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American Association of University Professors (2000). Distance Learning and Intellectual Property: Ownership and Related Faculty Rights and Responsibilities. http://www.aaup.org/Legal/info%20outlines/legdl.htm

American Association of University Professors (1999). Statement on Distance Education. http://www.aaup.org/statements/Redbook/StDistEd.HTM

American Council on Education (2000). Developing a Distance Education Policy for 21st Century Learning. http://www.acenet.edu/washington/distance_ed/2000/03march/distance_ed.html

American Distance Education Consortium. ADEC Guiding Principles for Distance Learning. http://www.adec.edu/admin/papers/distance-learning_principles.html

Arkansas: University of Arkansas System (1999). Distance Learning Framework Plan. http://www.uasys.edu/distlearn/framework.PDF

Association of American Universities (1999). Intellectual Property and New Media Technologies: A Framework for Policy Development at AAU Institutions. http://www.aau.edu/reports/IPReport.html

Association of College and Research Libraries (1998). Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services. http://www.ala.org/acrl/guides/distlrng.html

Brown University (1996). A Survey of Selected Computer Policies from Institutions of Higher Education. http://www.brown.edu/Research/Unix_Admin/cuisp/

Cornell University. Computer Policy and Law, Computer Policy Collection. http://www.cornell.edu/CPL/Policies/

Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (2001). Best Practices for Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs. http://www.wiche.edu/telecom/Accrediting%20-%20Best%20Practices.pdf

Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (2001). Statement of Commitment by the Regional Accrediting Commissions for the Evaluation of Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs. http://www.wiche.edu/telecom/Accrediting%20-%20Commitment.pdf

Educause Policy Initiatives. http://www.educause.edu/policy/

Georgia: University System of Georgia. Board of Regents Technology Initiatives. http://www.usg.edu/admin/policies/tech_principles.html

Georgia: University System of Georgia. Board of Regents (2000). Guiding Principles for Strategic Action. http://www.usg.edu/admin/oc/directives/guiding.html

Hawaii: University of Hawaii System (1998). Distance Learning Policies. http://www.hawaii.edu/ovppp/distlearn/policy.htm

Heterick, R.C., Jr., Mingle, J. R., and Twigg, C. A. (1997). The Public Policy Implications of a Global Learning Infrastructure. http://www.educause.edu/nlii/keydocs/policy.html

Institute for Higher Education Policy (2000). Quality on the Line: Benchmarks for Success in Internet-based Distance Education. http://www.ihep.com/Pubs/PDF/Quality.pdf

Kansas State University (1999). Report of the Task Force on Distance Learning. http://www.ksu.edu/provost/distan1.htm

Kentucky Virtual University (1998). KYVU Guiding Principles. http://www.kyvu.org/kyvu/additional-info.asp#guiding

Loyola University (2000). Computing Ethics and Security Awareness. http://www.luc.edu/infotech/cease/

Maryland, University System of (1996). White Paper from the Chancellor's Symposium on Policy and Distance Education. http://www.umuc.edu/ide/whitepap.html

Montana Board of Regents Policy and Procedures Manual Online (1999). 303.7 Distributed Learning http://www.montana.edu/wochelp/borpol/bor300/3037.htm

Nevada: University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Distance Education Policies. http://distance_ed.unlv.edu/ad/op.html

New York State Education Department: Office of College and University Evaluation. (2000) Distance Higher Education Initiative. http://web.nysed.gov/ocue/distance/

North Dakota University System (2000). Academic Affairs: Distance Learning Credit Activities http://www.ndus.nodak.edu/policies_procedures/sbhe_policies/policy.asp?ref=2378

Oregon Colleges Online (1997). Oregon Community Colleges Host/Provider Information. http://occdl.chemeketa.edu/web.cfm?ID=92

Oregon University System (1995). OUS Distance Education Policy Framework. http://www.ous.edu/dist-learn/dist-pol.htm

Oregon University System (2001). DRAFT - Distance Education Policy Guidelines 2001 http://www.ous.edu/dist-learn/DEguidelines2001.htm.

Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (1997). Report of the Distance Education Advisory Committee. http://www.sshechan.edu/it/DEAC0497.PDF

Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (1998). Guidelines for the Development of University Distance Education Plans. http://www.sshechan.edu/it/Guidelines.PDF

Pennsylvania State University Distance Education Advisory Committee (1996). Distance education at Pennsylvania State University: Vision, Principles, and Policies. http://www.outreach.psu.edu/de/Programmatic_Vision.html

Pennsylvania State University. Innovations in Distance Education (IDE) (1995-98). Distance Education and the University Culture: Creating a Policy Environment for Distance Education. http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/ide/docs/full_3_policy_symposia.pdf

Pennsylvania State University. Innovations in Distance Education (IDE). An Emerging Set of Guiding Principles and Practices for the Design and Development of Distance Education. http://www.outreach.psu.edu/DE/ide/guiding_principles/

Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (1999). Guidelines on the Quality Assurance of Distance Learning. http://www.qaa.ac.uk/public/dlg/contents.htm

Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education (1997). Policy on Distance Learning. http://www.ribghe.org/dlpolicy.htm

San Diego State University (2000). Distance Education Policy. http://www.rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/senate/sendoc/distanceed.apr2000.html

South Dakota Board of Regents. Telecommunicated Instruction for College Credit. http://www.ris.sdbor.edu/policy/2-toc.htm

Southern Regional Electronic Campus Distance Learning Policy Laboratory. http://www.electroniccampus.org/policylab/index.asp

Tennessee Board of Regents (2000). Academic Policies: Distance Education. http://www.tbr.state.tn.us/policies_guidelines/academic_policies/2_05_00_00.htm

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (1996). Distance Learning Master Plan. http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/HTML/0198/198PROGDEV.HTM

Twigg, C.A. and Heterick, R.C., Jr. (1997). The National Learning Infrastructure Initiative Vision: Implications for Systems and States. http://www.educause.edu/nlii/keydocs/publicpolicy.html

Washington State Higher Education Master Plans: 2004, 2000 http://www.hecb.wa.gov/research/masterplans/masterplansindex.asp

Web-based Education Commission: U.S. Congress (2000). Commission Policy Issues. http://www.webcommission.org

West Virginia: A Framework for Higher Education Distance Learning in West Virginia (2000). http://www.scusco.wvnet.edu/Distance/index.html

Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (2000). Guidelines for the Evaluation of Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs. http://www.wiche.edu/telecom/Guidelines.htm

Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (1995). Principles of Good Practice in Electronically Offered Academic Degree and Certificate Programs. http://www.wiche.edu/telecom/Projects/balancing/principles.htm

Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education. Policy Analysis and Research. http://www.wiche.edu/Policy/index.asp

Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin System (2001). Information Technology Plans. http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/itplanin.htm


Background Articles/Texts:

Bates, A.W. (1997). Restructuring the University for Technological Change. http://bates.cstudies.ubc.ca/carnegie/carnegie.html

Bates, A.W. (1998). Strategies for the Future. http://bates.cstudies.ubc.ca/strategies.html

Berg, G.A. (1998). "Public Policy on Distance Learning in Higher Education: California State and Western Governors Association Initiatives." Education Policy Analysis Archives, 6 (11). http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v6n11.html

Berg, G.A. (2000). Early patterns of faculty compensation for developing and teaching distance learning courses. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks (4), 1. http://www.aln.org/publications/jaln/v4n1/v4n1_berg.asp

Chickering, A.W. & Ehrmann, S.C. (1995). Implementing the Seven Principles [of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education]: Technology as Lever. http://www.aahe.org/technology/ehrmann.htm

Council for Higher Education Accreditation (2000). Distance Learning in Higher Education. http://www.chea.org/Commentary/distance-learning/distance-learning-3.cfm

Council of Graduate Schools (1998). Distance Graduate Education: Opportunities and Challenges for the 21st Century. http://www.cgsnet.org/pdf/DistanceGraduateEducation.pdf

Daniel, J.S. (1996). Mega-universities and Knowledge Media: Technology Strategies for Higher Education. London: Kogan Page.

Hanna, D.E. & Associates (2000). Higher Education in an Era of Digital Competition: Choices and Challenges. Madison, WI: Atwood.

Katz, R.N. & Associates. (1999). Dancing With the Devil: Information Technology and the New Competition in Higher Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Mingle, J.R. (1997). Technology 2000: Recommendations on the Utilization of Information Technology in the Oklahoma Higher Education System. http://www.okhighered.org/oktechno.pdf

National Education Association (2000). A Survey of Traditional and Distance Learning Higher Education Members. http://www.nea.org/he/abouthe/dlstudy.pdf

National Governor's Association. The State of E-Learning in the States. http://www.nga.org/center/divisions/1,1188,T_CEN_ESS^C_ISSUE_BRIEF^D_2125,00.html

Oregon Network for Education (ONE) (2000). What is distance education? http://OregonONE.org/whatis.htm

Twigg, C.A. (1999). Improving Learning & Reducing Costs: Redesigning Large-Enrollment Courses. http://www.center.rpi.edu/PewSym/mono1.html

Twigg, C.A. (2000). Who Owns Online Courses and Course Materials? Intellectual Property Policies for a New Learning Environment. http://www.center.rpi.edu/PewSym/mono2.html

Twigg, C.A. (2001). Quality Assurance for Whom? Providers and Consumers in Today’s Distributed Learning Environment. http://www.center.rpi.edu/PewSym/mono3.html

U.S. Web-based Education Commission (2000). The Power of the Internet for Learning: Moving from Promise to Practice. http://www.ed.gov/offices/AC/WBEC/WBECReport.pdf


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