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Efective Practices in Fully Online Higher Education Programs PRELIMINARY FINDINGS SUMMARY blackboardinstitute.com 1 Education institutions o all shapes and sizes are taking a serious look at ully online programs as a strateg y or addressing some o their most pressing needs, including increasing access, reaching new students, creating new unding streams and improving graduation rates. But taking this step can be challenging, as skeptics o ully online instruction will quickly point out. Financing, marketing, and recruiting or ully online programs present new challenges to administrators. At the same time, teachers struggle with adapting to ully online education and meeting the high demands o their virtual students. To look more closely at these challenges and start uncovering practice-driven solutions all educators can leverage, the Blackboard Institute undertook a multi-phase study o eective practices in ully online programs. We completed the rst phase o this work—qualitative intervie ws with leaders o nine successul ully online programs—in spring/summer o 2009. In this preliminary ndings summary, we highlight some o the key drivers o success we uncovered.

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