Towards the Virtual University: International On-line Learning Perspectives (Perspectives in Instructional Technology & Distance Education): International Online Perspectives - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1931576939 ISBN 13: 9781931576932

Publisher: Information Age Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

This book aims to bring together the work of a number of online learning specialists from around the world, to offer the reader a global view of current and recent research and practice in electronic learning from a variety of disciplines and contexts. Some of the chapter authors indicate the likely directions e-learning may be headed in the next few years. In addition, this book is aimed at informing all those working within online learning and distance education of best practice. The content of this book will be of particular interest to university academics, researchers, college educators, K-12 teachers, education administrators and distance education students. It will also be useful as a text for those studying the management and delivery of distance education and e-learning, and indeed will be of interest to those working in all areas of education.

The core of our book, the section entitled Projects and Tools, consists of research reports originally presented at the Romanian Internet Learning Workshop (RILW), an annual international conference series held in Romania between 1997 and 2001, and described in the first chapter of the volume. These projects focus on the development of instructional concepts and tools for technology-based learning environments encompassing diverse fields and disciplines from Educational Science through Intercultural Education and Foreign Languages to Beam Physics.

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• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1931576939
• ISBN 13: 9781931576932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 316
• Editor: Nistor Nicolae, English Susan, Wheeler Steve, Jalobeanu Mihai