2002 the “Council for Higher Education” CHEA published the following seven key areas as criteria for measure eLearning quality:
- Institutional Mission
- Institutional Organization Structure
- Institutional resources
- Curriculum and instruction
- Faculty support
- Student support
- Student learning outcomes
In the same paper, three key areas are mentioned as challenges for quality assurance of distance education:
- An alternative design of instructions (dealing with curriculum, student support etc.
- Alternative providers of higher education (focus on all seven key areas mentioned before)
- Expanded focus on training
You may download this interesting document from the CHEA-Website
http://www.chea.org/pdf/mono_1_accred_distance_02.pdf
Key Areas for Quality definition in eLearning