| Description |
1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Case Studies -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Conceptual Framework -- 2 The Theory of Transactional Distance: The Broader Context -- 3 Hardware Systems -- 4 Software Systems -- 5 Introduction to Adaptive Learning Systems -- 6 Telecommunications Systems -- 7 Instructional Systems -- 8 Instructional Design Models: A Transactional Distance Perspective -- 9 Curricular Systems |
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10 Management Systems11 Societal Systems -- 12 Global Systems -- 13 From Theory to Practice -- Appendix |
| Summary |
Transactional Distance and Adaptive Learning takes a fresh look at one of the pioneering educational theories that accommodates the impact of information and communications technologies in learning. The theory of transactional distance (TTD) provides a distinct analytical and planning foundation for educators to conduct an overarching inquiry into transitioning from mass instructional and management systems in higher education to dynamic and transformational futures that focus on each individual learner.??Based on the TTD, this pragmatic approach offers instructors, administrators, students, and other stakeholders a comprehensive planning method to assess the current state of their instructional, learning, and management practices and to develop alternative models to prescribe future improvements in their institution. This complex, self-organized, and adaptive method includes current and emergent properties of:???hardware, software, and telecommunications systems that allow faculty, students, and administrators to communicate;???instructional and curriculum systems that provide teaching and learning environments for faculty and students; and???management, societal, and global systems that influence how institutions are supported, funded, and managed? |
| Subject |
EDUCATION -- Higher.
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EDUCATION -- Computers & Technology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shearer, Rick L
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| ISBN |
9780203731819 |
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0203731816 |
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