Assessing Distributed Learning: Opportunities and Challenges

Patsy Moskal , University of Central Florida

When? March 8, 2006, 12noon-12:50pm EST (11am-11:50am CST)

Where?

The presentations in this series will be delivered to multimedia meeting rooms and classrooms throughout the state. See the list of participating locations to find the host location nearest you. 

If your campus would like to become a host location, please contact Lynn Ward (lward@ihets.org or 317.263.8909)

Session Description:

The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a metropolitan research university with a Fall 2005 enrollment exceeding 45,000 students. UCF’s distributed learning initiative has grown to exceed 1,200 courses offered as fully online or blended with more than 45,000 students enrolled each year. The Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness (RITE) at UCF has evaluated the impact of this initiative since the inception of online courses at UCF in 1996. In this session, Patsy Moskal, Associate Director of RITE, will discuss this ongoing evaluation and the impact these courses have had on students, faculty, and programs at UCF.

About the Presenter:

Patsy Moskal is the Associate Director for the Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness at the University of Central Florida (UCF) where she has been a faculty member since 1989. She received an Ed.D. from UCF specializing in Instructional Technology and Research Methods and holds BS and MS degrees in computer science.  Since 1996, she has served as the liaison for faculty research of distributed learning and teaching effectiveness at UCF.  Patsy specializes in statistics, graphics, program evaluation, and applied data analysis.  She has extensive experience in research methods including survey development, interviewing, and conducting focus groups and frequently serves as an evaluation consultant to school districts, industry, and government organizations. She has co-authored a number of book chapters and journal articles on research in online and blended courses.