{"product_id":"distance-education-9780789020314","title":"Distance Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLearn to assess and assure the quality of university-level distance education classes! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now that many colleges and universities have embarked on significant distance education curricula, an overview of the state of the art is necessary. This valuable collection looks at distance education through a varied set of critical lenses to examine how distance education classrooms can affect students'' attitudes and behaviors, the use of—and attitudes toward—group projects in online courses, the effects that the use of technology has on the relationship between student and teacher, and a great deal more! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Distance Education: Issues and Concerns: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e provides concrete recommendations for enhancing the distance education experience \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e shows the relationship between learning styles, enrollment, and retention in Internet-based courses, and makes recommendations to help ensure student success \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e highlights the importance of conducting small-scale usabil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Light and the Dark Sides of Distance Education \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e RESEARCH ARTICLES \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Adapting to Distance Education: How an Ethnographic Look at Student Experiences Can Inform Instruction Design \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e An Investigation of Methods of Instruction and Student Learning Styles in Internet-Based Community College Courses \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Usability of Alternative Web Course Structures \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mobile Wireless Technologies for Field-Based Teacher Interns and Their Partnership Teachers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Use of Collaborative Groups in Traditional and Online Courses \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Multimedia, It’s How You Use It: Reflections on a Selected Computerized Teaching Technology \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e GENERAL ARTICLES \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Striving for Quality Control in Distance Education \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Quality Control for Online Graduate Course Delivery: A Case Study \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cost-Income Equilibrium for Electronically Delivered Instruction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Distance Education as a Discursive Practice: Voice, Discourse, and Pedagogy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Quality Control in Online Courses: Using a Social Constructivist Framework \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Distance Realities: Rural Wisdom \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Remote Labs: The Next High-Tech Step Beyond Simulation for Distance Education \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hybrid Online Coursework to Enhance Technology Competencies of School Principals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Contributing Student: A Pedagogy for Flexible Learning \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Reference Notes Included \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405063299415,"sku":"9780789020314","price":42.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780789020314.jpg?v=1730488557","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/distance-education-9780789020314","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}