WCET and The Campus Computing Project conducted the second annual Managing Online Education survey to gather data on the management and administration of online education programs in the U.S. Kenneth Green, founding director of The Campus Computing Project, presented initial survey findings at the WCET annual conference in November. Survey data indicate that faculty training is a major investment for online education programs, with half of the respondents reporting that faculty members are required to complete specialized training for teaching online. Institutions also report that faculty resistance is the most significant impediment to the growth of their online programs.

In November the U.S. Department of Education released new regulations for online ed in its “Program Integrity Issues” document, including one that has the potential to create significant red tape for legitimate distance education program providers: “If an institution is offering postsecondary education through distance or correspondence education in a State in which it is not physically located, the institution must meet any State requirements for it to be legally offering distance or correspondence education in that State.” WCET hosted a Webcast on December 7 with Fred Sellers, senior policy analyst with the U.S. Department of Education and the author of the regulations, to clarify expectations for state agencies and institutions and discuss timelines for implementation.
 

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