Distance Training
Subtitle: Taking Stock at a Time of Change (Routledge/Falmer Studies in Distance Education)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer; Routledge/Falmer
Published: October 20, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780415230650
Subjects: Management & management techniques; Open learning & distance education; Education / Teaching; Education; Distance Education & Learning; Education / General; Adult & Continuing Education; Distance Education; World Wide Web
First sentence: Distance training has come of age.
Description: "Despite the massive potential of distance learning on the World Wide Web, the field of distance training is little known or understood. Distance Training: Taking stock at a time of change provides a means to that understanding. It: presents research into four models of distance education, into which it claimed nearly all provision worldwide falls; provides a global overview of distance education and training; examines case studies of distance education establishments providing insight into their structure and advantages; challenges the premise that distance training lacks academic excellence and status; appraises the role of distance education as a tool for employers to provide more effective and efficient training for employees."

"Born in the nineteenth century, distance training came of age in the twentieth century. Desmond Keegan presents an overview of distance training from inception and looks forward to the innovations of the future."--Jacket.