Trends and Issues in Distance Education

International Perspectives

Lya Visser|Yusra Laila Visser|Ray Amirault|Michael Simonson

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15 May 2012

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Over the last decade, the field of distance education (and e-learning) has substantially strengthened and assumed a more international scope. There has been an impressive growth in the conceptual, empirical and experiential foundations of the field. Trends and Issues in Distance Education: International Perspectives (2nd Ed) captures a representative snapshot of the breadth of current global trends and issues in distance education theory, research, and practice. Through 21 chapters (from over 30 international authors), the book documents new developments in distance education scholarship and practice, presenting a diverse set of viewpoints on the trends and issues affecting this increasingly central discipline.

The book is for researchers, practitioners, and students. Chapters speak to the many creative ways in which distance education addresses learning and human development needs around the world. They focus on distance education in dissimilar settings that extend beyond the limitations of the dominating paradigms of the highly developed economies. Contributing authors touch upon conceptual as well as practical issues. They critically reflect on both large- and small-scale distance education initiatives, discussing the use of everything from the most advanced technologies (e.g., 3-D computing) to the most rudimentary technologies (e.g., wind-up radios).

Introduction; Lya Visser and Yusra Laila Visser.

Foreword; Lya Visser.
About the Section Editors: Bios and photos.
Section I. Perspectives on Global TRs and Issues in Distance Education.
Introduction by Yusra Laila Visser: Section Editor.
Chapter 1. International Research: Responding to Global Needs; Deborah LaPointe and Jennifer Linder-van Berschot.
Chapter 2. Why don't we Simply Call it Environmental Design for the Provision and Use of Distributed Learning Resources? Jan Visser.
Chapter 3. Trends and Issues Facing Distance Education: A Nowcasting Exercise; Brent Wilson.
Chapter 4. Obstacles and Opportunities of Distance Higher Education in International Settings; Lya Visser.
Chapter 5. Distance Learning in Brazil: A Case of the Fabulous Invalid? Frederic Litto.
Chapter 6. Reflections and a Critical Review of the Perspectives on Global Trends and Issues in Distance Education; J. Michael Spector and Yusra Laila Visser.
Section II. Distance Education in Primary and Secondary Education Settings.
Introduction by Michael Simonson: Section Editor.
Chapter 7. Virtual Schools: The American Experience with International Implications; Tom Clark and Zane Berge.
Chapter 8. Interactive Radio Instruction: Distance Education Approaches in Developing Countries; Jennifer Ho and Hetal Thukral.
Chapter 9. E-learning in the Portuguese Educational Context; Pedro Reis.
Chapter 10. The Difficult Route to Developing Distance Education in Mozambique; Muriel Visser-Valfrey, Jan Visser, and Cynthia Moos.
Section III. Distance Education in University and Other Formalized Higher Education Settings.
Introduction by Ray Amirault: Section Editor.
Chapter 11. Will E-learning Permanently Alter the Fundamental Education Model of the Institution we call The University? Ray Amirault.
Chapter 12. Distance Education - Practice Before Research or Research Before Practice? Gary Anglin, Gary Morrison, and Jennifer Maddrell.
Chapter 13. The Globalization of the Higher Education Enterprise - Issues in the Delivery of Transnational Education in 2010; Andrea Hope.
Chapter 14. Distance Education Support Systems - Challenges and Opportunities; Wai-Kong Ng and Sow-Lai Kong.
Chapter 15. Personal Learning Environments in Distance Education; Ricardo Torres Kompen, Palitha Edirisingha, and Josep M. Monguet.
Chapter 16. Metacognition in Distance Learning - The Nelson-Narens Framework; Ansie Minnaar.
Section IV. Distance Education in the Workplace and in Non-formal Settings.
Introduction by Lya Visser: Section Editor.
Chapter 17. E-learning at the Workplace - The Case of a Manufacturing Company in Malaysia; Teoh Ai Ping.
Chapter 18. Distance Learning in Aviation - Applications and Impacts on a Global Industry; Michael Crudden.
Chapter 19. New Tools for Learning - The Use of Wiki's; Evgeny Patarakin and Lya Visser.
Chapter 20. Formalizing Learning Spaces for Refugee Youth; Barbara Zeus.
Chapter 21. Learning Landscapes - European Perspectives on Distance Education in Prisons; Anita Wilson.
Subject Index.