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Trends and issues in distance education : international perspectives /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Visser, Lya
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., ©2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Perspectives in instructional technology and distance learning.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Contents"; "Foreword"; "Introduction"; "Section I perspectives on global trends and issues in distance education"; "1. International research"; "2. Why don't we simply call it 'environmental design for the provision and use of distributed learning resources'?"; "3. Trends and issues facing distance education"; "4. Obstacles and opportunities of distance higher education in international settings"; "5. Distance learning in Brazil"; "6. Reflections and a critical review of the perspectives on global trends and issues in distance education."
  • "Section II Applied distance education initiatives in diverse settings"; "7. Virtual schools"; "8. Interactive radio instruction as a distance education approach in developing countries"; "9. E-learning in the Portuguese educational context"; "10. The difficult route to developing distance education in Mozambique"; "Section III Distance education in university and other formalized higher education settings"; "11. Will e-learning permanently alter the fundamental educational model of the institution we call 'the university'?"; "12. Distance education."
  • "13. The globalization of the higher education enterprise"; "14. Distance education support systems"; "15. Personal learning environments in distance education"; "16. Metacognition in distance learning"; "Section IV Distance education in the workplace and in nonformal settings"; "17. E-learning at the workplace"; "18. Distance learning in aviation"; "19. New tools for learning"; "20. Formalizing virtual learning spaces for refugee youth"; "21. Learning landscapes"; "About the section authors"; "About the authors"; "About the reviewers."