ABSTRACT

The third edition of this award-winning Handbook continues the mission of its predecessors: to provide a comprehensive compendium of research in all aspects of distance education, arguably the most significant development in education over the past three decades. While the book deals with education that uses technology, the focus is on teaching and learning and how its management can be facilitated through technology. Key features include:

  • Comprehensive coverage that includes all aspects of distance education, including design, instruction, management, policy, and a section on different audiences.
  • Chapter authors frame their topic in terms of empirical research (past and present) and discuss the nature of current practice in terms of that research. Future research needs are discussed in relation to both confirmed practice and recent changes in the field.
  • Section one provides a unique review of the theories that support distance education pedagogy.
  • Section six includes a unique review of distance education as a component of global culture.

This book will be of interest to anyone engaged in distance education at any level. It is also appropriate for corporate and government trainers and for administrators and policy makers in all these environments.

Recipient of the 2013 IAP Distance Education Book Award

part |2 pages

Part 1 Historical and Conceptual Foundations: An Overview

chapter 1|18 pages

A History of Scholarship

ByLINDA M. BLACK

chapter 3|11 pages

Charles A. Wedemeyer: Visionary Pioneer of Distance Education

ByEducation WILLIAM C. DIEHL

chapter 4|17 pages

Building the Future: A Th eoretical Perspective

ByFARHAD SABA

chapter 5|20 pages

Th e Th eory of Transactional Distance

ByMICHAEL GRAHAME MOORE

chapter 6|18 pages

Independent Learning: Autonomy, Control, and Meta-Cognition

ByWILLIAM ANDERSON

chapter 7|17 pages

Th e Community of Inquiry Th eoretical Framework

ByD. RANDY GARRISON AND ZEHRA AKYOL

part |4 pages

Part 2 Learning, Learners, and Learner Support: An Overview

chapter 8|18 pages

Cognitive Perspectives on Online Learning Environments

ByRICHARD E. WEST, MICHAEL J. HANNAFIN, JANETTE R. HILL, LIYAN SONG

chapter 9|12 pages

Satisfaction with Distance Education

ByMIKE ALLEN, KIKUKO OMORI, NANCY BURRELL, EDWARD MABRY

chapter 10|15 pages

Student Persistence—and Teaching Strategies to Support it

ByTINA M. STAVREDES, TIFFANY M. HERDER

chapter 11|15 pages

Student Achievement in Elementary and High School

ByCATHY CAVANAUGH

chapter 12|16 pages

Culture and Online Distance Learning

ByCHARLOTTE N. GUNAWARDENA

chapter 13|15 pages

Academic Advising in Degree Programs

ByROBERT F. CURRY

chapter 14|15 pages

Enabling Learning for Disabled Students

BySUSAN CRICHTON, SHELLEY KINASH

chapter 15|16 pages

Th e Role of Academic Libraries

ByKAY JOHNSON, ELAINE FABBRO

part |4 pages

Part 3 Design and Teaching: An Overview

chapter 16|17 pages

Th eory to Practice in Instructional Design

ByRICK L. SHEARER

chapter 17|14 pages

Instructional Design Models for Optimal Learning

BySOM NAIDU

chapter 18|17 pages

Activity Design and Instruction in Online Learning

ByVANESSA P. DENNEN

chapter 19|17 pages

Technology Integration: From Implementation to Dynamic Scaff olding

ByMINCHI C. KIM, KADIR KOZAN, WOORI KIM, ADRIE A. KOEHLER

chapter 20|17 pages

Realizing the Promise of Learning Objects

BySUSAN MOISEY, MOHAMED ALLY

chapter 21|18 pages

Emerging Practice and Research in Blended Learning

ByCHARLES R. GRAHAM

chapter 22|21 pages

Modes of Interaction

ByNORM FRIESEN, ALEX KUSKIS

chapter 23|18 pages

Teaching and Learning in Negotiated and Informal Online Learning Environments

ByJANETTE R. HILL, DENISE P. DOMIZI, MINCHI C. KIM, HYEONJIN KIM

chapter 24|13 pages

Faculty Participation in Online Distance Education

ByKAY SHATTUCK

chapter 25|16 pages

Students and Teachers as Ethical Actors

ByMELODY M. THOMPSON, JONATHAN W. WRIGGLESWORTH

part |6 pages

Part 4 Policies, Administration, and Management: An Overview

chapter 26|12 pages

Management of Online Programs

ByGREG KEARSLEY

chapter 27|15 pages

Institutional Policy Issues

ByMICHAEL SIMONSON, CHARLES SCHLOSSER

chapter 28|15 pages

Strategic Planning and Needs Assessment in Distance Education

ByRYAN WATKINS, ROGER KAUFMAN, BUSAYO ODUNLAMI

chapter 29|14 pages

Institutional Leadership

ByMICHAEL F. BEAUDOIN

chapter 30|12 pages

Accreditation: Assuring Quality and Fostering Improvement

ByPATRICIA M. O’BRIEN

chapter 31|14 pages

Evaluating Distance Education in an Era of Internationalization

ByMODUPE E. IRELE

chapter 32|14 pages

Th e Changing Costs of Delivery of Distance Education Programs

ByALISTAIR INGLIS

chapter 33|12 pages

Cost-Eff ectiveness of Online Education

ByINSUNG JUNG, SUNG LEE

chapter 34|18 pages

Legal and Recent Copyright Issues

ByTOMAS A. LIPINSKI

part |4 pages

Part 5 Audiences and Providers: An Overview

chapter 36|20 pages

Th e Landscape of K–12 Online Learning

ByMICHAEL K. BARBOUR

chapter 37|15 pages

Online Learning in Community Colleges

BySHANNA SMITH JAGGARS

chapter 38|16 pages

Distance Training and Education in the Corporate Sector

ByZANE L. BERGE

chapter 39|16 pages

Continuing Professional Education

ByGARY W. KUHNE

chapter 40|13 pages

Distance Education in the Armed Forces

ByPEGGY L. KENYON, GARY TWOGOOD, LINDA A. SUMMERLIN

chapter 41|16 pages

Doctorates for Professionals through Distance Education

ByTERRY EVANS, ROSEMARY GREEN

chapter 42|14 pages

Teaching Science at a Distance

ByDIETMAR K. KENNEPOHL

chapter 43|11 pages

Emerging Organizational Models in Higher Education

ByDONALD E. HANNA

chapter 44|19 pages

Learning in a World of Blurred Boundaries

ByJAN VISSER