Theory And Practice Of Distance Education

Author : Borje Holmberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134830238
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theory and Practice of Distance Education written by Borje Holmberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-25 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distance education is practised in all parts of the world and in recent years, its scope has developed enormously and rapidly. It has become an intrinsic part of many national educational systems and an academic discipline in its own right. Research into the area has produced a body of theory which is now being used to improve its practice. This new edition of Theory and Practice of Distance Education has been thoroughly updated both by describing how practice has changed, and by examining recent research in the field. Like the first edition, this book provides a comprehensive survey of distance education, looking at it globally and discussing the different lines of thought and models used. It describes the place of distance education in educational thinking, its various theories, principles, and techniques of presentation, its organization and its administration.

Author : Terry Anderson
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
ISBN 13 : 1897425082
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Online Learning written by Terry Anderson and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Neither an academic tome nor a prescriptive 'how to' guide, The Theory and Practice of Online Learning is an illuminating collection of essays by practitioners and scholars active in the complex field of distance education. Distance education has evolved significantly in its 150 years of existence. For most of this time, it was an individual pursuit defined by infrequent postal communication. But recently, three more developmental generations have emerged, supported by television and radio, teleconferencing, and computer conferencing. The early 21st century has produced a fifth generation, based on autonomous agents and intelligent, database-assisted learning, that has been referred to as Web 2.0. The second edition of "The Theory and Practice of Online Learning" features updates in each chapter, plus four new chapters on current distance education issues such as connectivism and social software innovations."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Thomas M. Duffy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135623929
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learner-Centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education written by Thomas M. Duffy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-08 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learner-Centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education: Cases From Higher Education brings the voice of the learning sciences to the study and design of distance learning. The contributors examine critical issues in the design of theoretically and pedagogically based distance education programs. Eight distance education programs are described in enough detail to allow readers with different interests to understand the pedagogical approaches and the implications of implementing those approaches. Issues of theory, pedagogy, design, assessment, communities of practice, collaboration, and faculty development are discussed. Each section of the book includes: *a primary chapter written by an author or authors involved with a distance education program that reflects learner-centered principles; *a formal reaction to the chapter by a specialist from the learning sciences, educational evaluation and policy, administration, or the corporate sector with expertise in issues of distance learning; and *an edited transcript of the authors' discussion of the primary chapter held at a symposium at the Asilomar Conference Center. A final "summing up" section offers two perspectives--from leading scholars outside the fields of instructional design, evaluation, and the learning sciences--on the approaches and thinking reflected in the rest of the book. This book is essential for researchers, as well as all those engaged in delivering, supporting, or administrating distance education programs at the post-secondary level. The descriptions, strategies, and principles will inform the design of continuing education, as well as degree-based education and corporate education and training, and distance education programs for adults.

Author : Insung Jung
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811377405
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Open and Distance Education Theory Revisited written by Insung Jung and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-22 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores foundational theories that have been applied in open and distance education (ODE) research and refined to reflect advances in research and practice. In addition, it develops new theories emerging from recent developments in ODE. The book provides a unique and up-to-date source of information for ODE scholars and graduate students, enabling them to make sense of essential theory, research and practice in their field, and to comprehend the gaps in, and need for further enquiry into, theoretical approaches in the digital era. It also offers theory-based advice and guidelines for practitioners, helping them make and justify decisions and actions concerning the development, implementation, research and evaluation of ODE.

Author : Borje Holmberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134830246
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theory and Practice of Distance Education written by Borje Holmberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-25 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a comprehensive global survey of distance education discussing the place distance education holds in educational thought, its theories, principles, presentation techniques, its organization and administration.

Author : Desmond Keegan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134878338
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theoretical Principles of Distance Education written by Desmond Keegan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to UNESCO statistics, 10 million of the world's 600 million students study at a distance. Theoretical Principles of Distance Education seeks to lay solid foundations for the education of these students and for the structures within which they study. As a more industrialised form of education provision, distance education is well adapted to the use of new communication technologies, and brings to education many of the strengths and dangers of post-industrialism. The central focus of the study of distance education is the placing of the student at home or at work and the justification of the abandonment in this form of education of interpersonal, face-to-face communication, previously considered to be a cultural imperative for education in both east and west. This book explores the problems that distance education poses to the theorist, bringing together an international team of distance educators to address these issues for the first time in a systematic way. The team comprises theoreticians, administrators, experts in educational technology and adult education, experts in learning from video machines, from computers and other forms of technology. Contributions from Italy, and Scandinavia contrast with viewpoints provided by scholars from the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK.

Author : William J. Bramble
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135892105
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economics of Distance and Online Learning written by William J. Bramble and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the organizational models of distance and online learning from an international perspective and from the point of view of economic planning, costing and management decision-making. The book points to directions for the further research and development in this area, and will promote further understanding and critical reflection on the part of administrators, practitioners and researchers of distance education. The experiences and perspectives in distance education in the US are balanced with those in other areas of the world.

Author : Peter Jarvis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135725071
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Learning written by Peter Jarvis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning is among the most basic of human activities. The study of learning, and research into learning is becoming a central part of educational studies. This is a comprehensive introduction to contemporary theories and modern practices of learning. Updated and expanded, this second edition should be of interest to teachers, facilitators, human resource developers and students of education. The contents cover: lifelong learning; the social background to learning; cognitivist theory; types of learning; learning using ICT; and philosophical reflections on learning.

Author : Olaf Zawacki-Richter
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
ISBN 13 : 1927356628
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Online Distance Education written by Olaf Zawacki-Richter and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda offers a systematic overview of the major issues, trends, and areas of priority in online distance education research. In each chapter, an international expert or team of experts provides an overview of one timely issue in online distance education, summarizing major research on the topic, discussing theoretical insights that guide the research, posing questions and directions for future research, and discussing the implications for distance education practice as a whole. Intended as a primary reference and guide for distance educators, researchers, and policymakers, Online Distance Education addresses aspects of distance education practice that have often been marginalized, including issues of cost and economics, concerns surrounding social justice, cultural bias, the need for faculty professional development, and the management and growth of learner communities. At once soundly empirical and thoughtfully reflective, yet also forward-looking and open to new approaches to online and distance teaching, this text is a solid resource for researchers in a rapidly expanding discipline.

Author : David Sewart
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000057542
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Distance Education written by David Sewart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-24 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distance education, for long the Cinderella of the educational spectrum, had emerged in the 1970s and early 1980s as a valued component of many national educational systems in both developed and developing countries. The foundation of the Open Universities, developments in communications technology and in audio-, video- and computer-based learning, a new sophistication in the design of print-based materials and better support systems for the student learning at a distance had all contributed to the availability and quality of distance education programmes. Originally published in 1988, this book chronicles this great change in distance education. It presents the best writings on the subject published during the previous ten years. The articles selected for this volume provided a new scholarly basis for the theory and practice of distance education. The editors have brought together contributions from many countries and present authoritative introductions to each of the nine sections. This book provided those in both developed and developing countries with a guideline to one of the most rapidly expanding areas of education at the time.