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... Pilot Media - research - publications
The usability research we activly pursue is related to educational systems. Focus groups, surveys, interviews, content analysis, guided walk-through,and process evaluation are part of what Pilot Media can offer.

2007 Adams, Jonathan. "Understanding the factors that limit the acceptability of online courses and degrees." International Journal on E-Learning.

2007 Adams, Jonathan, DeFleur, Margaret & Heald, Gary. “The acceptability of online degrees in the health professions.” Communication Education

2007 Adams, Jonathan “Then and now: Lessons from history concerning the merits and problems of distance education. Journal of Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education.7:1, February 2007

2007 Adams, Jonathan & Eveland, Vicki; "Marketing online degree programs: How do traditional-residential programs compete?" Journal of Marketing for Higher Education. 17:1 Spring 2007.

2006 Pompper, Donnalyn., & Adams, Jonathan. "Under the microscope: Mentor protégé relationships in public relations." Public Relations Review, 32: 3, Fall 2006.

2006 Adams, Jonathan. “The part played by instructional media in distance education.” Journal of Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education. 6:2, May, 2006.

2006 Adams, Jonathan & DeFleur, Margaret. "The acceptability of online degrees as a credential for obtaining professional employment." Communication Education. 55:1 January, 2006.

2005 Adams, Jonathan & DeFleur, Margaret; “The acceptabilty of a doctoral degree earned online as a credential for obtaining a faculty position.” American Journal of Distance Education. 19:2, June 2005.

2004 DeFleur, Margaret & Adams, Jonathan. "Acceptability of online Bachelor's Degrees as criteria for admission to graduate programs." Journal of Computing in Higher Education. 16:1, Fall, 2004.

2003 Adams, Jonathan. “Assessing faculty performance for merit: An academic accomplishment index.” Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. 58:3, Autumn, 2003.

 

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Feature article: January 5, 2007. Chronicle of Higher Education: Employers Often Distrust Online Degrees: Some say they prefer job applicants who earned diplomas the old-fashioned way. Information Technology Section. By Dan Carnevale, Staff Writer
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November 5, 2006 The Providence Journal: “Online degrees and hiring” Providence Jobs section. By Arthur Kimball-Stanley, Staff Writer
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: July, 2006 The New York Times: Special report in ‘NY Times Education Life’ By Alex Wellen, staff reporter.
Feature article: January 16, 2006 The Denver Post: “Online degrees slowly losing academic stigma Internet-education leaders across U.S. reporting more enrollees” By Jennifer Brown, staff reporter.
Feature article: October 31, 2005. The Ticker. “Get your BA online” by Sherry Mazzocchi, staff reporter. Section: News
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September 23, 2005 Employers prefer degrees like Simpson's (Abridged reprint of the September 23, 2005 Chronicle of Higher Education: “Employers Still Prefer Traditional Degrees Over Online Learning, Study Finds” By Dan Carnevale)
Feature article
: September 23, 2005 Chronicle of Higher Education: “Employers Still Prefer Traditional Degrees Over Online Learning, Study Finds” By Dan Carnevale, staff reporter.
Feature article: October, 2005 The New York Sun: “SUNY Plans Online Push To Entice
Students To Return” By Jacob Gershman, staff reporter.
Feature article: November, 2005 Vol. 25 No. 3 AFT On Campus: “Doubts about online
doctorates”