The ARDLAN

 
Online Newsletter for Arkansas Distance Learning

Online Video Tutorials for Faculty Training
by Kate M. Burkes

In the Fall of 2007, Northwest Arkansas Community College decided to develop a set of flash video tutorials to help faculty in the most common tasks of developing and maintaining an online course. We did this using Camtasia Studio, a relatively inexpensive screen-capture software from Techsmith. Since then, we have come across the free  CamStudio and Jing which might have provided sufficient functionality for a project like ours.

Is Your Institution Ready to Authenticate Distance Learning Students?
by Michael Jortberg

When the 1,100-page Higher Education Authorization Act was signed into law in August 2008, one passage on distance learning stood out.  Arkansas institutions with SACS or NCA accreditation will soon be asked how their institution validates that the distance learning student doing the work is actually the student registered for the class.

Real-Time Presenter
by Dr. Gordon Apple

Ed4U, an Arkansas company formerly in Redondo Beach, CA, is developing a new type of course presentation product that it plans to release in the first half of 2009.  The product is called Real-Time Presenter Video Edition (RTP-VE). RTP-VE’s unique features allow the producer to create a live presentation with professional quality for a group of people in a lecture hall while simultaneously broadcasting the presentation in real-time over video delivery systems.

Arkansas Video Network Statistics
by Pati Alberts

For those of you that missed the 2008 ARDLA Conference, here are the highlights from the State of Network Address that I gave at the conference.  I hope you find these statistics helpful when bragging about what a great distance learning network the state of Arkansas has!

Dawson Center for Distance Learning Named 2008 ARDLA Outstanding Distance Learning Program
by Marty Watson

The Arkansas Distance Learning Association has named the Dawson Center for Distance Learning the Outstanding Distance Learning Provider for the 2008 school year. The Dawson Center for Distance Learning focuses on national career clusters to provide students with the essential knowledge for transitioning successfully into a post-secondary school and/or occupational training program. According to April Shepherd, Dawson’s Distance Learning Coordinator, “Our mission is to provide students with a career focused strategy that supports workforce preparation, economic development, and educational expansion.”

A Welcome from the ARDLA President
by Chris Boyett

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Arkansas Distance Learning newsletter! For the past few years, I have had the distinct privilege of getting to know distance educators the state and from around the region through ARDLA. In those years, I have learned that there is much that we share.

From the Editor...
by Karen Liebhaber

I am thrilled to present our first ARDLA newsletter in several years! I think this will be a great way to disseminate information between the very diverse areas of distance education in Arkansas.

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