Handbook of Distance Education

@Team LiB......Page 1
Cover......Page 2
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 11
This Book in Brief: Overview......Page 15
I
Historical and Conceptual
Foundations......Page 27
1
Distance Education Theory,
Methodology, and Epistemology:
A Pragmatic Paradigm......Page 29
2
Correspondence Study in the
American University: A Second
Historiographic Perspective......Page 47
3
Evolution of National and Regional
Organizations......Page 63
4
The History of Distance Education
Through the Eyes of the
International Council for Distance
Education......Page 75
5
Organizational Models in Higher
Education, Past and Future......Page 93
6
A Theory of Distance Education
Based on Empathy......Page 105
7
Learning With New Media
in Distance Education......Page 113
8
A Theory of Critical Inquiry in Online
Distance Education......Page 139
9
Modes of Interaction in Distance
Education: Recent Developments
and Research Questions......Page 155
II
Learning and Learners......Page 171
10
Learners and Learning: The Need
for Theory......Page 173
11
Self-Directed Learning
and Distance Education......Page 187
12
Constructing Knowledge at a
Distance: The Learner in Context......Page 195
13
Academic Advising in Distance
Education Degree Programs......Page 207
14
Instructional Discussions in Online
Education: Practical and
Research-Oriented Perspectives......Page 219
15
Group Development in Online
Learning Communities......Page 243
16
Learner Differences in Distance
Learning: Finding Differences
that Matter......Page 261
17
Cognitive and Learning Factors in
Web-Based Distance Learning
Environments......Page 271
18
Gender Equity Online, When There
Is No Door to Knock On......Page 287
III
Design and Instruction......Page 299
19
Instructional Design in Distance
Education: An Overview......Page 301
20
Developing Text for
Web-Based Instruction......Page 313
21
From Teletraining to e-Learning and
Knowledge Management......Page 323
22
Video-Based Instruction in Distance
Learning: From Motion Pictures to
the Internet......Page 341
23
Frameworks for Research, Design,
Benchmarks, Training, and
Pedagogy in Web-Based
Distance Education......Page 357
24
Designing Instruction
for e-Learning Environments......Page 375
25
A Model of Web-Based Design
for Learning......Page 393
26
Distance Education and the Role
of Academic Libraries......Page 403
27
Exploring the New Conception
of Teaching and Learning in
Distance Education......Page 413
IV
Policies, Administration, and
Management......Page 425
28
Public Policy, Institutional Structures,
and Strategic Implementation......Page 427
29
Distance Education Policy Issues:
Statewide Perspectives......Page 443
30
Accreditation: Quality Control in
Higher Distance Education......Page 451
31
Quality and Its Measurement
in Distance Education......Page 461
32
Distance Education Policy Issues:
Towards 2010......Page 487
33
Legal Issues in the Development
and Use of Copyrighted Material in
Web-Based Distance Education......Page 507
34
Strategic Planning
for Distance Education......Page 533
35
Distance Education Leadership: An
Appraisal of Research and Practice......Page 545
36
Issues in Organizing for the New
Network and Virtual Forms of
Distance Education......Page 557
37
Dynamics of Faculty Participation in
Distance Education: Motivations,
Incentives, and Rewards......Page 575
38
Evaluating Distance Education
Programs......Page 593
V
Different Audiences in
Distance Education......Page 611
39
The Involvement of Corporations
in Distance Education......Page 613
40
Planning and Managing Distance
Training and Education in the
Corporate Sector......Page 627
41
Web-Based Continuing Professional
Education: Uses, Motivations, and
Deterrents to Participation......Page 641
42
Distance Education in the U.S.
Air Force......Page 657
43
The U.S. Marine Corps Distance
Learning Program......Page 667
44
Distance Learning in the U.S. Army:
Meeting the Readiness Needs
of Transformation......Page 681
45
Community Colleges and Distance
Education......Page 689
46
Virtual and Distance Education
in American Schools......Page 699
VI
The Economics of Distance
Education......Page 727
47
Modeling the Costs and Economics
of Distance Education......Page 729
48
Cost-Effectiveness of Online
Education......Page 743
49
A Comparison of Online Delivery
Costs with Some Alternative
Distance Delivery Methods......Page 753
VII
International Perspectives......Page 767
50
Global Education: Out of the
Ivory Tower......Page 769
51
Culture and Online Education......Page 779
52
Globalization and the Reinvention
of Distance Education......Page 803
53
Distance Education in the
Perspective of Global Issues
and Concerns......Page 819
54
Leading ODL Futures in the Eternal
Triangle: The Mega-University
Response to the Greatest Moral
Challenge of Our Age......Page 837
55
The Global Development Learning
Network: A World Bank Initiative in
Distance Learning for Development......Page 855
Author Index......Page 871
Subject Index......Page 891