Theory and Practice of Online Learning (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Anderson, Terry

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this important collection of essays by practitioners and scholars that has been downloaded nearly half a million times is an overview of some of the most pressing issues in online education. By addressing transformations arising from educational technology advances and the new business conditions and modes of delivery of education, the contributors to The Theory and Practice of Online Learning provide insights into this complex, diverse, and rapidly evolving field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Athabasca University Press
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781897425077
• Artikelnr.: 37983924

Autorenporträt

Terry Anderson is a professor and Canada ResearchChair in Distance Education at Athabasca University. He has publishedextensively in the area of distance education and educationaltechnology.

Inhaltsangabe

FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION
INTRODUCTION / Terry Anderson
 
PART I: Role and Function of Theory in Online EducationDevelopment and
Delivery
1. Foundations of Educational Theory for Online Learning /Mohamed Ally
2. Towards a Theory of Online Learning / Terry Anderson
3. Situating Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) in anOnline
Learning Environment / Dianne Conrad
4. Understanding e-Learning Technologies-in-Practice
throughPhilosophies-in-Practice / Heather Kanuka
 
PART II: Infrastructure and Support for ContentDevelopment
5. Developing an Infrastructure for Online Learning / AlanDavis, Paul
Little & Brian Stewart
6. Technologies of Online Learning (E-learning) / Rory McGreal& Michael
Elliott
7. Characteristics of Interactive Online Learning Media /Patrick. J. Fahy
8. "In-Your-Pocket" and "On-the-Fly:"Meeting the Needs of Today's New
Generation of Online Learnerswith Mobile Learning Technology / Maureen
Hutchison, Tony Tin &Yang Cao
9. Social Software to Support Distance Education Learners /Terry Anderson
 
PART III: Design and Development of OnlineCourses
10. The Development of Online Courses / Dean Caplan & RodgerGraham
11. Value Added - The Editor in Design and Development ofOnline Courses /
Jan Thiessen & Vincent Ambrock
12. Making Relevant Financial Decisions about Technology inEducation /
David Annand
13. The Quality Dilemma in Online Education Revisited / Nancy K.Parker
 
PART IV: Delivery, Quality Control, and Student Support ofOnline Courses
14. Teaching in an Online Learning Context / TerryAnderson
15. Call Centres in Distance Education / Alex Z. Kondra, ColleenHuber,
Kerri Michalczuk & Andrew Woudstra
16. Library Support for e-Learners: e-Resources, e-Services, and theHuman
Factors / Kay Johnson, Houda Trabelsi & ElaineFabbro
17. Supporting the Online Learner / Susan D. Moisey & JudithA. Hughes
18. Developing Team Skills and Accomplishing Team Projects Online /Deborah
Hurst & Janice Thomas