The Mission of the MDE-Program:
The Master of Distance Education qualifies the present and future managers of distance education. Given that distance education - and e-learning - have expanded so radically in the past few years, in both the public and private education, as well as training sectors, the program needs to train a multitude of new managers and future leaders required in this field. These managers, in particular, need to be trained as leaders, since they will be required to be active advocates for distance education and training in their organizations and will need to manage significant change processes that will affect the entire organization.

Preparing Volume 6 of the ASF Series

Bernath, U., & Rubin, E. (Eds.). (2002). Reflections on Teaching and Learning in an Online Master Program. Oldenburg: BIS.

This is the reserved area for the authors to submit the draft version and to provide feedback. You can download drafts of the papers by clicking on the headers in the table of contents. Please send your drafts as Microsoft Word files to franziska.vondrlik@uni-oldenburg.de.

Proposed Table of Contents

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Author
Draft articles
1 Bernath/Rubin OMDE Facts
2 Peters Moderating a Virtual Seminar - Reflections on first practical experiences
3 Hülsmann

"Texts that talk back" - Asynchronous conferencing: a possible form of academic discourse?
4 Beaudoin Learning or Lurking? Tracking the 'Invisible' Online Student
5 Hasebrook To be announced.
6 Brindley/Roberts/Zawacki Faculty Support
7 Hülsmann/Bishop Costing of Online Programs - A case study
8 Gayol Assessing quality in a graduate program
9 N.N. student Selected contributions from a call for paper
10 N.N. student Selected contributions from a call for paper

Proposed student papers

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Author
1 Blackmun Building An Online Learning Community
2 Blaschke Why the MDE Program is the Right Solution for Busy Managers and Distance Educators
3 Denney Developing the Sense of Community in the MDE Program
4 Fox Experiences, Observations, and Applications: A Student's Personal Account of the MDE Program
5 George/Giles The Student as Teacher. Reflections on Instructional Systems Design for the Online Environment
6 George The Student as Teacher. Reflections on the Creation of a Prototype Course Designed for Distance Education
7 Offenbartl to be announced
8 Saville Learning to be Autonomous: A First-Time DE Experience
9 Schuster Perceptions on the Inside: Journal of an MDE Student
10 Smith Assessing Student Needs upon Entering the Master of Distance Education Program
11 Wälti Elements, aspects, and structure of the core courses in the MDE Program