Cases on distance delivery and learning outcomes [electronic resource] : emerging trends and programs / [edited by] Deb Gearhart.

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Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Ave., Hershey, PA, 17033, USA), 2010.Description: electronic texts (xiv, 282 p. : ill.) : digital filesISBN:

9781605668710 (ebook)

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LC5800.P5 C274 2010e

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Section 1: Cases on Best Practices in Distance Delivery and Learning Outcomes: Chapter 1. Encapsulating the Basic Tenets: Best Practices in Independent, Distance, and Online Learning / Gera Burton -- Chapter 2. Dual-Design Strategies for Modularizing E-Learning for Academic and Commercial Uses / Shalin Hai-Jew -- Chapter 3. Moving Toward a Blended Course Delivery System / Leah Blakey -- Chapter 4. Objective-Oriented Assessment in Desire2Learn for Quality Matters / Haomin Wang, Mingming Shao -- Chapter 5. Cost Effectiveness in Course Redesign: The Transformation toward E-Learning / David Kendrick -- Chapter 6. When Distance Technologies Meet the Student Code / Peg Wherry, Deborah Lundberg Windes -- Chapter 7. Alignment of Course Objectives and Assessment Items: A Case Study / Kenneth Lightfood, David Schwager.

Section 2: Cases on Distance Learning Programs: Chapter 8. Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance (Great Plains IDEA) / Virginia Moxley, Sue Maes, Dawn Anderson -- Chapter 9. The Case of e-Tutorials for Test Preparation for New Teachers Transitioning and Transforming into the Education Profession / Maria Hruby Moore, Belinda G. Gimbert -- Chapter 10. Finding a Niche through an External Degree-Completion Program / Evan S. Smith, Terrie Nagel -- Chapter 11. The Proliferation, Pitfalls, and Power of Online Education / Leah Blakey -- Chapter 12. Managing Growth of an Online Program though Policy and Mainstreaming: A Case Study / Deb Gearhart.

Section 3: International Cases: Chapter 13. The Appropriation of Wiki in a Higher Blended Learning Course: A Case / Beatriz Fainhole -- Chapter 14. Budding Researchers in the Humanities: An Intercultural Online Project / Vander Viana ... [et al.] -- Chapter 15. Emerging Trends of Student Support Services in Indian Distance Education / Ramesh C. Sharma.

Abstract: Cases on Distance Delivery and Learning Outcomes: Emerging Trends and Programs provides a firm foundation of best practices for distance course delivery and learning outcomes in order to discuss the rapid developments in online education technologies. The cases presented in this reference publication detail best and emerging practices of distance education, issues that develop as distance education grows, and an international perspective on distance education.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-273) and index.

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Cases on Distance Delivery and Learning Outcomes: Emerging Trends and Programs provides a firm foundation of best practices for distance course delivery and learning outcomes in order to discuss the rapid developments in online education technologies. The cases presented in this reference publication detail best and emerging practices of distance education, issues that develop as distance education grows, and an international perspective on distance education.

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