Dr. Robert Roehrich

Dear Kevin: Thank you for your post to Forum 1. Your statement regarding homogeneous learners provides a rational approach to efficiently facilitating course content to meet the needs of your learner group. I would add some tips to help address the learning habits of this type of learner, which could also be applied to more diverse learner populations. First, determine if your learner group tend to demonstrate traits of natural online learners. This identification helps in the design and facilitation of course content and delivery geared to the "natural" learning tendencies of these student, i.e. visual, auditory, etc. Next How… >>>

Timothy , Outstanding approach. it would be advisable to create a balanced scorecard to monitor each of the elements that you described. From you posting, it appears that you are looking for a CEO to lead the organization. Given the tone and depth of your responses to the Forums, I suggest you give careful consideration to how you are going to recruit this individual and establish a process for walking through the recruiting, interviewing and selection of a CEO. Obviously, given the nature of your organization, this will be a critical step for you and your team to ensure alignment… >>>

Susan, Agreed, but there should be complete alignment between on-ground and online policies with respect to academic, financial and related policies. I assume when you referred to "governing bodies" you meant to include accreditation as an additional consideration. Accreditation associations place many more prescriptive and restrictive requirements on online program delivery than "governing" bodies; their oversight includes policy alignment as a key element of distance education policies. I disagree in part, with your statement that "...faculty should be given an opportunity to revise or tweak policies to suit their teaching styles and methodologies". Faculty certainly have the flexibility to adjust… >>>