Introduction
 Defining Online Composition Courses
 Distance Learning Courses
 Individual Online Instructors
 Solution: Assessment
 References

 

The History of Online Course Development:
Distance Learning Courses


Table 1: Four Types of Distance Learning Organizations (Kriger, 2001, p. 3)
Organization
 Examples
Existing higher education institutions that have or are developing distance education programs
 e-Cornell, NYU Online, the University of Illinois On-line; University of Maryland University College, Rio Salado Community College, the SUNY Learning Network and, Virtual Temple
Corporate-university joint ventures:
 Those who provide course management systems:
          Blackboard, Campus Pipeline, eCollege, and Web CT
Those who package and distribute courses or content from existing institutions:
          UNext.com, Cenquest, Fathom, Global Education Network, Quisic,
          and Universitas 21
Fully virtual universities 
 The University of Phoenix Online, Western Governors University, Andrew Jackson University, Cappella University, Jones International University, and Kennedy-Warren University
Corporate university or training institutions  
 The members of Corporate University Xchange and Click2learn.

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