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Taylor, Timothy L.

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Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Touchstones of online program excellence./
Author:	Taylor, Timothy L.
Description:	646 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Allen Phelps.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-12A.
Subject:	Education, Administration. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3245660

Touchstones of online program excellence.
Taylor, Timothy L.

Touchstones of online program excellence. - 646 p.

Adviser: Allen Phelps.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2006.

Numerous studies show that online education has made an impact on higher education over the past several years and this trend is projected to accelerate. In that regard, online education can be a costly proposition. With the recent economic downturn, budgets at higher education institutions---nationwide---are expected to be tight. Furthermore, public educational institutions now face competition from for-profit enterprises. In a fiscally tight and highly competitive market, models of successful distance education programs can help other schools avoid costly mistakes. For these reasons, analysis of program quality factors related to distance education is an essential topic for national, state, and institutional policy development.Subjects--Topical Terms:

626645
Education, Administration.

Touchstones of online program excellence.
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520 $a This study poses one central research question, "How do regional community and technical colleges develop and deploy online teaching and learning activities that contribute to achieving intended learning outcomes as identified by faculty, students, administrators, and community stakeholders in business programs that are taught fully online?" Utilizing a qualitative process, forty-nine interviews---with students, faculty members, program administrators, computer support personnel, program counselors/advisors, and local community stakeholders---were conducted at four colleges over the course of six months in 2002. The findings of this study led to the development of an integrated systems theory that reflects the characteristics of high quality online business programs called the Touchstone of Online Program Excellence (TOPE). These touchstones include: employee engagement, community engagement, infrastructure effectiveness, cost effectiveness, student engagement, and learning effectiveness. Specifically, the TOPE theory maintains that engaged employees and communities create effective program/course delivery infrastructures causing students to engage in and learn from cost effective online programs/courses. The touchstones characterize the organizational features of high performing two-year colleges with fully online business programs, as informed by key stakeholder views of institutional performance and program assessment. Thirty-seven implications for professional practice were recommended to guide operational aspects of online program development. Further, 40 quality indicators were identified aimed at helping institutions monitor quality progress. Finally, several techniques aimed at minimizing the limitations of future online program studies were recommended.
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