Online Education: Learning and Teaching in Cyberspace

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Wadsworth Thomson Learning, 2000 - Education - 207 pages
Online education or instruction--any form of learning/teaching via a computer network, i.e. Internet, WWW, or LAN-is rapidly becoming a major mode of educational delivery used by schools, colleges, and corporations. ONLINE EDUCATION is a comprehensive introduction to and overview of learning and teaching in "cyberspace." Kearsley, an author of Wadsworth's DISTANCE EDUCATION: A SYSTEMS VIEW, provides pre-service and in-service teachers, college faculty, and staff with a formal survey of this new and growing educational paradigm.

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Contents

Scope of Online Education
13
Elements of Online Education
27
Research about Online Education
45
Copyright

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About the author (2000)

Greg Kearsley is currently the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Education at the University of New England, where he manages online programs with over 700 students and 40 faculty. He has written over 20 books and hundreds of technical articles on the topic of education and technology. He has taught and developed online courses for many institutions, including University of Maryland, University of Wisconsin, the George Washington University, Nova Southeastern University, and Walden University. He has also trained teachers and school administrators about online education, working with the North Central Regional Education Laboratory for a number of years. Dr. Kearsley has extensive experience in the training world as well, having designed online training programs for many corporations and government agencies. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in 1978.

Bibliographic information

TitleOnline Education: Learning and Teaching in Cyberspace
Education Series
AuthorGreg Kearsley
Editionillustrated
PublisherWadsworth Thomson Learning, 2000
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJan 25, 2010
ISBN0534506895, 9780534506896
Length207 pages
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Education / Computers & Technology
Education / Counseling / Academic Development
Education / Distance, Open & Online Education
Education / Schools / Levels / Higher
  
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