
Teaching and Learning at a Distance
Foundations of Distance Education
Pearson (Publisher)
5th Edition
Published on 12. May 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-13-248731-3 (ISBN)
Description
Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Foundations of Distance Education, 5th Edition, was awarded the 2011 Association for Educational Communications and Technology: Division of Distance Learning Distance Education Book Award!
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 21st century. Primarily written for 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 this new knowledge in a distance learning program, so important to today's educational culture.
Five over-arching themes support the text: 1) defining distance education, 2) the importance of research development, 3) distance learning is a viable and increasingly important alternative for teaching and learning, 4) equivalency theory, and 5) the book should be comprehensive-which means it should cover as much as is possible of the various ways instruction is made available to distant learners.
Significantly revised and updated, the fifth edition now includes these noteworthy new features and more: chapter goals and objectives, chapter discussion questions, a look at best practice issues, new strategies and techniques, over thirty-percent new resources and references, and a stronger emphasis on how to design, deliver, and evaluate online instruction.
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 21st century. Primarily written for 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 this new knowledge in a distance learning program, so important to today's educational culture.
Five over-arching themes support the text: 1) defining distance education, 2) the importance of research development, 3) distance learning is a viable and increasingly important alternative for teaching and learning, 4) equivalency theory, and 5) the book should be comprehensive-which means it should cover as much as is possible of the various ways instruction is made available to distant learners.
Significantly revised and updated, the fifth edition now includes these noteworthy new features and more: chapter goals and objectives, chapter discussion questions, a look at best practice issues, new strategies and techniques, over thirty-percent new resources and references, and a stronger emphasis on how to design, deliver, and evaluate online instruction.
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
560 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-248731-3 (9780132487313)
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Michael Simonson | Sharon E. Smaldino | Michael Albright
Teaching and Learning at a Distance
Foundations of Distance Education
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Persons
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).
Content
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
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
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
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