Accessible Elements
Teaching Online and at a Distance
Will be published approx. on 1. January 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-1-897425-47-3 (ISBN)
Description
Delivery of university-level courses through online and distanceeducation can overcome barriers such as geographical location, lectureand lab scheduling, or their job and family commitments, distancedelivery offers practical alternatives to traditional on-campuseducation. The aim of this collection is to inform science educatorsabout current practices in online and distance education:distance-delivered methods for laboratory coursework, the requisiteadministrative and institutional aspects of online and distanceteaching, as well as the relevant educational theory.
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Language
English
Place of publication
EDMONTON
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
b&w charts, tables, photos
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-897425-47-3 (9781897425473)
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E-Book
01/2010
1st Edition
De Gruyter
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Persons
Dietmar Kennepohl, FCIC, is Associate VicePresident Academic and Professor of Chemistry at Athabasca University.Lawton Shaw is Assistant Professor of Chemistry atAthabasca University
Content
Foreword
Introduction
Learning
Chapter One: Interactions Affording Distance Science Education /Terry Anderson
Chapter Two: Learning Science at a Distance: Instructional Dialoguesand Resources / Paul Gorsky and Avner Caspi
Chapter Three: Leadership Strategies for Coordinating DistanceEducation Instructional Development Teams / Gale Parchoma
Chapter Four: Toward New Models of Flexible Education to EnhanceQuality in Australian Higher Education / Stuart Palmer, Dale Holt,and Alan Farley
Laboratories
Chapter Five: Taking the Chemistry Experience Home - HomeExperiments or "Kitchen Chemistry" / Robert Lyall andAntonio (Tony) F. Patti
Chapter Six: Acquisition of Laboratory Skills by On-Campus andDistance Education Students / Jenny Mosse and Wendy Wright
Chapter Seven: Low-Cost Physics Home Laboratory / FarookAl-Shamali and Martin Connors
Chapter Eight: Laboratories in the Earth Sciences / EdwardCloutis
Chapter Nine: Remote Control Teaching Laboratories and Practicals /Dietmar Kennepohl
Logistics
Chapter Ten: Needs, Costs, and Accessibility of de Science LabPrograms / Lawton Shaw and Robert Carmichael
Chapter Eleven: Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching LaboratorySciences at a Distance in a Developing Country / Md. TofazzalIslam
Chapter Twelve: Distance and Flexible Learning at University of theSouth Pacific / Anjeela Jokhan and Bibhya N. Sharma
Chapter Thirteen: Institutional Considerations: A Vision forDistance Education / Erwin Boschmann
Author Biographies
Index
Introduction
Learning
Chapter One: Interactions Affording Distance Science Education /Terry Anderson
Chapter Two: Learning Science at a Distance: Instructional Dialoguesand Resources / Paul Gorsky and Avner Caspi
Chapter Three: Leadership Strategies for Coordinating DistanceEducation Instructional Development Teams / Gale Parchoma
Chapter Four: Toward New Models of Flexible Education to EnhanceQuality in Australian Higher Education / Stuart Palmer, Dale Holt,and Alan Farley
Laboratories
Chapter Five: Taking the Chemistry Experience Home - HomeExperiments or "Kitchen Chemistry" / Robert Lyall andAntonio (Tony) F. Patti
Chapter Six: Acquisition of Laboratory Skills by On-Campus andDistance Education Students / Jenny Mosse and Wendy Wright
Chapter Seven: Low-Cost Physics Home Laboratory / FarookAl-Shamali and Martin Connors
Chapter Eight: Laboratories in the Earth Sciences / EdwardCloutis
Chapter Nine: Remote Control Teaching Laboratories and Practicals /Dietmar Kennepohl
Logistics
Chapter Ten: Needs, Costs, and Accessibility of de Science LabPrograms / Lawton Shaw and Robert Carmichael
Chapter Eleven: Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching LaboratorySciences at a Distance in a Developing Country / Md. TofazzalIslam
Chapter Twelve: Distance and Flexible Learning at University of theSouth Pacific / Anjeela Jokhan and Bibhya N. Sharma
Chapter Thirteen: Institutional Considerations: A Vision forDistance Education / Erwin Boschmann
Author Biographies
Index