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An Introduction to Distance Education: Understanding Teaching and Learning in a New Era

I An Evolving Distance Education Teaching and Learning in Distance Education: Continue a New Era Introduction Review of the book Conclusion Note References From Independence to Collaboration: A Personal Retrospective on Distance Education Independent study Collaboration at a distance Thinking collaboratively Community of Inquiry Conclusion Questions for reflection Significant contributor References Formal and Informal Paths of Lifelong Learning: Hybrid Distance Educational Settings for the Digital Era Introduction The roots of lifelong learning Lifelong learning as paths in private and public spheres The changing mandate of higher education The Emergence of the Hybrid and Networked University Dissolving the dichotomy of formal and informal learning The digital blurring of the formal and informal paths of lifelong learning Lifelong learning as paths in hybrid and networked educational settings Conclusion Terms and definitions Questions for reflection Significant contributor References Failures of Open and Distance Education’s Successes Introduction The disappointment of success How Did we Get Here?“But at the laste, as every thing hath ende” (Geoffrey Chaucer, 1374)Economic Links to Higher Education…Alas, a Casualty of its Own Success…The financial failure of distance education’s successes: Where are we now?Standing on the shoulders of giants FURTHER THOUGHTS ON THE DRAW OF THE ON-CAMPUS UNIVERSITY: INSIGHTS FROM THE RESEARCH ABOUT STUDENT PARTICIPATION Questions for reflection Significant contributor References II Distance Education in the Post-industrial Context Teaching and Learning in Post-Industrial Distance Education Introduction Pedagogical affordance and emergent digital technologies Access to Information Multimedia Integration Social Media Learning Analytics Constructivism and online learning Learner-centered Learning Environments Knowledge-centered Learning Environments Assessment-centered Learning Environments Community-centered Learning Environments Serendipity: an Aside and Transition Community of Inquiry framework Social Presence Teaching Presence Cognitive Presence Final thoughts Questions for reflection Significant contributor References Into the Breach: The Emerging Landscape in Online Learning Introduction What is AI?Tier 1: AI Tier 2: Machine Learning Tier 3: Deep Learning Beginning the Student Journey with Help from AI Retention Career planning Tracking performance and credentials Open Education Resources Convergence Questions for reflection Significant contributor References Blended Learning Revisited Introduction Students’ perspectives Faculty perspectives Administrators and institutional perspectives Blended learning through the lens of the Community of Inquiry framework Future research agenda Questions for reflection Significant contributor References Repositioning and Re-purposing Distance Education for the Future Introduction Technology Students Educational institutions Future issues Conclusion Questions for reflection Terms and definitions Significant contributor References III Leading the Change Leadership in a New Era of Higher Distance Education Introduction A situation assessment Economic Issues Changing Demographics Globalization and Intercultural Relations Emerging Technologies There is Huge Growth in Internet Use Technological Fluency is a Graduation Requirement Teaching and Learning Information, and Knowledge, is Growing Exponentially Instruction Must Become More Learner-centered and Self-directed The Role of Faculty as Teacher and Student as Learner Must Change Changing Faculty Roles Increases the Need for Faculty Development and Support Leadership in context Change and Innovation Collaborative Partnerships Leadership in Networked Environments Strategic planning Conclusion Terms and definitions Questions for reflection Significant contributor References From Distance Education to Blended Learning: Leading Pedagogical Change Introduction Defining blended learning Situating blended learning Developing higher education leadership New leadership for blended learning Questions for review Significant contributor References Teaching, Learning, and Beyond Themes Post-industrial distance education Distance education theory Conclusion References

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Introduction: teaching and learning reforms in higher education and the importance of students’ learning experience
Higher education (HE) plays a vital role in human capacity building, national development, and global modernization within the age of the knowledge economy. The landscape of higher education in the 21st century is rapidly changing under political, socio-economic, and cultural forces. HE systems are closely...
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It has been a decade since the release of An Introduction to Distance Education; Understanding Teaching and Learning in a New Era, 1st edition. This updated volume continues to address two significant education transformations. One is the evolution, such that it is, of the long-standing...
(An Introduction to Distance Education: Understanding Teaching and Learning in a New Era)
Teaching and Learning in Post-Industrial Distance Education
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Design to Understand Curriculum: Epistemic Practices, Teaching, and Learning in Science
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Teaching and Learning: A Journey from the Margins to the Core in European Higher Education Policy
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(The European Higher Education Area)
Describing and Understanding the Role of the Teaching and Learning Environment
The learning environment (seen as incorporating the learning objectives, the means and methods of instruction, the methods of assessment, the peers and teachers, the physical infrastructure), sometimes called the 'teaching context' (Biggs 2003) or 'teaching-learning environment' (Entwistle 2011), is...
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Beyond Distance Education
The first wave of web-based education was focused on replacing paper-and-mail approaches to distance education (Geelan and Taylor 2004). These approaches offered quicker and more direct contact between tutors and students, but more importantly broke down the isolation of distance study by allowing students...
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Digital Disruption to Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
The best way to get a sense of the impact of digital disruption in higher education institutions is to visit a campus and walk from room to room. It was a reasonable prediction a decade ago that university campuses would disappear with the greater sophistication of digital tools, with students connected...
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Our views of teaching over the past several decades have evolved from an emphasis on teacher characteristics to a focus on teachers’ behavior to more recent cognitive views of teachers as decision-makers and reflective practitioners. Teacher education has responded to this final turn towards the cognitive...
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