Includes bibliographical references.

Curriculum design for developing capacity to deal with complex issues: theoretical perspectives / Cherry Stewart, Ashfaq Khan, John G. Hedberg -- Fact, fiction, and disruptive pedagogies: are we having fun yet, Miranda? / Jacqueline L. Kenney -- Ten rules of thumb in blended and flexible learning: a study on pedagogies, challenges, and changing perspectives / John M. Rafferty, Jenni Munday, Janet Buchan -- Giving teaching advice meaning: the importance of contextualizing pedagogical instruction within the discipline / Leanne Cameron -- Open education resources: content without context? / Lindy Klein -- Six practical principles for inclusive curriculum design / Sharon Kerr, Michaela Baker -- Social exclusion or inclusion: the implications of social and participatory media on education / Gr�ainne Conole -- mLearn: designing a platform for mobile learning / Mohammed Samaka, John Impagliazzo -- The pedagogical suitability of using cell phones to support distance education students / Mpine Makoe -- Rethinking reusability: implications from a longitudinal study of online role-play in Australian higher education / Sandra Wills -- Using an online simulation to address equity issues for off-campus students / Mat Hardy, Sally Totman -- A preliminary evaluation of the iPad as a tool for learning and teaching / Sue Gregory, Tony Brown, Mitchell Parkes -- How are Australian and New Zealand higher educators using 3D immersive virtual worlds in their teaching? / Mark J.W. Lee ... [et al.] -- Facilitating immersion in virtual worlds: an examination of the physical, virtual, social, and pedagogical factors leading to engagement and flow / Helen Farley -- Second life: a novice/expert teaching and learning tale / Yvonne Masters, Sue Gregory -- Learning and teaching in Second Life: educator and student perspectives / Sue Gregory ... [et al.] -- Acknowledging the distance learner: the role of the student voice in enhancing the quality of the distance learner's e-learning experience / Trish Andrews -- Learning relationships: a condition and consequence of learner-learner interaction in online contexts / Dolene Rossi -- E-Learning and m-learning for students with special learning needs: competence registration in design of personalised learning environment / Andreja Istenic Starcic, Ziga Turk -- Attrition in the digital age: reminders from the literature / Kate Reed ... [et al.] -- Distance learners' study-related interactions with other people in their life-contexts: investigating an unexplored phenomenon / Sharon Watson -- Reshaping distance education: returning the student to centre stage / Barrie Todhunter -- Connectedness needs of external doctoral students / Ronel Erwee, Peter R. Albion, Luke van der Laan -- Resilience and the distance higher degree by research candidate / Julie Willems, Andrea Reupert -- Communities of practice for distance research students in Australia: why do we need them and how might we create them? / Judith C. S. Redman -- The challenges and opportunities of online postgraduate coursework programs in a traditional university context / Elizabeth Devonshire ... [et al.] -- Supervising higher degree research (HDR) candidates at a distance: what do emerging virtual world technologies have to offer? / Julie Willems ... [et al.] -- Lecturers' social presence and personality in the online environment: the perceptions of off-campus postgraduate and on and off-campus undergraduate management students / Fredy-Roberto Valenzuela, Josie Fisher, Sue Whale -- Epilogue and directions for future research / Julie Willems, Belinda Tynan.

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