Outlooks and Opportunities in Blended and Distance Learning
Outlooks and Opportunities in Blended and Distance Learning

Author: Tynan, B.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-06-30

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 1466642068

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In a contemporary media-rich society, distance education is becoming increasingly indistinguishable from mainstream traditional methods. Contemporary students, too, have greater need than ever before for education that caters to their specific needs and hectic schedules. Outlooks and Opportunities in Blended and Distance Learning investigates the impact of the digital age on various methods of distance education, such as e-learning, virtual learning, online learning, and m-learning. Researchers, educators, and students currently engaged in or looking to implement distance education principles in their own practices will find a seminal reference collection exploring new methods of offering flexibility, accessibility, and freedom to students with a variety of educational backgrounds, situations, and needs.

Quarterly Review of Distance Education
Quarterly Review of Distance Education

Author: Michael Simonson

Publisher: IAP

Published: 2015-07-01

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 1681231999

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The Quarterly Review of Distance Education is a rigorously refereed journal publishing articles, research briefs, reviews, and editorials dealing with the theories, research, and practices of distance education. The Quarterly Review publishes articles that utilize various methodologies that permit generalizable results which help guide the practice of the field of distance education in the public and private sectors. The Quarterly Review publishes full-length manuscripts as well as research briefs, editorials, reviews of programs and scholarly works, and columns. The Quarterly Review defines distance education as institutionally-based formal education in which the learning group is separated and interactive technologies are used to unite the learning group.

Identification, Evaluation, and Perceptions of Distance Education Experts
Identification, Evaluation, and Perceptions of Distance Education Experts

Author: Eby, Gulsun

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2015-02-28

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 1466681209

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Instructional quality can make or break the learning experience, especially in digital environments where the expressional nuances of interpersonal communication are lost. The most effective distance education instructors and experts are those who recognize the educational needs of students and are able to address those needs through creative use of the technological tools available to them. Identification, Evaluation, and Perceptions of Distance Education Experts explores the current and future trends, needs, and priorities that affect the development of distance education in a postmodern world. This premier reference work will be of significance to those interested in online learning, teaching and training, communication, and education across multiple sectors such as universities, colleges, schools, profit/non-profit e-organizations, and e-commerce.

Student Retention in Online, Open and Distance Learning
Student Retention in Online, Open and Distance Learning

Author: Ormond Simpson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-12-16

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 1135724458

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Ormond Simpson provides a clear, accessible analysis of strategies for increasing retention and, crucially, provides case studies and examples to illustrate how these strategies can change institutional policy and practice.

Quarterly Review of Distance Education
Quarterly Review of Distance Education

Author: Michael Simonson

Publisher: IAP

Published: 2019-12-01

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 1648021530

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The Quarterly Review of Distance Education is a rigorously refereed journal publishing articles, research briefs, reviews, and editorials dealing with the theories, research, and practices of distance education. The Quarterly Review publishes articles that utilize various methodologies that permit generalizable results which help guide the practice of the field of distance education in the public and private sectors. The Quarterly Review publishes full-length manuscripts as well as research briefs, editorials, reviews of programs and scholarly works, and columns. The Quarterly Review defines distance education as institutionally based formal education in which the learning group is separated and interactive technologies are used to unite the learning group.