The National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancement (DETA) was originally funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. DETA seeks to foster student access and success through evidence-based, cross-institutional online learning practices and technologies. Moreover, DETA identifies and evaluates effective course and institutional practices in online learning.
Understand and determine distance education outcomes
Identify practices (instructional and institutional) that impact those outcomes
Identify practices (instructional and institutional) that impact those outcomes