COAT is gaining recognition in the research community! A research article about the COAT project was recently published in the The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL). IRRODL is a peer-reviewed, open source journal dedicated to the field of distance learning. The article is entitled "MarylandOnline's inter-institutional project to train higher education adjunct faculty to teach online" and gives a detailed overview of the project, including research results from the pilot course which ran April-June 2010. The article was written by Julie Shattuck, Bobbi Dubins, and Diana Zilberman.
A full-text copy of the article may be viewed at http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/933