"Good Practices in ELearning Consortia" was drafted in 2004-05. The Higher Learning Commission adopted it in 2006 as a best practice document for eLearning consortiums. As part of a Common Interest Group (CIG) activity, the Good Practices document is serving as a basis for a survey of 12 collaborations across Western United States and Canada. The presentation will report on the results from that survey and how consortiums function and if there is a meeting of theory and practice.

1. Good Practices in E-Learning Consortia Steve Crow Robert Larson Lynette Olson

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4. Institutions Considering the Creating of eLearning Consortia, and

7. Documents its legal and contractual structure, and

9. 58% have a legal and/or contractual structure,

10. 33% have by-laws that clearly outline leadership,

11. 66% make official records available for public review,

12. 75% have a memorandum of understanding defining financial arrangements, student records, and determination of academic quality,

13. 25% have provisions for adding and/or dropping institutions,

14. 42% have a binding process for the resolution of differences,

15. 75% have a periodic review of basic governance and administrative structure,

16. 83% indicate changes in the delivery of education and services as a result of participating in the consortium, and

20. Exercises responsibility for the quality of the education,

21. Strives to provide a transparent environment,

22. Engages in planning processes, and

24. 25% assure that its programs and services are evaluated and improved,

25. 50% can identify courses/services that fail to meet standards and require remediation,

26. 25% have the authority to withdraw inadequate courses or terminate inadequate services,

27. 0% have a single point of contact for information, registration, etc.,

28. 75% of the consortiums assist in financial aid agreements allowing students to take courses from multiple institutions, and

30. The consortium assumes responsibility for developing policies, and

33. Ensures that tools and services are complementary, and

36. Is meant to assist people in thinking through a broad range of issues related to such consortium; and