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Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Foundations of Distance Education, 1/e

Michael Simonson, Nova Southeastern University
Sharon Smaldino, University of Northern Iowa
Michael Albright, Iowa State University
Susan Zvacek, Old Dominion University

Published August, 1999 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

Copyright 2000, 241 pp.
Paper
ISBN 0-13-769258-7


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Summary

For use in an Introductory Distance Education course. This text was written because of the recent growth in distance education and the anytime, anyplace teaching and learning trends that accompany it. Using a student-centered approach, it equips future teachers and trainers with the basic information they will need to become effective navigators in distance education. The “foundations” portion of the book is designed to provide a conceptual, theoretical foundation. The “applications” portion of the text provides practical skills and information, along with numerous opportunities for hands-on experience.

Features


Includes excellent teacher support material: a video series, PowerPoint presentations, and study guides.

  • A new instructor can utilize these materials to design a course from scratch.
Emphasizes the Internet and the World Wide Web.
  • Increasingly, the WWW is the delivery vehicle for distance education. This text stresses current and future applications of the WWW for distance education.
Offers numerous visuals in the form of photographs, line drawings, and charts.
  • High quality visuals “show” and identify distance education concepts, technologies, and upgrades.
Covers all aspects of distance education.
  • The comprehensive nature of the text permits the instructor to teach a complete course or to tailor the course to the local curriculum.
Contains key chapter objectives, video tie-ins, study/test questions, and a glossary.
  • The text assists learners in identifying key concepts and ideas. = CONTENTS

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    Telecommunication = Course Guide Page 74 = = SUPPLEMENTS ALT = Instructor's Manual (0-13-007812-3); (0781B-1) ALT = Companion Website www.prenhall.com/simonson gif/subullet.gif = Features Topic Overviews. gif/subullet.gif = Lesson Plans (links to these within the Overview section for 8 out of 11 topics). gif/subullet.gif = Web Links. gif/subullet.gif = Professional Organizations. gif/subullet.gif = Electronic Blue Book. gif/subullet.gif = Message Board. ALT = Videos gif/subullet.gif = Set of 11 videos offering vignettes that illustrate the book's concepts in practice. Available for purchase from:
    Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT)
    1025 Vermont Ave. NW, Suite 820
    Washington, DC 20005
    202-347-7839 ALT = Interactive Study Guides and PowerPoint Presentations gif/subullet.gif = Both available on-line at www.prenhall.com/simonson @OTHERBRKALT = OTHER TITLES OF INTEREST ALT = Jonassen, Computers as Mindtools for Schools: Engaging Critical Thinking, 2/e, 2000 (0-13-080709-5) ALT = Jonassen, Learning with Technology: A Constructivist Perspective, 1999 (0-13-271891-X) ALT = Kane, Education, Information and Transformations: Essays on Learning and Thinking, 1999 (0-13-520594-8) ALT = Ryder, Internet for Education, 2/e, 1998 (0-13-6990754) ALT = Roblyer, Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching, 2/e, 2000 (0-13-974387-1) ALT = Newby, Instructional Technology for Teaching and Learning: Designing Instruction, Integrating Computers, and Using Media, 2/e, 2000 (0-13-914052-2) ALT = Forcier, The Computer as an Educational Tool: Productivity and Problem Solving, 2/e, 1999 (0-13-741968-6) ALT = Morrison, Integrating Computer Technology into the Classroom, 1999 (0-13-270000-X)


Table of Contents
I. FOUNDATIONS.
    1. Foundations of Distance Education.
    2. Definitions, History & Theories of Distance Education.
    3. Research and Distance Education.
    4. Distance Education Technologies.

II. APPLICATIONS.
    5. Copyright and Distance Education.
    6. Instructional Design for Distance Education.
    7. The Distance Education Student.
    8. Teaching at a Distance.
    9. Handouts, Study Guides, and Visuals.
    10. Distance Education, the World Wide Web, and the Internet.
    11. Assessment for Distance Education.
    12. Evaluating Teaching and Learning at a Distance.
    Index.

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