Every chapter in the widely distributed first edition has been updated, and four new chapters on current issues such as connectivism and social software innovations have been added. Essays by practitioners and scholars active in the complex, diverse, and rapidly evolving field of distance education blend scholarship and research; practical attention to the details of teaching and learning; and mindful attention to the economics of the business of education.
Author(s): Terry Anderson
Edition: 2nd
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 472
Front Matter......Page 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 7
FOREWORD TO
THE SECOND EDITION......Page 11
INTRODUCTION......Page 13
PART I......Page 25
FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL THEORY FOR ONLINE LEARNING......Page 27
TOWARDS A THEORY OF ONLINE LEARNING......Page 57
SITUATING PRIOR LEARNING ASSESSMENT AND RECOGNITION (PLAR) IN AN ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT......Page 87
UNDERSTANDING E-LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES-IN-PRACTICE THROUGH PHILOSOPHIES-IN-PRACTICE......Page 103
PART II: INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT
FOR CONTENT DEVELOPMENT......Page 131
DEVELOPING AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ONLINE LEARNING......Page 133
TECHNOLOGIES OF ONLINE LEARNING (E-LEARNING)......Page 155
CHARACTERISTICS OF INTERACTIVE ONLINE LEARNING MEDIA......Page 179
“IN-YOUR-POCKET” AND “ON-THE-FLY:” MEETING THE NEEDS OF TODAY’S NEW GENERATION OF ONLINE LEARNERS WITH MOBILE LEARNING TECHNOLOGY......Page 213
SOCIAL SOFTWARE TO SUPPORT DISTANCE EDUCATION LEARNERS......Page 233
PART III: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
OF ONLINE COURSES......Page 255
THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE COURSES......Page 257
VALUE ADDED – THE EDITOR IN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE COURSES......Page 277
MAKING RELEVANT FINANCIAL DECISIONS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION......Page 289
THE QUALITY DILEMMA IN ONLINE EDUCATION REVISITED......Page 317
PART IV: DELIVERY, QUALITY CONTROL,
AND STUDENT SUPPORT
OF ONLINE COURSES......Page 353
TEACHING IN AN ONLINE LEARNING CONTEXT......Page 355
CALL CENTRES IN DISTANCE EDUCATION......Page 379
LIBRARY SUPPORT FOR E-LEARNERS: E-RESOURCES, E-SERVICES, AND THE HUMAN FACTORS......Page 409
SUPPORTING THE ONLINE LEARNER......Page 431
DEVELOPING TEAM SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHING TEAM PROJECTS ONLINE......Page 453
