TY - BOOK AU - Oblinger,Diana AU - Barone,Carole A. AU - Hawkins,Brian L. ED - American Council on Education. ED - EDUCAUSE (Association) TI - Distributed education and its challenges: an overview T2 - Distributed education: challenges, choices, and a new environment AV - LC5800. O35 2001 U1 - 374.4 PY - 2001///] CY - Washington, D.C. PB - American Council on Education KW - Distance education N1 - "This first paper in the ACE/EDUCAUSE series ..."--P.v; Challenging assumptions --; Student learning --; Strategic goals --; Intended audiences --; Market size and growth of distance education --; Governance and organization --; Partnerships --; Quality --; Policies --; Barriers --; Leadership challenges --; appendix 1; Comparison of target markets among selected educational providers --; appendix 2; Guidelines for distance education --; appendix 3; Council for Higher Education Accreditation Competency Standards Project --; appendix 4; Measures of quality in Internet-based distance learning --; appendix 5; Resources for distributed learning --; appendix 6; Twelve conditions for change N2 - Designed to provide college and university presidents with an overview of distance education, e-learning, or distributed learning. Provides a general framework for understanding the key questions that distributed education poses to the higher education community ER -