Slippery Rock University MSCHE 2011 Self-Study
Chapter One
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The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008: Distance Education How should institutions establish that students who register for distance education courses are indeed the students who complete the course requirements and earn the academic credit? Slippery Rock University implements a variety of strategies to help ensure that students who register for distanced education classes are indeed those who complete the course requirements. Some of these strategies include: • • • • • • • • • •
All students applying online to SRU must provide some form of identification to the University. All distance education courses are required to be facilitated using the institution-approved learning management system (LMS). The LMS uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption to secure the information passed by the students’ browser to the LMS. Access to the LMS is controlled by issuing each student a unique username and password. The LMS reporting feature allows the instructor and LMS Administrator to track the student’s IP address, the date and time of each access, the amount time of each access, and what content was reviewed. Plagiarism detection tools are used within the LMS to help identify plagiarized work. Distance Education instructors are encouraged to implement forms of assessment that may help with identifying the student. Some of these forms assessments include writing, video, and audio presentations. Distance Education instructors are encouraged to password protect each administration of the quiz within the LMS and email that password to the students on the date of the quiz. Distance Education instructors are encouraged to require students to create a profile within the LMS that includes a picture of the student and some personal information like their major and interests. Enrolled online students will be automatically logged-off after 60 minutes of inactivity.
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