International Handbook of Distance Education / Edition 1

by Terry Evans, Margaret Haughey, David Murphy

Overview

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 of the contemporary circumstances of the 21st Century. The "Handbook' is intended to be a comprehensive reference work for practitioners, researchers and administrators engaged in forms of distance education in private and public education, from schooling through undergraduate and postgraduate coursework to doctoral research programs. A critical thread runs throughout the "Handbook" to provide the reader with stimulation to critique policy and practice with a view to being creative and responsive in their own policy development and educational work. It discusses lifelong and flexible learning environments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080447179
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	02/13/2008
Pages:	796
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.50(h) x 2.00(d)

Table of Contents

Contributors     ix
Introduction: From Correspondence to Virtual Learning Environments   Margaret Haughey   Terry Evans   David Murphy     1
Diversity in Distance Education     25
Introduction   Margaret Haughey
Making it Work for the South: Using Open and Distance Learning in the Context of Development   Veronica McKay   Mandla Makhanya     29
Social and Cultural Diversity in Distance Education   Charlotte N. Gunawardena   Deborah LaPointe     51
Distance Education and Gender: Women's Experiences at the Open University of Tanzania   Edith Mhehe     71
Distance Education: Enabling and Disabling?   Christopher Newell     87
Meeting Diverse Learning Needs   Jean Mitchell   Jennifer O'Rourke     109
Recognizing Experiential Learning Through Prior Learning Assessment   Dianne Conrad     131
Open Schooling   Margaret Haughey   Elizabeth Murphy   Bill Muirhead     147
Social Software Technologies in Distance Education: Maximizing Learning Freedoms   Terry Anderson     167
Vocational Education and Training at a Distance: Transformation to flexible Delivery   Peter J. Smith     185
Naming theIssues   Barbara Spronk     203
The Transformation of Teaching and Learning at a Distance     215
Introduction   Terry Evans
Transforming Distance Education Through New Technologies   Tony Bates     217
Transforming Learning and Teaching in Practice: Where Change and Consistency Interact   Elizabeth J. Burge   Jody Polec     237
From Chautauqua to Correspondence to Computers: Non-Formal Education in Transformation   Chere Campbell Gibson     259
Transformation Through Open Universities   Otto Peters     279
Transforming Doctoral Education Through Distance Education   Terry Evans     303
Innovating with Technology and Structures of Indifference in Distance Education   Christine Spratt     319
The Evolution of Assessment in Distance Education   Katy Campbell   Susan E. Gibson     341
The Transformation of Information and Library Services   Peter Macauley   Rosemary Green     367
Engaging the Digital Natives   Brian Pauling     385
Transforming Distance Education: In Whose Interests?   David Harris     417
Leadership in Distance Education     433
Introduction   David Murphy
New Technology, New Learners and New Challenges: Leading our Universities in Times of Change   Ross H. Paul   Jane E. Brindley     435
Leading Open and Distance Learning and ICT-Based Development Projects in Low-Income Nations   Colin Latchem   Fred Lockwood   Jon Baggaley     453
Strategic Planning and Distance Education   Santosh Panda     477
Leadership Development for Distance and E-Learning   Alan Tait     499
Preparing Teachers and Learners for New Forms of Assessment   Robin Mason     513
Leading Student Support Services for New Times   Jennifer Thompson   Sandi Shillington     529
Leaders and Leading in Open and Distance Learning   Nigel Bennett     547
Accountability and Evaluation in Distance Education     565
Introduction   David Murphy
Managing for Performance: Quality, Accreditation and Assessment in Distance Education   Stephen Murgatroyd     567
But Does it Work? Evaluation Theories and Approaches in Distance Education   Alan Woodley     585
Quality Assurance and Continuous Quality Improvement in Distance Education   Insung Jung     609
Accountability and Distance Education   David Murphy     625
Cultural and Contextual Issues in the Evaluation of Transnational Distance Education   Christopher Ziguras     639
Accountability and Evaluation in Distance Education: A Critical Overview   Mary Thorpe     655
Policy     669
Introduction   Margaret Haughey
Public Policy and Distance Education in Brazil   Fredric M. Litto     671
Transnational Policies and Local Implementation: The University of the West Indies Distance Education Centre   Olabisi Kuboni     685
Distance Education in India: Policies and Practices   Suresh Garg   S.R. Jha   Sanjay Gupta     707
Framing and Taming Policy   Margaret Haughey     729
The Business of Distance Education     739
Introduction   Terry Evans
Borderless Education and Business Prospects   Yoni Ryan     741
Economic Models of Distance Education   Greville Rumble     765
Business Skills for Managing Flexible Learning   John Mitchell     783
Marketing Distance Education: Strategy and Context   James Fong   Norman "Tut" Bailey     803
The Costs and Effectiveness of Distance Education   Mark Bullen   Adnan Qayyam     825
International Partnership and Collaboration for Cost-Effective Distance Education   Ellie Chambers   Kevin Wilson     837
The Business of Distance Education: Whose Profit, Whose Loss?   Ted Nunan     855
Conclusion: Which Futures for Distance Education?   Terry Evans   Margaret Haughey   David Murphy     869
Index     877