The Office of Distance Education is seeking students who are enrolled in online courses and are interested in serving as a member of a NEW Distance Education Student Focus Group. The purpose of this focus group is to, upon request, provide feedback and opinions regarding Blackboard and other educational technologies and services supported by our office. Please note that this focus group will not have face-to-face meetings, but will instead conduct all meetings online. Selected students will be asked to serve from the date of selection through the end of the Fall 2010 term. Another call for student applications for the 2011 year will be issued in the Fall 2010 term. Please note that students will not be excluded for consideration based on graduation date.

If you are interested in serving in this capacity, please send an email to DLHelp@jsu.edu with "STUDENT FOCUS GROUP" in the subject line. Be sure to respond to the questions found below.

The deadline for receipt of the email application is Monday, March 1, 2010. Selected students will be notified via email during the week of March 1.

PLEASE RESPOND TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:

Name:

Major:

JSU email address:

Classification (i.e., Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate):

Approximately how many online courses have you completed? Please include and indicate courses completed via distance education at JSU and other institutions.

Please explain why you feel you should be selected for the Distance Education Student Focus Group.