Deb Gearhart

Deb Gearhart is the director of eCampus for Troy University. Twenty one of Troy University’s degree programs are offered online. Dr. Gearhart has worked in the field of distance education for 23 years. Previously Deb served as the founding Director of E-Education Services at Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota and was there for the 11 years. Before joining Dakota State she spent 10 years with the Department of Distance Education at Penn State. Deb was an associate professor for educational technology at Dakota State University teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. She has co-authored at textbook entitled Designing and Developing Web-Based Instruction and is editing another publication titled Cases on Distance Delivery and Learning Outcomes: Emerging Trends and Programs, due out in 2009. Dr. Gearhart has earned a BA in Sociology from Indian University of Pennsylvania. She earned a M.Ed. in Adult Education with a distance education emphasis and an M.P.A. in Public Administration, both from Penn State. Deb completed her Ph.D. program in Education, with a certificate in distance education, from Capella University.

Publications

Moving e-Learning Forward: A Study of the Impact of the Continual Changing Landscape of e-Learning
Moving e-Learning Forward: A Study of the Impact of the Continual Changing Landscape of e-Learning
Deb Gearhart. © 2017. 18 pages.
The purpose of the chapter is to incorporate current research into a review of the administration of an e-Learning program at a traditional university. The study reviews the...
Ethics for eLearning: Two Sides of the Ethical Coin
Ethics for eLearning: Two Sides of the Ethical Coin
Deb Gearhart. © 2015. 13 pages.
Among the top concerns an eLearning program administrator faces are ethical concerns for eLearning, which develop both internally and externally. This chapter is a review of some...
Ethics for eLearning: Two Sides of the Ethical Coin
Ethics for eLearning: Two Sides of the Ethical Coin
Deb Gearhart. © 2014. 13 pages.
Among the top concerns an eLearning program administrator faces are ethical concerns for eLearning, which develop both internally and externally. This chapter is a review of some...
Authentic Learning in Online Courses: A Course Design Model
Authentic Learning in Online Courses: A Course Design Model
Deb Gearhart. © 2012. 13 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to describe authentic learning, review the literature pertaining to authentic learning, discuss the benefits for online learning, and provide a...
The Issues Related To Student Authentication in Distance Education
The Issues Related To Student Authentication in Distance Education
Deb Gearhart. © 2012. 10 pages.
As long as there has been distance education there has been the question how do you know the student turning in the work is the student registered for the course? As technology...
Lack of Ethics for eLearning: Two Sides of the Ethical Coin
Lack of Ethics for eLearning: Two Sides of the Ethical Coin
Deb Gearhart. © 2012. 8 pages.
Among the many concerns an eLearning program administrator faces, ethics for eLearning is among the top. Ethical concerns come from within the program and external to it. This...
Cases on Distance Delivery and Learning Outcomes: Emerging Trends and Programs
Cases on Distance Delivery and Learning Outcomes: Emerging Trends and Programs
Deb Gearhart. © 2010. 298 pages.
As emerging technologies drive innovation, educators and administrators have an array of resources at their disposal. Thank to outstanding developments in technology which have...
Managing Growth of an Online Program though Policy and Mainstreaming: A Case Study
Managing Growth of an Online Program though Policy and Mainstreaming: A Case Study
Deb Gearhart. © 2010. 18 pages.
At a time when higher education is struggling to provide educational services to students on traditional campuses, many institutions are experiencing growth in the online degree...
The Issues Related To Student Authentication in Distance Education
The Issues Related To Student Authentication in Distance Education
Deb Gearhart. © 2010. 10 pages.
As long as there has been distance education there has been the question how do you know the student turning in the work is the student registered for the course? As technology...
Preparing Students for Ethical Use of Technology: A Case Study for Distance Education
Preparing Students for Ethical Use of Technology: A Case Study for Distance Education
Deb Gearhart. © 2009. 19 pages.
Are our students prepared to use technology ethically? This is a question of concern to this author and addressed in this chapter. Experience as the director of a distance...
Technoethics in Education for the Twenty-First Century
Technoethics in Education for the Twenty-First Century
Deb Gearhart. © 2009. 15 pages.
Are we developing a (global) society where our youth think it is ok to copy and paste whatever they see on the Internet and turn it in for homework; where writing an English...
UNDERSTANDING FLEXIBLE LEARNING THEORY AND HOW IT IS USED IN ONLINE LEARNING
UNDERSTANDING FLEXIBLE LEARNING THEORY AND HOW IT IS USED IN ONLINE LEARNING
Deb Gearhart. © 2008. 12 pages.
Flexible learning is a term becoming increasingly prevalent in distance education. The concept of having a flexible learning environment is appealing to distance learners. Many...