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Lehan, Tara J. – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2020
To protect human subjects to the fullest extent possible, stakeholders must make time to reflect as well as engage in continuous-improvement efforts regularly using a rigorous framework. At one completely online university that primarily grants graduate degrees, stakeholders informally expressed complaints relating to various policies and…
Descriptors: Research Administration, Virtual Universities, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Larkin, Martha J.; Robertson, Royce L. – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2013
The largest college within an online university of over 50,000 students invested significant resources in translating a complex assessment system focused on continuous improvement and national accreditation into an effective and efficient electronic portfolio (ePortfolio). The team building the system needed a model to address problems met…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Portfolio Assessment, Electronic Publishing, Educational Assessment
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Poulin, Russell; Michelau, Demaree K. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2009
This article reviews categorization models and the outcomes of a virtual university funding survey. Although categorization of types of funding mechanisms is a necessary analytical tool, it often hides the many and varied political decisions that created them. In commenting on the implications of the type of funding model, political forces behind…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Classification, Politics of Education, Models
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Cox, James C. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2009
Prior to 2003, virtual universities were being created at a rate that would question the usual perception that higher education rarely changed, or changed (if at all) at a glacial speed. No comprehensive study of what was actually being created had been done; nor had anyone tapped the experiences of the developers in the states to see what was…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Core Curriculum, General Education, Universities
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Guoliang, Zhang – Higher Education Policy, 2005
On the basis of discussing the notion of virtual human resources and its structure, this paper analyzes the necessity of building up virtual university teaching staff and proposes a model for the structural makeup of virtual university teaching staff.
Descriptors: Human Resources, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Virtual Universities
McIntosh, Christopher, Ed. – Commonwealth of Learning, 2005
Reflecting a common objective of ensuring quality Education for All, this book is a joint initiative of UNESCO and COL and jointly published. Lifelong Learning in Distance Higher Education brings together a diverse group of experts from many countries. The book provides a clear picture of the challenges, problems and potential of distance higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Distance Education, Virtual Universities, Lifelong Learning