Athabasca--EdD

Athabasca University EdD in Distance Education

cohort-based (12 students/year) 100% online course delivery platform: Moodle social networking: Elgg

Admissions Standards: 3.7 graduate GPA

Conferences and Publications Distance Educational Technology Symposium (DETS)--in-house conference held each June (attendance encouraged but not required) Open Journal

Orientation At the beginning of the first year of the program, a required five-day orientation workshop is conducted in Athabasca. This time will be spent in instruction (i.e., the first course will commence), in program planning, in discussions with faculty and colleagues, in community-building activities, and in technology-related tutorials. Held in mid August

Accreditation MIddle States Commission on Higher Education

Duration 4 years 5-year maximum with the levying of "continuation fees"

http://cde.athabascau.ca/programs/doctoral/index.php