"This book looks at solutions that provide the best fits of distance learning technologies for the teacher and learner presented by sharing teacher experiences in information technology education"--Provided by publisher.

This book is a compendium of materials by noted researchers and practitioners that addresses national and international issues and implications of Web-based instruction and learning, offering suggestions and guidelines for analyzing and evaluating Web sites from cognitive and instructional...

This book examines the effect of technological rationalism on communication and learning outcomes in a global, multi-cultural world. Drawing on the experiences and research expertise of key researchers and educators from multiple disciplines, this book presents real-world examples of virtual...

Section 1. Introducing New Perspectives on Online Learning -- 1. The Online Adult Learner: Profiles and Practices -- 2. Online Pedagogical Effectiveness in Adult Contexts -- 3. A Theoretical Model for Designing Online Education in Support of Lifelong Learning -- 4. A Brief History of eLearning...

"This book provides theoretical understanding of the essential link between open and lifelong learning and online distance education. It also offers a critical discussion of distance, open and lifelong learning, with a focus on new and emerging challenges of online distance education in global...

"This collection of advanced research incorporates global challenges and opportunities of technology integration while outlining strategies for distance learning within developing countries"--Provided by publisher.

1. Creating an online program / Sandy Kyrish -- 2. Faculty participation in distance education programs : practices and plans / Catherine Schifter -- 3. Can a viable DE program stay behind the technology "wave"? / John Sorrentino -- 4. Universal design for online education : access for all /...

"This book problematizes the construct of distance second language learning, in order to see what it covers, if its parameters are well-defined, what theories can guide the actions of the participants, and whether a model of action can be suggested with a method to validate the model"--Provided...

"This book presents a tool to assist in the planning, conducting and evaluation of online learning, providing a way of understanding the course development and design process, drawing upon the research and theory foundations of distance education"--Provided by publisher.

1. Collaborative learning in dynamic group environments / Kamen Kanev, and Shigeo Kimura -- 2. A systematic framework of virtual laboratories using mobile agent and design pattern technologies / Yi-Hsung Li, Chyi-Ren Dow, Cheng-Min Lin, Sheng-Chang Chen and Fu-Wei Hsu -- 3. A computer-assisted...