Distance Education in Transition: new trends and challenges

Abstract

The MDE was launched in January 2000 and is offered completely online. Faculty from three continents and more than 500 students from 12 different countries joined the MDE community within its first three years. The mission of the MDE is to qualify present and future managers of distance education. Given that distance education -and e-learning -have expanded so rapidly in the past few years in both public and private education, as well as in the training sectors, the program educates the multitude of new managers and future leaders necessary in this field. These managers need to be qualified as leaders, since they will be required to be active advocates for distance education and training in their organizations and need to manage significant change processes that affect the entire organization. The Distance Learning Community of Practice Award Committee of the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) in the U.S. selected the MDE as the winner of the Program of Excellence award in 2003. Studien und Berichte der Arbeitsstelle Fernstudienforschung der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Band 5 ISBN 3-8142-0848-X HKS 43 -Schwarz Termin: 10.April 2003 -Auflage: 350 Exemplare