journey into online education. It is not intended as a representative survey of a broader sample of instructors and institutions, although the issues and concepts related here have a broader relevance.

All Audiences instruction, students