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Theoretical Principles of Distance Education
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 210.00According to UNESCO statistics, 10 million of the world's 600 million students study at a distance. Theoretical Principles of Distance Education seeks to lay solid foundations for the education of these students and for the structures within which they study. As a more industrialised form of education provision, distance education is well adapted... more...
Mega-universities and Knowledge Media
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 76.95A discussion of how the knowledge media can contribute to the renewal of universities, particularly through the development of distance education. It looks at universities which have risen to the challenges of cost and accessibility using technology. more...
Handbook of Distance Education
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 114.95The third edition of this award-winning Handbook continues the mission of its predecessors: to provide a comprehensive compendium of research in all aspects of distance education, arguably the most significant development in education over the past three decades. While the book deals with education that uses technology, the focus is on teaching... more...
Distance Learning Technologies in Education
ABD Publishers 2008; US$ 40.00Distance learning can defined as learning where the instructor and the students are in physically separate locations. The various technologies used in distance learning can be roughly divided into four categories: print, audio, computer and video. The explosion of the internet, coupled with advances in educational software, has fuelled distance learning... more...
Transforming Virtual World Learning
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011; US$ 79.99This book is a practical guide on how to transform your ideas into virtual world courseware. The book argues that setting up training in learning in 3D virtual worlds requires a transformative approach. . The advice given in this book comes from real world implementers of virtual worlds. It is meant to transform your thinking about creating and using... more...
Learning Technology and Institutional Strategy
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011; US$ 199.00This e-book grew from a series of workshops sponsored by the JISC on institutional strategy which took place during 2010 and which involved around 20 UK Higher Education Institutions. During these workshops, which involved a range of stakeholders from each institution, we found considerable similarities and common patterns of practice amongst the strategic... more...
The Next Generation of Distance Education
Springer 2012; US$ 139.99The world of education is being radically altered with the change being driven by technology, openness, and unprecedented access to knowledge. Older correspondence-style methods of instructional delivery are passe and "classroom adapted to the web" approaches to learning are often ineffective and do little to harness the transformational... more...
Bildungsberatung im Fernlernen
W. Bertelsmann Verlag 2012; US$ 30.09Hauptbeschreibung Fernlernen wird immer beliebter. Fernstudierende erwerben vor allem abschlussbezogene Qualifikationen. Umso wichtiger ist eine gute Beratung, die die Lebenssituation und die persönlichen Bildungs- und Entwicklungsziele der Fernlerninteressierten berücksichtigt und gleichzeitig seriös und fachlich fundiert ist. Der Sammelband stellt... more...
Intelligent and Adaptive Educational-Learning Systems
Springer 2012; US$ 179.99V-Learning
Springer 2010; US$ 109.99Equally grounded in the research and the practical applications developed by the authors over a number of years, this book shows how virtual learning environments could represent the future of higher education. As academics begin to use environments such as Second Life to reach a broader student audience, this volume offers the distance-learning community... more...









