Trends and issues in distance education
Subtitle: international perspectives
By: edited by Yusra Laila Visser, Lya Visser, Michael Simonson.
Contributors: Visser, Yusra Laila.; Visser, Lya.; Simonson, Michael R.
Series: Perspectives in instructional technology and distance learning
Publisher: Information Age Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Greenwich, Conn
Language: eng
Subjects: Distance education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Yusra Laila Visser, Lya Visser, and Michael Simonson; title: A survey of progressive and conservative trends in education with implications for distance education practice / Brent G. Wilson; title: Quality, accreditation, and recognition : issues in the delivery of transnational education / Andrea Hope; title: The long and short of distance education : trends and issues from a planetary human development perspective / Jan Visser; title: Distance education reappraised : emerging trends in traditional universities and corporate training institutions / Francois Marchessou; title: What the world needs now : international research on distance education / Deborah LaPointe; title: Defining trends and issues in distance education : an interview with Don Ely / Lya Visser and Kristen Gagnon; title: A career in international distance education : an interview with Barbara Spronk / Michael Simonson and Margaret Crawford; title: University-wide distance education implementation : an interview with Robert Morgan / Ray J. Amirault and Jeffery Sievert; title: Personal perspectives on trends and issues in distance education : an interview with Otto Peters / Lya Visser and Meira van der Spa; title: Open and distance learning for developing countries : is the cup half full or is it still half empty? / Tony Dodds; title: The promise of M-learning for distance education in South Africa and other developing nations / Lya Visser and Paul West; title: British distance education: a proud tradition / Steve Wheeler; title: Distance education in Turkey : experiences and issues / Ugur Demiray; title: Supporting distance learning in Brazil : applications of a multimedia digital library / Fredric Michael Litto; title: Open and distance learning enhanced through ICTs : a toy for Africa's elite or an essential tool for sustainable development? / Bob Day; title: The role of distance education in Turkish women's education / Emine Demiray and Sensu Curabay; title: "Thank you for not forgetting us" : a reflection on the trials, tribulations, and take-off of distance education in Mozambique / Muriel Visser-Valfrey, Jan Visser, and Miguel Buendia; title: Learning management systems (LMS) for Web-based distance education : an international review / Wei-yuan Zhang and Lixun Wang; title: Trends in distance education technologies from an international vantage point / Michael Simonson; title: Dynamism and evolution in student support and instruction in distance education : implications for international distance education / Yusra Laila Visser.