June 2003, Vol. 2, Issue 6
VIRGINIA TECH'S INSTITUTE FOR DISTANCE AND DISTRIBUTED
LEARNING FULFILLING STRATEGIC PLANNING GOALS
One of 17 major goals of Virginia Polytechnical Institute
and State University’s (Virginia Tech) 2001-2010 Strategic
Plan is to strengthen its role "as a recognized leader in
distance and distributed teaching and learning, research and
scholarship, and outreach."
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RESOLVING ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC BARRIERS IN DISTANCE
ED
In 1997, during the initial planning stages of Virginia
Tech’s distance education efforts, 34 administrative and
academic barriers to delivering instruction through distance
and distributed learning methodologies were identified. All
have been fully or partially resolved.
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STATE-APPROVED FUNDING MODEL HELPS VIRGINIA TECH'S IDDL
The Virginia Tech Institute for Distance and Distributed
Learning (IDDL) Enterprise Fund was created two years ago to
support the university’s distance education efforts and
assist the university in growing a bigger revenue pie.
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VTALUMNET LIFELONG LEARNING INITIATIVE OFFERS FREE
NON-CREDIT ONLINE COURSES TO VIRGINIA TECH ALUMNI
VTalumnNET is an innovative distance-education,
alumni-outreach program at Virginia Tech. As noted on its
Web site, VTalumnNET "provides a virtual gateway to lifelong
learning for Virginia Tech alumni."
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CUNY SEES INCREASED DEVELOPMENT OF BLENDED LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS AS IT ADOPTS ONLINE EDUCATION
The adoption of blended learning environments in higher
education (defined here as courses that have at least
one-third of its instruction held online and the rest held
in a traditional, face-to-face mode), or "hybrids," as they
are often called, can be considered a natural evolution of
educational technology.
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