THE CHALLENGES OF TRANSNATIONAL ONLINE LEARNING

Authors

  • Richard A Skinner

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v12i2.1700

Keywords:

Quality, Governments, Asynchronous Learning, Leadership, Acceptance, Faculty

Abstract

Globalization is enabling transnational provision of post-secondary education. The leadership of higher education needs to attend to issues of quality and accreditation.

References

At least one Australian university is present in Canada and offering degrees, and Canada’s Athabasca University is accredited in the U.S.

Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. Quality and Recognition in Higher Education: The Cross-Border Challenge Paris: OECD, 2004. http://213.253.134.29/oecd/pdfs/browseit/9604071E.PDF.

Middlehurst, R. Quality Assurance and Accreditation for Virtual Education: A discussion of models and needs. Paris: UNESCO, 2003. http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/file_download.php/a7e941e0c9287bb5f0371e59506479b1middlehurst.doc.

The one serious attempt by an organization from a foreign country to offer courses and programs in the U.S. was that of the Open University, which closed its American operations in 2002 after two years of efforts.

Middlehurst, R. and C. Campbell. Quality Assurance and Cross-border Provision: Issues and Challenges. 2ndGlobal Forum on International Quality Assurance, Accreditation and the Recognition of Qualifications: Paris, 2004.

Allen, I. E. and J. Seaman. Entering the Mainstream: The Quality and Extent of Online Education in the United States, 2003 ad 2004. Sloan-C: Needham, MA, 2004.

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Oblinger, D. “What Lessons Should We Take from E-commerce?” Conference: Costing and Financing Instructional Technologies in Higher Education: Practical Lessons and Policy Implications. Held in Herndon, Virginia, 2002.

WICHE and SREB have guidelines with explicit reference to student services.

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Published

2019-02-09

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2008)

Section

Empirical Studies

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