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 |