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1 online resource (xii, 315 pages) : illustrations |
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Perspectives in instructional technology and distance learning |
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Perspectives in instructional technology and distance learning.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Yusra Laila Visser, Lya Visser, and Michael Simonson -- A survey of progressive and conservative trends in education with implications for distance education practice / Brent G. Wilson -- Quality, accreditation, and recognition : issues in the delivery of transnational education / Andrea Hope -- The long and short of distance education : trends and issues from a planetary human development perspective / Jan Visser -- Distance education reappraised : emerging trends in traditional universities and corporate training institutions / Francois Marchessou -- What the world needs now : international research on distance education / Deborah LaPointe -- Defining trends and issues in distance education : an interview with Don Ely / Lya Visser and Kristen Gagnon -- A career in international distance education : an interview with Barbara Spronk / Michael Simonson and Margaret Crawford -- University-wide distance education implementation : an interview with Robert Morgan / Ray J. Amirault and Jeffery Sievert -- Personal perspectives on trends and issues in distance education : an interview with Otto Peters / Lya Visser and Meira van der Spa -- Open and distance learning for developing countries : is the cup half full or is it still half empty? / Tony Dodds -- The promise of M-learning for distance education in South Africa and other developing nations / Lya Visser and Paul West -- British distance education: a proud tradition / Steve Wheeler -- Distance education in Turkey : experiences and issues / Ugur Demiray -- Supporting distance learning in Brazil : applications of a multimedia digital library / Fredric Michael Litto -- Open and distance learning enhanced through ICTs : a toy for Africa's elite or an essential tool for sustainable development? / Bob Day -- The role of distance education in Turkish women's education / Emine Demiray and Sensu Curabay -- "Thank you for not forgetting us" : a reflection on the trials, tribulations, and take-off of distance education in Mozambique / Muriel Visser-Valfrey, Jan Visser, and Miguel Buendia -- Learning management systems (LMS) for Web-based distance education : an international review / Wei-yuan Zhang and Lixun Wang -- Trends in distance education technologies from an international vantage point / Michael Simonson -- Dynamism and evolution in student support and instruction in distance education : implications for international distance education / Yusra Laila Visser |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Distance education.
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EDUCATION -- Distance Education & Learning.
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Distance education
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Fernunterricht
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Fernstudium
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Fernunterricht.
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Internationaler Vergleich.
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Educação a distância.
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Aprendizagem.
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Tecnologia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Visser, Yusra Laila
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| LC no. |
2005020174 |
| ISBN |
9781607527633 |
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1607527634 |
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1281373788 |
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9781281373786 |
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9786611373788 |
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6611373780 |
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