- From: Diana Hanson <diana@idea.edu>
- Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 09:44:11 -0800
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
- CC: rick@kasparek.org
Good morning, Rick Kasparek forwarded you message to me requesting input for the Distance Learning Council of the North Carolina Community College System. We have established a K-12 and post-secondary school which is entirely online here in the state of Iowa, the Iowa Digital Education Association. Our most pressing problems are: 1. Completing the accreditation proces. It's extremely complicated and without assistance from a professional, it would be very difficult for a newcomer to complete. We're making it, slowlyyyyyy! 2. Another problem is that without the ability to accept financial aid from federal programs, few students want to pay out of pocket for classes. To get around this, we're instituting a 'scholarship' program which would equal the financial aid they'd receive and will fund it through fund our sponsors donate. 3. Our last problem is that students seem to feel we should have 'hard copy' materials to send them through the mail. They don't understand that being a 'paperless' school, we don't have this. Some students are unwilling to take the time to look through the links and find the information themselves. They still want it 'handed' to them. I'm afraid this translate over into their homework abilities with some students. Other than that, we seem to doing alright. Teachers have been very eager to put their classes online. Being a virtual school, it's much easier to put policy through, and much faster than a 'normal' school. We don't have the issues that a fully staffed 'real' school would have and doing everything over the internet is much easier. If you have any questions about Ideaschool, please visit our web pages at http://www.idea.edu/ -- Diana J. Hanson, CEO and Dean of Faculty and Staff Iowa Digital Education Association (Professional Genealogist, Listowner ) ************************************************ What good is magic if it can't save a unicorn? ************************************************ http://www.idea.edu/ Ideaschool, Inc. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/5327/ Mother Hubbard's Cupboard
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