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Assessing The Administrative Support Needs (Library And Technical) Of Allied Health Students Enrolled In A Distance Education Program, Amanda Carroll-Barefield

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

As more emphasis is placed on offering education to the distance student and monies are spent to provide these services, institutions must ensure they reap the rewards of the investment. One avenue to ensure success in distance education is the implementation of strong student support services. This is a task that will take the teamwork of educators, administrators, instructional technologists/designers, and support personnel. For institutions transitioning to a distance format, measures must be taken to ensure that the learner, no matter what the method of delivery, has access to equivalent student support services. One approach to measuring this aspect is …