Learner-Centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education: Cases From Higher Education

✍ Scribed by Thomas M. Duffy, Jamie R. Kirkley

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 476
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Learner-Centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education: Cases From Higher Education brings the voice of the learning sciences to the study and design of distance learning. The contributors examine critical issues in the design of theoretically and pedagogically based distance education programs. Eight distance education programs are described in enough detail to allow readers with different interests to understand the pedagogical approaches and the implications of implementing those approaches. Issues of theory, pedagogy, design, assessment, communities of practice, collaboration, and faculty development are discussed.Each section of the book includes: a primary chapter written by an author or authors involved with a distance education program that reflects learner-centered principles;a formal reaction to the chapter by a specialist from the learning sciences, educational evaluation and policy, administration, or the corporate sector with expertise in issues of distance learning; and *an edited transcript of the authors' discussion of the primary chapter held at a symposium at the Asilomar Conference Center. A final "summing up" section offers two perspectives--from leading scholars outside the fields of instructional design, evaluation, and the learning sciences--on the approaches and thinking reflected in the rest of the book. This book is essential for researchers, as well as all those engaged in delivering, supporting, or administrating distance education programs at the post-secondary level. The descriptions, strategies, and principles will inform the design of continuing education, as well as degree-based education and corporate education and training, and distance education programs for adults.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
About the Authors......Page 14
I: Introduction......Page 24
1 Introduction: Theory and Practice in Distance Education......Page 26
II: Community Building......Page 38
2 Learning in Dialogue With a Practicing Community......Page 40
3 Design Lessons for Social Education......Page 72
4 Interaction and Engagement in LEEP: Undistancing “Distance” Education at the Graduate Level......Page 94
5 Enabling New Forms of Online Engagement: Challenges for E-learning Design and Research......Page 114
III: Problem-Centered Learning......Page 128
6 Learning Theory and Pedagogy Applied in Distance Learning: The Case of Cardean University......Page 130
7 The Challenge of Designing Inquiry-Based Online Learning Environments: Theory Into Practice......Page 166
8 A Continuing Learning Community for Graduates of an MBA Program: The Experiment at Ohio University......Page 190
9 Learning in the Knowledge Age: Up-Front or at a Distance......Page 206
IV: Innovative Uses of Technology......Page 230
10 Vanderbilt’s AMIGO Project: Knowledge of How People Learn Enters Cyberspace......Page 232
11 A Second Look at Learning Sciences, Classrooms, and Technology: Issues of Implementation: Making It Work in the Real World......Page 258
12 Distance Learning: Beyond the Transmission of Information Toward the Coconstruction of Complex Conceptual Artifacts and Tools......Page 284
13 Embedded Assessment: An Evaluation Tool for the Web-Based Learning Environment......Page 306
V: Scaling Up......Page 318
14 Collaborative Learning at Monterrey Tech–Virtual University......Page 320
15 Using Theory-Based Approaches to Architect Online Collaborative Problem-based Learning: Lessons Learned from Monterrey Tech–Virtual University......Page 344
16 Faculty Development, Student Satisfaction, and Reported Learning in the SUNY Learning Network......Page 366
17 Promises and Challenges of Web-Based Education......Page 402
VI: Alternate Views......Page 416
18 A Policy Perspective on Learning Theory and Practice in Distance Education......Page 418
19 Pulling It All Together: A Business Perspective on Web-Based Learning......Page 432
Author Index......Page 454
Subject Index......Page 462