Accessible elements [[electronic resource] ] : teaching science online and at a distance / / Dietmar Kennepohl and Lawton Shaw

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910140786903321
• Autore: Kennepohl Dietmar Karl <1961->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Athabasca University Press, 2010; Edmonton, AB : , : AU Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• ISBN: 1-282-85194-2; 9786612851940; 1-897425-48-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Issues in Distance Education
• Disciplina: 507.11
• Soggetti: Science - Study and teaching (Higher); Science - Computer-assisted instruction; Distance education; Sciences - Étude et enseignement (Supérieur); Sciences - Enseignement assisté par ordinateur; Enseignement à distance
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Learning; CHAPTER ONE: Interactions Affording Distance Science Education; CHAPTER TWO: Learning Science at a Distance: Instructional Dialogues and Resources; CHAPTER THREE: Leadership Strategies for Coordinating Distance Education Instructional Development Teams; CHAPTER FOUR: Toward New Models of Flexible Education to Enhance Quality in Australian Higher Education; Laboratories; CHAPTER FIVE: Taking the Chemistry Experience Home - Home Experiments or "Kitchen Chemistry"; CHAPTER SIX: Acquisition of Laboratory Skills by On-Campus and Distance Education StudentsCHAPTER SEVEN: Low-Cost Physics Home Laboratory; CHAPTER EIGHT: Laboratories in the Earth Sciences; CHAPTER NINE: Remote Control Teaching Laboratories and Practicals; Logistics; CHAPTER TEN: Needs, Costs, and Accessibility of DE Science Lab Programs; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Challenges and Opportunities for ; Teaching Laboratory Sciences at a Distance in a Developing Country; CHAPTER TWELVE: Distance and Flexible Learning at University of the South Pacific; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Institutional Considerations: A Vision for Distance EducationAuthor Biographies; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X
• Sommario/riassunto: Accessible Elements informs science educators about current practices in online and distance education: distance-delivered methods for laboratory coursework, the requisite administrative and institutional aspects of online and distance teaching, and the relevant educational theory.Delivery of university-level courses through online and distance education is a method of providing equal access to students seeking post-secondary education. Distance delivery offers practical alternatives to traditional on-campus education for students limited by barriers such as classroom scheduling, physical loca