University of Montana Distance Learning Initiative
Summer 2000
In
June, 2000, Provost Kindrick awarded four grants for a total of $100,000 in
Distance and Electronic Technology Development.� These grants were awarded to the School of Education, the School
of Business Administration of The University of Montana - Missoula, and to
Montana Tech of The University of Montana, and Western Montana College of The
University of Montana.
The
grant to the School of Education of The University of Montana - Missoula was to
provide course work and support systems for supervising teachers.� The grant has largely attained its
goals.� The project specifically sought
to develop an on-line course dealing with issues of student teacher
supervision.� The course has been developed
and is being offered during the Spring, 2001, term.� The� principal
investigator of the grant awaits the conclusion of the term to assess the
success of the course.
The
School of Business Administration of The University of Montana- Missoula sought
to convert two 600-level Professional MBA courses to a mixed delivery system,
with 5 nights, or fewer, of METNET delivery and the remainder of the
instruction provided on the World Wide Web.�
The project has been largely successful.� The two courses were selected, faculty were identified to develop
the necessary course materials for Internet delivery.� Both courses (MBA 685 and MBA 660) are being offered during the
Spring, 2001 term.
Montana
Tech of The University of Montana proposed to develop several classes for
Internet delivery.� These include
Professional Ethics, and three courses within the Nursing program (Medical
Terminology, Comprehensive Review, and Human Anatomy).� All four of the courses were successfully
developed and will have been offered in the 2000 - 2001 academic year.
Western
Montana College of The University of Montana sought funding to convert the
high-enrollment course ED 360, Children�s Literature, into a web-based
course.� The newly configured course was
offer Fall, 2000, to 48 students.� The
outcomes of that offering are currently be analyzed for further modification.