Record Nr.

UNINA9910827917603321

Autore

Visser Lya

Titolo

Trends and Issues in Distance Education [[electronic resource] ] : International Perspectives

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Greenwich, : IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2014

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Collana

Perspectives in Instructional Technology and Distance Education

Disciplina

371.35

Soggetti

Distance education

Education

Social Sciences

Education, Special Topics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SECTION I PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL TRENDS AND ISSUES IN DISTANCE EDUCATION""; ""1. INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH""; ""2. WHY DONâ€?T WE SIMPLY CALL IT â€œENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN FOR THE PROVISION AND USE OF DISTRIBUTED LEARNING RESOURCES?â€?""; ""3. TRENDS AND ISSUES FACING DISTANCE EDUCATION""; ""4. OBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF DISTANCE HIGHER EDUCATION IN INTERNATIONAL SETTINGS""; ""5. DISTANCE LEARNING IN BRAZIL""; ""6. REFLECTIONS AND A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL TRENDS AND ISSUES IN DISTANCE EDUCATION""

""SECTION II APPLIED DISTANCE EDUCATION INITIATIVES IN DIVERSE SETTINGS""""7. VIRTUAL SCHOOLS""; ""8. INTERACTIVE RADIO INSTRUCTION AS A DISTANCE EDUCATION APPROACH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES""; ""9. E-LEARNING IN THE PORTUGUESE EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT""; ""10. THE DIFFICULT ROUTE TO DEVELOPING DISTANCE EDUCATION IN MOZAMBIQUE""; ""SECTION III DISTANCE EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITY AND OTHER FORMALIZED HIGHER EDUCATION SETTINGS""; ""11. WILL E-LEARNING PERMANENTLY ALTER THE FUNDAMENTAL EDUCATIONAL MODEL OF THE INSTITUTION WE CALL â€œTHE UNIVERSITYâ€??""; ""12. DISTANCE EDUCATION""

""13. THE GLOBALIZATION OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ENTERPRISE""""

14. DISTANCE EDUCATION SUPPORT SYSTEMS""; ""15. PERSONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN DISTANCE EDUCATION""; ""16. METACOGNITION IN DISTANCE LEARNING""; ""SECTION IV DISTANCE EDUCATION IN THE WORKPLACE AND IN NONFORMAL SETTINGS""; ""17. E-LEARNING AT THE WORKPLACE""; ""18. DISTANCE LEARNING IN AVIATION""; ""19. NEW TOOLS FOR LEARNING""; ""20. FORMALIZING VIRTUAL LEARNING SPACES FOR REFUGEE YOUTH""; ""21. LEARNING LANDSCAPES""; ""ABOUT THE SECTION AUTHORS""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHORS""; ""ABOUT THE REVIEWERS""