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Title Online distance education : towards a research agenda / edited by Olaf Zawacki-Richter and Terry Anderson.

Publication Info. Edmonton, AB : AU Press, Athabasca University, [2014]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Issues in distance education series, 1919-4382
Issues in distance education series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents List of Figures and Tables -- Foreword / Otto Peters -- Introduction: Research Areas in Online Distance Education / Olaf Zawacki-Richter and Terry Anderson -- Part I. Macro-level Research: Distance Education Systems and Theories -- 1. Internationalization and Concepts of Social Justice: What Is to Be Done? / Alan Tait and Jennifer O'Rourke -- 2. Globalization, Culture, and Online Distance Learning / Charlotte N. Gunawardena -- 3. Distance Education Systems and Institutions in the Online Era: An Identity Crisis / Sarah Guri-Rosenblit -- 4. Online Distance Education Models and Research Implications / Terry D. Evans and Margaret Haughey -- 5. Methods of Study in Distance Education: A Critical Review of Selected Recent Literature / Farhad Saba -- Part II. Meso-level research: Management, Organization, and Technology -- 6. Organization and Management of Online and Distance Learning / Ross Paul -- 7. Costs and Economics of Online Distance Education / Greville Rumble -- 8. Use of Technology in Distance Education / Gráinne Conole -- 9. Innovation and Change: Changing How we Change / Jon Dron -- 10. Professional Development and Faculty Support / Margaret Hicks -- 11. Learner Support in Online Distance Education: Essential and Evolving / Jane E. Brindley -- 12. Quality Assurance in Online Distance Education / Colin Latchem -- Part III. Micro-level Research: Learning and Teaching in Distance Education -- 13. Major Movements in Instructional Design / Katy Campbell and Richard. A. Schwier -- 14. Interaction and Communication in Online Learning Communities: Toward an Engaged and Flexible Future / Dianne Conrad -- 15. Quantitative Analysis of Interaction Patterns in Online Distance Education / Allan Jeong -- 16. From the Back Door into the Mainstream: The Characteristics of Lifelong Learners / Joachim Stöter, Mark Bullen, Olaf Zawacki-Richter, and Christine von Prümmer -- 17. Student Dropout: The Elephant in the Room / Alan Woodley and Ormond Simpson -- Conclusion: Towards a Research Agenda / Terry Anderson and Olaf Zawacki-Richter -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary 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.-- Publisher description.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Distance education -- Computer-assisted instruction -- Research.
Distance education -- Computer-assisted instruction.
Research.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic book.
Added Author Anderson, Terry, 1950- editor.
Zawacki-Richter, Olaf, 1972- editor.
Other Form: Online distance education.: Edmonton : AU Press, 2014. Issues in distance education series Issues in distance education series (CaOONL)20139054138
ISBN 9781927356630 9781927356623 (pdf)
1927356636
9781927356647 (epub)
1927356644
1927356628
Music No. 448553 CaOOCEL