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Distance Education* at Boise State—A Snapshot

Look what our Academic Departments and Faculty Have Accomplished!

(Data for the 2008-2009 Academic Year including Summer 2008, Fall 2008, & Spring 2009)

All Distance Education

Academic Departments

  • With 1 (or more) Distance-Delivered Courses: 35 (73%)
  • With a Distance Certificate or Degree Program: 5 (15%)

All Distance Education

  • Unique Course Titles: 225
  • Class Enrollment Sections: 737
  • Registrations/Enrollment: 15,093
  • Credits Produced: 40,174

Students

  • Annual Unduplicated Headcount (students taking 1 or more distance education courses): 7,163
  • Physical Location: Boise, Idaho, throughout the US, and around the world including Japan, England & many more

10-Year Growth in Class Enrollment Sections and Credit Hours

2 graphs showing growth in registrations and enrollments

Programs

  • Academic Degrees and Certificates Offered: 13
  • Undergraduate Degree Completion Programs: 3
    • Of those, Multi-Institutional Collaborative Programs: 1
  • Graduate Certificates: 5
  • Graduate Degrees: 5
  • First Distance-Delivered Program: 1989 - Instructional & Performance Technology Master’s Degree
  • Largest Distance Program: Educational Technology Masters and Certificates
  • Newest Distance Program: Nursing RN to Bachelor of Science degree completion program

Dept. of Educational Technology
  • Master of Science in Educational Technology (MSET)
  • Master of Educational Technology (MET)
  • Graduate Certificate: Technology Integration (TECHINTS)
  • Graduate Certificate: Online Teaching (ONLTCH)
  • Graduate Certificate: School Technology Coordination (SCHTCH)

Dept. of Instructional Performance Technology
  • Master of Science in Instructional and Performance Technology (MSIPT)
  • Graduate Certificate: Human Performance Technology  (HPT)
  • Graduate Certificate: Workplace E-Learning and Performance Support (WELPS)

Dept. of Nursing
  • Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
  • Master of Nursing (MN)
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN to BS) undergraduate degree completion (BS)

Dept. of Respiratory Care
  • Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Care Degree Completion Program (BS)

Dept. of Special Education
  • Bachelor of Arts in Special Education (BA) Alternate Route Degree Completion
    (offered in collaboration with UI, ISU, LCSC, and CSI)

Courses Delivered Online (Internet Instruction Mode) Only

Students

Undergraduate Courses

  • Annual Unduplicated Headcount (Internet): 4,940
  • Undergraduate Degree Seeking: 90%
  • Enrolled in 12 (or more) Credits: 64%
  • Female: 62%
  • 21 & Over: 80%

Graduate Courses

  • Annual Unduplicated Headcount (Internet): 613
  • Graduate Degree Seeking: 91%
  • Enrolled in (less than) 5 Credits: 57%
  • Female: 59%
  • 25 & Over: 95%

Faculty Teaching Internet Courses

  • Unique Course Titles: 172
  • Unique instructors: 167
  • Full-Time (tenured, tenure track, special lecturers): 93 (55.6%)
  • Adjuncts: 74 (44.3%)
  • Chairs: 8 (17%)

Online Course and Faculty Development Program (renamed eLearning Quality Instruction Program in Spring 2010), as of Fall 2009

  • First Online Teacher Training (OTT) Course (Pilot): Spring 2008
  • Faculty Participants in OTT: 69
  • Faculty Participants in Course Development & Peer Review Process: 57
  • Courses Developed or Under Development: 57
  • Faculty Trained by Quality MattersTM (QM) for Peer Reviews: 37

External Partners

  • Multi-Institutional Program Partners: Idaho State Board of Education, Idaho State University, University of Idaho, Lewis-Clark State College, College of Southern Idaho
  • WICHE: Internet Course Exchange (ICE)
  • Telecourses: Idaho Public Television, Annenberg Media, Intelecom
  • Academic & Teacher Professional Education: Virtual Education Software, Inc. (VESI)
  • Newest Partner for Teacher Professional Education: Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA)
  • Research: Eduventures, Inc.

Internal Partners

Academic Departments, Faculty, and Students in Distance Education courses and programs are supported by:

  • The Distance Education Department, Extended Studies
  • Academic Technologies, Center for Teaching and Learning
  • The Office of Information Technology
  • Almost every Department in Student Affairs, Financial Affairs, and Academic Support Units

* Distance education is characterized by: the use of one or more technologies to deliver instruction to students who are separated from the instructor and to support regular and substantive interaction between the students and the instructor, either synchronously or asynchronously. (Summarized from the language in the new Higher Education Opportunity Act.) Courses that are taught at a distance using educational technology are referred to as distance education (DE) classes.

The DE delivery methods or instructional mode used at Boise State include:

  • Asynchronous - Electronic Campus: Internet, Computer-Based Multimedia (now Internet-E), Video Streaming on demand
  • Synchronous - Site Based: Videoconferencing, Telecourses, Cable Television is also used with Internet

Last reviewed: July 20, 2010