Barry,
I have been out of the office for several days and just jumping into the 
posts.  Here are a couple of resources that might be useful starting points:

    * Project IDEAL has a /Handbook of Distance Learning /as well other
      resources available for download on our website
      (projectideal.org).  The handbook is designed to help agencies
      think about issues involved in establishing distance education
      programs, including recruiting and orientating students, teaching
      and assessment. 
    * Adulted Online has a free online self-assessment to help teachers
      determine what skills they need to to develop to be effective
      distance teachers (adultedonline.org).  But it's not just a
      checklist.  There are short video-clips of a master distance
      teacher discussing the ways in which distance and classroom
      teaching differing and offering teaching strategies.  The
      assessment provides feedback on areas of strength and weakness and
      suggests resources for those seeking to develop their skills.

As I clear off my desk a bit more I will try and pull together some 
additional resources.  Good luck with your efforts!

Leslie Petty
Associate Director
Project IDEAL
The University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research

Burkett, Barry wrote:

>

> Heidi,

>

> In your first post last week you mentioned that you had been doing 

> research on distance learning.  I know you said you did not have a 

> bibliography ready yet, but would it be possible to get some of the 

> Authors, Journals, Books or online resources you have been reading.  

> The list does not have to be comprehensive, but a starting point would 

> be nice.

>

> Thanks for your time last week. I enjoyed reading the thread immensely.

>

> FYI, for the past 5 weeks I have been working with low level literacy 

> students using a class that was 1/2 computer based and 1/2 person to 

> person.  I started out with five students, one wanted one on one 

> tutoring, and the other 2 stopped attending, but the two that did 

> remain made decent gains according to the Nelson-Denny reading test.

>

> Barry Burkett, Adult Educator

> Thorn Hill Learning Center

> Frankfort, KY

> 502.223.3110

>

> "Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are 

> incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful 

> beyond imagination" - Albert Einstein

>

> /"While adult education should be viewed as a right, not as a 

> stigmatized second-chance program for those who have failed or dropped 

> from out school stystems, at the present time lifelong learning is 

> only being given lip service" (Askov, 2000, p. 259)/

>

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