Teaching and Learning at a Distance : Foundations of Distance Education
ISBN: 9780132487313 | 0132487314
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 2/9/2011
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Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Foundations of Distance Education, Fifth Edition,provides its readers with the most comprehensive coverage on the market today of information about distance education in the 21stcentury. Primarily writtenfor pre-service teachers, corporate trainers, and staff development programs that discuss teaching distant learners or managing distance education systems. Readers will be better equipped with the knowledge and ability to select appropriate strategies for teaching the distant learner and how to implement thi... MORE
Part 1: Foundations
Chapter 1: Foundations of Distance Education
Chapter 2: Definitions, History, and Theories of Distance Education
Chapter 3: Research and Distance Education
Chapter 4: Technologies, the Internet and Distance Education
Part II: Teaching and Learning at a Distance ... MORE
Chapter 5: Instructional Design for Distance Education
Chapter 6: Teaching and Distance Education
Chapter 7: The Student and Distance Education
Chapter 8: Support Materials and Visualization for Distance Education
Chapter 9: Assessment for Distance Education
Part III: Managing and Evaluating Distance Education
Chapter 10: Copyright and Distance Education
Chapter 11: Managing and Leading a Distance Education Organization
Chapter 12: Evaluating Teaching and Learning at a Distance
Index
Michael Simonson is a program professor at Nova Southeastern University in the Instructional Technology and Distance Education program. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in Instructional Systems. He works with schools, organizations, and corporations to assist them to integrate instructional technology and distance education into teaching and training, and on the development of virtual schools. Simonson has authored four major textbooks dealing with distance education, instructional technology, instructional computing, and instructional media. Mike has over 150 scholarly publications, and in excess of 200 professional presentations dealing with distance education and instructional technology. Simonson has considerable experience working with domestic and international businesses and industries, especially on projects related to instructional technology, virtual schools, and distance education. Technology planning, distance education/virtual school policy development and effective design of online instruction are current projects. He is editor of the Quarterly Review of Distance Education, Distance Learning Journal, and Proceedings of Selected Research and Development Papers presented at the Annual Conventions of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. He has won the award for most outstanding research in the field of distance education presented by the United States Distance Learning Association. Most recently he has been an external evaluator South Dakota’s Connecting the Schools and Digital Dakota Network projects, and is a consultant for the U.S. Army Research Institute. Simonson was honorably discharged as a Captain from the United States Marine Corps (R).
