WESTNET--A Case Study in the Benefits
and Costs
This report is one of a series from a project entitled Case Studies in Evaluating the Benefits and Costs of Mediated Instruction and Distributed Learning. The project is funded through a Field-Initiated Studies Educational Research Grant by the National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries and Lifelong Learning, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education with additional funding provided by Information Resources and Technology in the Chancellor's Office of the California State University. The project is jointly sponsored by the California State University, the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative of EDUCOM, and the State Higher Education Executive Officers. Grant Award No. R309f60088.
|
|
Acknowledgments This report is one of a series from a project entitled Case Studies in Evaluating the Benefits and Costs of Mediated Instruction and Distributed Learning. The project is funded through a Field-Initiated Studies Educational Research Grant by the National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education with additional funding provided by Information Resources and Technology in the Chancellor's Office of the California State University. The project is jointly sponsored by the California State University, the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative of EDUCOM, and the State Higher Education Executive Officers. The project director gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Christine Haile, SUNY Associate Vice Chancellor for Technology Services for initially identifying this case study; Barbara Sirvis, (former) Vice President for Academic Affairs at Brockport, for her support and assistance on the project; and Bernard Petit, Director of Interactive Telecommunications at Brockport and the case study coordinator, who drafted the learning outcomes component of the study. Susan Bray, President, New Vistas (providing consulting support for distance learning) drafted the Background and Context section of the study. Support, assistance, and advice were also provided by members of the project's Steering, Review, and Oversight Committee: Tony Bates, Director of Distance Education and Technology, University of British Columbia, Dennis Jones, President of NCHEMS, Jim Mingle, Executive Director of SHEEO, and Tom West, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Resources and Technology, CSU Chancellor's Office. |
The report can also be downloaded/viewed in a pdf file, WestNet_Case_Study.pdf