ERIC Number: ED470042
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: 154
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-0-7879-6349-6
ISSN: ISSN-0884-0040
EISSN: N/A
Quality in Distance Education: Focus on On-Line Learning. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report. Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.
Meyer, Katrina A.
This monograph focuses on the research on online learning. It is oriented toward exploring the specific intricacies of learning over the Web. Some very good studies of online learning using the Web are reviewed. The chapters are: (1) "The Explosion of Distance Education"; (2) "The Significance of 'No Significance'"; (3) "Research Basics"; (4) "Research on Technology and Students"; (5) "Research on Faculty and Institutions"; (6) "The Pursuit of Guidelines"; and (7) "Advice to the Confused." (Contains 1 figure, 1 table, and 311 references.) (SLD)
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Quality, Educational Research, Higher Education, Technological Advancement, World Wide Web
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Publication Type: Books; Information Analyses; ERIC Publications
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Association for the Study of Higher Education.; George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Graduate School of Education and Human Development.; ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, Washington, DC.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
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