Benchmark Study of Online Education in Illinois

19th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning For more resources click here -> http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/Benchmark Study of Online Education in Illinois Ivan J. Lach Associate Director Illinois Virtual Campus The Illinois Virtual Campus (IVC) is a partnership of Illinois colleges and universities that provides residents of the state with easy access to all of the online and other distance education offerings of Illinois colleges and universities. The IVC provides high quality support services to all online students in the state, and provides leadership for the development of quality, comprehensive, and cost-effective online education offerings and support services within the higher education system of Illinois. The IVC began operation in the fall of 1998 and the IVC web-based catalog of distance education courses and programs was available for public use in August 1999. Currently, the IVC online catalog contains over 3,500 courses and over 100 programs provided by 66 Illinois colleges and universities. In addition, the IVC has established an IVC Student Support Center in each of the 40 community college districts in Illinois. These centers provide local support services for all online students living within each region. One other important function of the IVC is to study and report the trends in online education at Illinois colleges and universities. The IVC collects distance education enrollment data from all the ...