RESEARCH PLAN

1. 1ST YEAR D.E. STUDENTS

1.1. DROP OUT/RETENTION - SENECA & CANADA

1.2. PERCEPTIONS SUPPORT SERVICES

1.3. CURRENT ACCESS TO SUPPORTS

1.4. CHARACTERISTICS, OVERVIEW & SENECA

1.5. GENERATIONAL ISSUES

2. DEFINE SENECA ORGANIZATIONAL DE STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

2.1. COUNSELLOR PERCEPTIONS OF DE SUPPORTS

2.2. DE EDUCATORS PERCEPTIONS

3. CAST "WIDER NET" RESEARCH ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE TOPIC

3.1. MARKETING

3.2. MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE - MCLUHAN

3.3. New node

4. SENECA & CANADIAN STATS, THEORIES ETC: D.E. STUDENT RETENTION/DROP OUT

5. ENGAGEMENT

5.1. VIRTUAL VIS A VIS F2F PRESENCE

5.2. MESSAGING IN VIRTUAL TEXT BASED ENVIRONMENTS

5.3. CONCEPT OF E-COUNSELING

5.3.1. THEORY, PRACTICE,

6. RELATION BETWEEN EDUCATION & FUTURE SUCCESS IN EMPLOYMENT & SOCIETY

6.1. STATS

6.2. ECONOMIC TRENDS

6.3. LABOUR MARKET INFO

7. OTHER PRACTICES FOR STUDENT RETENTION IN DE OR F2F

7.1. PROJECTS

7.1.1. STATS

7.1.2. THEORY

7.1.3. PRACTICE

8. VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS

9. T.M. INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

9.1. THEORY

9.2. PRACTICE

9.3. ROLE IN SUPPORTING VIRTUAL LEARNER/COMMUNITIES

10. OTHER MODELS & PRACTICES FOR DE SUPPORTS

11. MY VALUES - HOW DRIVING RESEARCH DECISIONS?

12. D.E.

12.1. THEORY, PRACTICE, FUTURE TRENDS