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Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Foundations of Distance Education 2/e
Michael Simonson
Sharon E. Smaldino
Michael Albright
Susan Zvacek
Published July 2002 by Prentice Hall
Copyright 2003, 302 pp., Paper
ISBN: 0-13-094629-X
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$49.33
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Summary

The second edition of this leading book offers everything readers need to know in order to make the experience of the distance learner as complete and satisfying as that of the local learner. Here is concise, to-the-point coverage of the foundations of the field and how it came to be dominated by the World Wide Web and the Internet. KEY TOPICS: And here is expansive, practical, hands-on instruction in exactly how to do distance teaching through computer technology, videotape, or simple audio techniques. Increased coverage of online learning provides specifics on designing, delivering, and evaluating online learning in every chapter. Moreover, the authors cover such hard-to-address topics as copyright protection and plagiarism; and offer treatment of multiple instructional models suitable for distance education. MARKET: For distance teachers and learners.

Features

  • NEW - Significantly increased coverage of online learning—Provides specifics on designing, delivering, and evaluating online learning in every chapter.

    • Introduces students to the unique advantages and drawbacks of learning on the Internet and the World Wide Web.

  • NEW - Updated references and resources in every chapter—Incorporate the results of recent studies on distance education versus local education.

    • Ensures students the benefit of the most current thinking in this constantly changing field.

  • NEW - Dozens of new visuals—Charts, tables, graphs, illustrations, and photographs in every chapter.

    • Clarify key chapter concepts and explains procedures in a way that narrative alone cannot.

  • Organized by two types of chapters—Foundation chapters and application chapters.

    • Makes it possible to teach all foundations or all applications—helps ease the transition in a course that covers both.

  • Summary, Self-Test Questions, Answers to Self-Test Questions, References, and Additional Reading sections in every chapter.

    • Facilitates student self-study and self-assessment, and points the way to additional information.

  • NEW - An Enhanced Companion Website at www.prenhall.com/simonson that includes video clip introductions (full video segments are available from AECT), audio clips from the authors to introduce each chapter, PowerPoint slides for instructor use, interactive study guide for students that offers word pictures, visual analogies and visualizations, and web links to various documents.

    • Provides additional support for both students and instructors.

  • NEW - Video Series consisting of 17 video clips—Including 6 new video segments, these clips explore various dimensions of distance education from history to research to application. Video Clips range from 11-13 minutes long and are available from AECT in Bloomington, IN. (1800 N. Stonelake Dr., Suite #2; Bloomington, IN, 47404; (812) 335-7675; AECT @AECT.org

    • Provides opportunity for further exploration and deeper understanding.
Table of Contents

PART I: FOUNDATIONS.

 1. Foundations of Distance Education.

 2. Definitions, History, and Theories of Distance Education.

 3. Research and Distance Education.

 4. Distance Education Technologies.

PART II: APPLICATIONS.

 5. Copyright and Distance Education.

 6. Instructional Design for Distance Education.

 7. The Distance Education Student.

 8. Teaching at a Distance.

 9. Handouts, Study Guides, and Visuals.

10. Distance Education, the World Wide Web, and the Internet.

11. Assessment for Distance Education.

12. Evaluating Teaching and Learning at a Distance.

Index.



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