Although delivered via distance learning technology, distributed learning is substantially different in fundamental ways. Distributed learning could be described as a distance learning environment that supports the co-construction of knowledge, an endeavour where learners build a learning community where they are given and take on more…

Examines recent research on student interactions and student course evaluations in six Web-based courses taught at Arizona State University between 1996 and 1998. Topics include online interaction; computer conferencing; teaching research methods; teacher perspectives; and student perspectives. (Author/LRW)

Examines distance education as a global movement (development, technology, telecommunications); identifies research constructs (transactional distance, interaction, learner control); social context that can help in applying research to practice; and discusses using research to inform practice, eliminating political and economic roadblocks, and…