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Sharing instructors in Virginia

Sharing instructors in Virginia Improving Access to Distance Education driven funding model. A college could not afford to By Steven Sachs, Tom Wilkinson and Neil Murphy give up student enrollments to its neighbors. On the other hand, the smaller colleges would never have rirginia, like many states, is ideally suited for dis- enough resources to develop extensive distance educa- tance education. It has pockets of urban develop- tion programs on their own. V ment separated by large areas of open space popu- lated with small communities. It has topography that Sharing Instructors ranges from fiat coastal regions to the East and several The task force determined that one way the smaller mountain ranges to the West. Even though there are 33 colleges could take advantage of the expertise of the campuses of the Virginia Community College System larger colleges was by sharing instructors. After all, in a (VCCS) spread across the state, many students are still distance education course, students were at a distance isolated by distance, geography, traffic congestion or from their instructor anyway. It should not matter too work schedules. much whether that distance was five miles or one hun- Virginia's community colleges range in size from dred miles. The two http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png TechTrends Springer Journals

Sharing instructors in Virginia

Sachs, Steven; Wilkinson, Tom; Murphy, Neil
TechTrends , Volume 38 (1): 3 – Jan 1, 1993
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Springer Journals
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1993 Springer
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8756-3894
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1559-7075
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10.1007/bf02811528
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Improving Access to Distance Education driven funding model. A college could not afford to By Steven Sachs, Tom Wilkinson and Neil Murphy give up student enrollments to its neighbors. On the other hand, the smaller colleges would never have rirginia, like many states, is ideally suited for dis- enough resources to develop extensive distance educa- tance education. It has pockets of urban develop- tion programs on their own. V ment separated by large areas of open space popu- lated with small communities. It has topography that Sharing Instructors ranges from fiat coastal regions to the East and several The task force determined that one way the smaller mountain ranges to the West. Even though there are 33 colleges could take advantage of the expertise of the campuses of the Virginia Community College System larger colleges was by sharing instructors. After all, in a (VCCS) spread across the state, many students are still distance education course, students were at a distance isolated by distance, geography, traffic congestion or from their instructor anyway. It should not matter too work schedules. much whether that distance was five miles or one hun- Virginia's community colleges range in size from dred miles. The two

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TechTrends – Springer Journals

Published: Jan 1, 1993

Keywords: educational technology; learning and instruction

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