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Perry, Kimberly A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to analyze the use of a course management system in relation to faculty characteristics and instructional environments at a rural community college in California. The use of the course management system, Blackboard, was the technology studied. This study used a nonexperimental quantitative ex post facto research…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Teacher Characteristics
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Gamrat, Betsy – Community College Journal, 2004
Distance learning is a vital part of today's educational environment. Using complex technology, schools are able to connect instructors and students across geographic, physical, and temporal boundaries. Sophisticated software and world-wide connectivity create virtual classrooms that span the globe. These large, accessible, asynchronous,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses, Educational Technology
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Campbell, John P.; DeBlois, Peter B.; Oblinger, Diana G. – EDUCAUSE Review, 2007
In responding to internal and external pressures for accountability in higher education, especially in the areas of improved learning outcomes and student success, IT leaders may soon become critical partners with academic and student affairs. IT can help answer this call for accountability through "academic analytics," which is emerging…
Descriptors: Accountability, Higher Education, Information Technology, Outcomes of Education
Roueche, John E., Ed.; Jones, Barbara R., Ed. – American Association of Community Colleges, 2005
Environmental factors currently affecting today's community colleges either will cause irreparable damage to their fiscal health and organizational structure or contribute to their rebirth--transforming systems and processes to meet current and future challenges successfully. Community colleges are facing challenges on many levels: (1) In 2003,…
Descriptors: Campuses, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, College Presidents