Global challenges and perspectives in blended and distance learning

Maximising technology usage in research synthesis of higher education professional development research / Cherry Stewart, Stefan Horarik, Keith Wolodko -- Equity in distance education / J. Willems -- Beyond the boundaries: the future for borderless higher education / Don Olcott -- Transnational distance education: cultural and quality considerations / Colin Latchem, Yoni Ryan -- Distance education quality assurance in Ghana / Godwin Utuka -- Open universities Australia: the evolution of open access and online education opportunities / Michael Crock, Janet Baker, Skye Turner-Walker -- Managing project-based workplace learning at a distance: university-health service partnership in a master's program / Jo Osborne -- Southern skies distance education academic exchange project: building a community of practice / Carina Bossu -- Cooperation between a distance teaching university and an on-campus university: the creation of a dual-mode university / Louise Bertrand -- eCampusAlberta: a story of strategic partnership and collaboration success in distance education / Tricia Donovan, Janet Paterson-Weir -- Distance learning: the "risk mitigation" case for independent governmental performance measures in New Zealand / Luke Strongman, Polly Kobeleva -- Pre-service teacher education for the management of actual and virtual classes / Ken Stevens -- Supporting teachers in optimizing technologies for open learning / Diana Laurillard -- Community of practice or networked learning: a matter of design / Wendy Fasso -- Shifting mindsets within: self-study of professional learning / Brenda Wolodko ... [et al.] -- The casual academic in university distance education: from isolation to integration - a prescription for change / Katrina Higgins, R. E.(Bobby) Harreveld -- An associate dean's community of practice: rising to the leadership challenges of engaging distance students using blended models of learning and teaching / Jill Lawrence ... [et al.] -- The problem of analysis of the temporal dimension in e-learning research / Begoña Gros -- Applying STREAMS to the management of organizational change in distance education / Eugene Willems, Julie Willems -- A whole of university approach to embedding graduate attributes: a reflection / Julie Fleming, Robyn Donovan, Colin Beer, Damien Clark -- Epilogue: directions for future research / B. Tynan, J. Willems