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The Next Generation of Distance Education

Unconstrained Learning

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Editors:
  1. Leslie Moller

    1. Professor, Educational Tech., Walden University, Minneapolis, USA

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  2. Jason B. Huett

    1. , Assoc. Dean, Online Develop. & USG eCore, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, USA

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  • Identifies research-supported ways to harness the power of new technologies and ideas to improve distance learning

  • Includes the perspectives of those who are creating, adapting, or evolving new technologies and instructional delivery methods

  • Represents a unique opportunity to mentor and inspire the next generation of scholars and practitioners in distance education

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Unconstrained Learning: Principles for the Next Generation of Distance Education

    • Leslie Moller, Don Robison, Jason B. Huett
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Future of Distance Learning Technology: It’s Not About the Technology and It’s Not About the Distance

    • J. Michael Spector
    Pages 21-29

  4. Rethinking Design and Learning Processes in Distance Education

    • Andrew S. Gibbons, Michael E. Griffiths
    Pages 31-47

  5. Interaction in Distance Education and Online Learning: Using Evidence and Theory to Improve Practice

    • Philip C. Abrami, Robert M. Bernard, Eva M. Bures, Eugene Borokhovski, Rana M. Tamim
    Pages 49-69

  6. The Design Critique as a Model for Distributed Learning

    • Brad Hokanson
    Pages 71-83

  7. The Effect of Delivery Method of Instructional Materials to Meet Learning Goals and Objectives in Online and Open Learning Environments

    • Jonathan O. McKeown, Sarah K. Howard
    Pages 85-96

  8. Using the Community of Inquiry Framework to Inform Effective Instructional Design

    • Jennifer C. Richardson, J. Ben Arbaugh, Martha Cleveland-Innes, Philip Ice, Karen P. Swan, D. Randy Garrison
    Pages 97-125

  9. Creating a Culture of Digital Collaborative in Online Learning

    • MaryFriend Shepard
    Pages 127-138

  10. Comparing Formal, Non-formal, and Informal Online Learning Environments

    • Richard A. Schwier
    Pages 139-156

  11. CyGaMEs: A Full-Service Instructional Design Model Harnessing Game-Based Technologies for Learning and Assessment

    • Debbie Denise Reese
    Pages 157-170

  12. The Influence of Backchannel Communication on Cognitive Load

    • Jennifer A. Maddrell, Ginger S. Watson
    Pages 171-180

  13. Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom: A Revised Model for Agents-Based Knowledge Management Systems

    • Rémi Wognin, France Henri, Olga Marino
    Pages 181-189

  14. Collaborative Problem-Solving in Virtual Environments: Effect of Social Interaction, Social Presence, and Sociability on Critical Thinking

    • Rajashi Ghosh, Carolyn Rude-Parkins, Sharon A. Kerrick
    Pages 191-205

  15. Needs Assessment: Developing an Effective Online P-6 Engineering Professional Development Program

    • Wei Liu, Ronald L. Carr, Johannes Strobel
    Pages 207-220

  16. Higher Education and Postindustrial Society: New Ideas About Teaching, Learning, and Technology

    • Martha Cleveland-Innes, D. Randy Garrison
    Pages 221-233

  17. An Analysis of Success and Failures: Focusing on Learner–Content Interactions for the Next Generation of Distance Education

    • Gary R. Morrison, Gary J. Anglin
    Pages 235-250

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 251-266
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About this book

The world of education is being radically altered with the change  being driven by technology, openness, and unprecedented access to knowledge. Older correspondence-style methods of instructional delivery are passé and “classroom adapted to the web” approaches to learning are often ineffective and do little to harness the transformational potential of technology. E-Learning scenarios, mobile technologies, communication and information access, and personal learning environments are becoming mainstream and, as a result, control of the learning process is shifting away from institutions and into the hands of learners. This volumes promotes a forward-thinking agenda for research and scholarship that highlights new ideas, deep insights, and novel approaches to “unconstrained” learning.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Professor, Educational Tech., Walden University, Minneapolis, USA

    Leslie Moller

  • , Assoc. Dean, Online Develop. & USG eCore, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, USA

    Jason B. Huett

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Next Generation of Distance Education

  • Book Subtitle: Unconstrained Learning

  • Editors: Leslie Moller, Jason B. Huett

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1785-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-1784-2Published: 07 February 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9978-8Published: 12 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-1785-9Published: 07 February 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 266

  • Topics: Educational Technology, Computers and Education

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