Online Collection of Effective Practices

02/02/2007

Online Collection of Effective Practices

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
Albert Einstein

Sloan-C’s Effective Practices collection is a steadily growing work in progress that enables educators to share effective practices for teaching and learning online. The Sloan-C framework identifies five pillars as key principles for achieving quality, and to be included in the collection an effective practice must demonstrate evidence of effectiveness in these areas.

The hallmarks of the quality pillars are:

Learning Effectiveness: The provider demonstrates that the quality of learning online is comparable to the quality of its traditional programs.
Cost Effectiveness and Institutional Commitment: Institutions continuously improve services while reducing cost.
Access: All learners who wish to learn online have the opportunity and can achieve success.
Faculty Satisfaction: Faculty achieve success with teaching online, citing appreciation and happiness.
Student Satisfaction: Students are successful in learning online and are pleased with their experience.

To build and share emerging knowledge and to recognize excellence, practices nominated for inclusion in the Sloan-C collection meet these criteria:

Innovation — the practice is inventive or original.
Replicability — the practice can be implemented in a variety of learning environments.
Potential impact — the practice would advance the field if many adopted it.
Supporting documentation — the practice is supported with evidence of effectiveness.
Scope — the practice explains its relationship with other quality elements.

View the Sloan-C Effective Practices at www.sloan-c.org/effective.

Learn more about Sloan-C at www.sloan-c.org/index.asp

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