Volume 2 of Online Education focuses on Learning Effectiveness, Faculty Satisfaction and Cost Effectiveness from the perspectives of pioneer colleges and universities with fully online degree programs. 12 case studies examine critical issues involved in online education-how well people learn, how satisfied faculties are, and how costs are managed.

Volume 2 of Online Education focuses on Learning Effectiveness, Faculty Satisfaction and Cost Effectiveness from the perspectives of pioneer colleges and universities with fully online degree programs. 12 case studies examine critical issues involved in online education-how well people learn, how satisfied faculty are, and how institutions of higher learning manage costs.

In August 2000, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation invited 40 guests from 20 institutions of higher learning to a collaborative workshop. The workshop 2000 writers have responded to the issues in this second volume with a forthright willingness to share that is both extraordinary among academicians and representative of the transformative, collaborative effects of online learning practices.

Table od Content

Part I. Learning Effectiveness
Overview, Starr Roxanne Hiltz

1. Bringing ALN into the Mainstream: NVCC Case Studies
   John Sener
2. Measures of Learning Effectiveness in the SUNY Learning Network
   Peter Shea, Eric Fredericksen, Alexandra Pickett, William Pelz,
   and Karen Swan
3. Effectively Managing Large Enrollment Courses: A Case Study
   Murray Turoff and Starr Roxanne Hiltz

Part II: Faculty Satisfaction
Overview, Burks Oakley II

1. Faculty Satisfaction in LEEP: A Web-based Graduate Degree Program in Library and Information Science
   Linda C. Smith
2. Factors Relating to the Satisfaction of Faculty Teaching Online Courses at the University of Central Florida
   Joel L. Hartman and Barbara Truman-Davis
3. Faculty Satisfaction in Penn State's World Campus
   Melody M. Thompson

Part III: Cost Effectiveness
Overview, Anthony G. Picciano

1. Cost Efficiency of Online Instruction in a Research One University: A Case Study of a Department's Efforts
   Tim L. Wentling and Ji-Hye Park
2. Penn State's World Campus: A Case Study in Achieving Cost Efficiencies in ALN
   Gary E. Miller
3. UMUC'S Online MBA Program: A Case Study of Cost-Effectiveness and the Implications for Large-scale Programs
   Tana Bishop and Claudine SchWeber
4. Pace University and the NACTEL Project: A Cost Analysis
   David Sachs
5. Operating Cost of an Online Degree Program
   Gregory W. Hislop
6. Online Degree Programs: Service and Cost
   Christine Geith and Karen Vignare