March 2004, Vol. 3, Issue 3
PORTRAIT OF A MODERN METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY:
HOW UCF IS DEVELOPING INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIES
THROUGH THE GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT OF FULLY
ONLINE PROGRAMS AND BLENDED COURSES
The adoption of distance education at the
University of Central Florida (UCF) has brought
about significant changes in the way students
learn and organize their education, as well as
in the way faculty teach and organize their job
responsibilities. Additionally, proponents of
distance education at UCF claim that distance
education has significantly transformed UCF at
the institutional level, causing a shift in
strategic planning initiatives in unprecedented
ways within its relatively short history.
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NOTES ON TRAINING FACULTY TO TEACH ONLINE
When we spoke with the folks at UCF about how
they train faculty to teach and organize both M
and W courses, we got two interesting responses
that we thought were important to note.
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SAVING SPACE AND DOLLARS WITH FULLY ONLINE AND
BLENDED COURSES AT UCF
According to Steven Sorg, UCF’s assistant vice
president and director of distributed learning,
on-campus efficiencies, as well as convenience
to students, are achieved through M courses that
blend face-to-face and Web-based instruction.
However, while M courses have grown steadily, he
adds that they have not taken off as he had
first expected.
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A MARKET UNDER-SERVED
As noted in a "UBS Online Education Sourcebook"
published this month, the "addressable" market
for prospective higher education online learners
in the U.S. totals about 17 million people, aged
25 to 44, who earn between $35,000 and $75,000,
are married with children, work full time, and
have access to the Internet.
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