International handbook of distance education / / edited by Terry Evans, Margaret Haughey, David Murphy

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, : Emerald, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (906 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.35
• Soggetto topico: Distance education; Education
• Altri autori: EvansTerry D (Terry Denis) HaugheyMargaret MurphyDavid <1951->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: International handbook of distance education
• ISBN: 1-282-73576-4; 9786612735769; 0-85724-515-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814177503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II