Distance Ed. classes for Basic Readers and Writers?

H.R Boylan (2002), Director of the National Center for Developmental Education, says that distance learning for developmental students has yet to proven effective because it requires what development students lack, namely

• independent learning skills,
• study discipline, 
• time management skills, 
• a high degree of motivation‖ (p. 82). 

At my college, where there are three levels of  development reading and writing (which some refer to as pre-college courses), there are distance ed (i.e. online) classes for the uppermost developmental writing class (Eng 22--Intro to Expository Writing) but none (so far!) for the lower two writing levels and none at all for the three developmental writing levels.

A quick perusal of developmental writing course offerings for the six community colleges in Hawaii indicated that there were 153 sections offered with just five of these sections being offered via distance ed/online.

Perhaps I will look further into what the distance ed. situation for developmental reading and writing courses is like for community colleges elsewhere.  Anyone know?

Boylan, H. R. (2002). What works: Research-based practices in developmental education. Boone, NC: National Center for Developmental Education.