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TABLE OF CONTENTS Distance Education at Cabrillo Cabrillo College Distance Ed. Plan Glossary
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Faculty Distance Education Handbook Distance Education: An Introduction Distance learning is instruction in which theû instructor and student are separated by distance and interact through the assistance of communication technology. Distance courses are for credit and give the students the opportunity to complete most of their course work outside the classroom, on their own time. The courses are academically equivalent to on-campus courses and are offered by Cabrillo instructors. Some students feel distance courses are more difficult than on-campus courses since students are responsible for learning on their own. Success in these courses requires maturity and a strong commitment by the student. Student survey results show that the ethnic distribution of students enrolled in distance education closely reflected that of the general campus enrollment. Student surveys indicate that telecourses aid students with mobility disabilities. Many telecourses have closed captioning. This technical advance allows deaf and hearing-impaired students access to classes without interpreting services required for the televised part of the class. Student Survey Results (percentages in parentheses refer to fall then spring survey results) The typical student surveyed is female (81%, 83%), the age less than 36 (66%, 67%), holds less than an associate degree (72%, 75%), and learned of the telecourse through the Schedule of Classes (86%, 88%). She rated the lessons excellent (42%, 43%) or average (47%, 44%) and gave excellent ratings to both the textbook usefulness (68%, 67%) and that of the ancillary materials (47%, 58%). She rated the availability of the instructor as excellent (45%, 51%). She used student services (70%, 72%) and rated the overall effectiveness of student services as excellent (25%, 36%) or average (21%, 25%). The most frequently used student services were Admissions & Records, Aptos (56%, 35%), Counseling (5%, 27%), Admissions & Records, Watsonville (9%, 9%) and the Transfer Center (9%, 7%). Most (73%, 72%) state they would take another technology-mediated course. Fall and spring statistics regarding access to email and fax are quite different. In response to the fall student survey, 11% of students indicate that they have access to email at home and 4% at work; 4% indicate that they have access to fax machines at home and 13% at work. In the spring, 56% indicate access to email at home and 1% at work; 26% indicate access to fax machine at home andû 35% indicate access to aû fax machine at work. Some specific student comments about the value and drawbacks of a distance education course were: VALUE:
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