Research Summaries

These ten summaries cover a variety of topics in distance education practice, from cost-benefit analysis to relative effectiveness of technologies. They were developed as part of a collaborative project between the Penn State World Campus and Lucent Technologies, and are presented here with permission of Lucent Technologies for use and distribution for educational purposes only.


Cost-Benefit Analysis in Distance Education
Costs of Various Distance Learning Modes
Critical Success Factors for On-line Learning

Issues in Professional Certification via Distance Learning
Effective Use of Discussion Forums on the Web
Enterprise Portals
On-line Learning
On-line Testing and Assessment: Effectiveness and Security Issues
Relative Effectiveness of Distance Learning Systems
Use of Web Site Statistics to Improve Web Site Effectiveness