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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459887203321

Titolo

International handbook of distance education

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, : Emerald, 2008

ISBN

1-282-73576-4

9786612735769

0-85724-515-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (906 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EvansTerry D. ǂq (Terry Denis)

HaugheyMargaret

MurphyDavid

Soggetti

Distance education

Education

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

Front Cover; International Handbook of Distance Education; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction: From Correspondence to Virtual Learning Environments; Section I Diversity in Distance Education; Section II The Transformation of Teaching and Learning at a Distance; Section III Leadership in Distance Education; Section IV Accountability and Evaluation in Distance Education; Section V Policy; Section VI The Business of Distance Education; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Distance education is arguably one of the major developments in education during the 20th Century. From schooling through to university education, distance education blossomed to facilitate frontier expansion in the New World, capacity-building in developing nations, access and equity provision in post-War societies and flexible professional development and workplace training for late-modernity. ""The International Handbook of Distance Education"" explores the array of distance education theories and practices as they have been shaped by the late-20th Century and then positions these in terms