Distance training : taking stock at a time of change / / Desmond Keegan

• Autore: Keegan Desmond
• Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge, 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.35
• Soggetto topico: Distance education; Computer-assisted instruction; World Wide Web; Employees - Training of; Employees - Training of - Computer network resources; Instructional systems - Design
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Global overview at a time of change; From the Industrial Revolution to the Electronics Revolution; Characteristics of distance training; Virtual and distance training; The distance training models and their future; Case studies; Can academic excellence be achieved at a distance?; The distance training industry market; The coming of the Internet; Distance training on the World Wide Web; Methodology; National profiles; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite the massive potential of distance learning on the internet, the field of distance training is little known or understood. This guide addresses this knowledge gap and:*presents research into four models of distance education, into which it is claimed nearly all provision world-wide falls*provides a global overview of distance education and training *examines case studies of distance education establishments providing insight into their structure and advantages *challenges the premise that distance training lacks academic excellence and status *appraises the role
• Titolo autorizzato: Distance training
• ISBN: 0-7879-4313-4; 1-134-58096-7; 0-203-28053-9; 1-134-58097-5; 1-280-10618-2; 0-203-16578-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825483403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in distance education.