In this important collection of essays by practitioners and scholars that has been downloaded nearly half a million times is an overview of some of the most pressing issues in online education. By addressing transformations arising from educational technology advances and the new business conditions and modes of delivery of education, the contributors to The Theory and Practice of Online Learning provide insights into this complex, diverse, and rapidly evolving field.
FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION INTRODUCTION / Terry Anderson PART I: Role and Function of Theory in Online EducationDevelopment and Delivery 1. Foundations of Educational Theory for Online Learning /Mohamed Ally 2. Towards a Theory of Online Learning / Terry Anderson 3. Situating Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) in anOnline Learning Environment / Dianne Conrad 4. Understanding e-Learning Technologies-in-Practice throughPhilosophies-in-Practice / Heather Kanuka PART II: Infrastructure and Support for ContentDevelopment 5. Developing an Infrastructure for Online Learning / AlanDavis, Paul Little & Brian Stewart 6. Technologies of Online Learning (E-learning) / Rory McGreal& Michael Elliott 7. Characteristics of Interactive Online Learning Media /Patrick. J. Fahy 8. In-Your-Pocket and On-the-Fly: Meeting the Needs of Today's New Generation of Online Learnerswith Mobile Learning Technology / Maureen Hutchison, Tony Tin &Yang Cao 9. Social Software to Support Distance Education Learners /Terry Anderson PART III: Design and Development of OnlineCourses 10. The Development of Online Courses / Dean Caplan & RodgerGraham 11. Value Added - The Editor in Design and Development ofOnline Courses / Jan Thiessen & Vincent Ambrock 12. Making Relevant Financial Decisions about Technology inEducation / David Annand 13. The Quality Dilemma in Online Education Revisited / Nancy K.Parker PART IV: Delivery, Quality Control, and Student Support ofOnline Courses 14. Teaching in an Online Learning Context / TerryAnderson 15. Call Centres in Distance Education / Alex Z. Kondra, ColleenHuber, Kerri Michalczuk & Andrew Woudstra 16. Library Support for e-Learners: e-Resources, e-Services, and theHuman Factors / Kay Johnson, Houda Trabelsi & ElaineFabbro 17. Supporting the Online Learner / Susan D. Moisey & JudithA. Hughes 18. Developing Team Skills and Accomplishing Team Projects Online /Deborah Hurst & Janice Thomas
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