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Distance Learning


A Guide to Teleconferencing and Distance Learning
Carla Lane, Ed.D. & Patrick Portway

 

ASTD Technology-Based Learning
Michael J. Marquardt & Greg Kearsley

ASTD, 1998

 

 

Building A Web-Based Education System
Colin McCormack & David Jones

J. Wiley & Sons, 1997

 

Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective strategies for the online classroom
Rena M. Palloff & Keith Pratt

Jossey-Bass, 1999

 

Campus-Free College Degrees: Thorson's guide to accredited college degrees through distance education
Marcie Kisner Thorson

Adams Media, 1999

 

Computers in the Classroom
Andrea R. Gooden & Fred Silverman, eds.

Jossey-Bass, 1996

 

Dancing with the Devil: Information technology and the new competition in higher education
Richard N. Katz, ed.

Jossey-Bass, 1999

 

The Death of Distance
Frances Cairncross

Harvard Business School, 1997

 

Distance Education: the Foundations of effective practice
John R. Verduin, Jr. & Thomas A. Clark

Jossey-Bass, 1991

 

Distance Education: a Practical guide
Barry Willis

Int'l Society for Technology in Education, 1994

 

 

Distance Training
Deborah A. Schreiber & Zane L. Berge, eds.

Jossey-Bass, 1998

 

Kaplan Guide to Distance Learning
Kaplan Educational Centers

Kaplan, 1997

 

Peterson's Guide to Distance Learning Programs 2000, 4th edition
David H. Jonassen, ed.

Petersons Guides, 1999

 

How to Design Self-Directed and Distance Learning Programs
Nigel Harrison

McGraw-Hill, 1998

 

Leadership in Continuing and Distance Education in Higher Education
Cynthia C. Jones Shoemaker

Allyn & Bacon, 1998

 

Learning Networks
Linda Harasim, Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Lucio Teles & Murray Turoff

MIT Press, 1995

 

The McGraw-Hill Handbook of Distance Learning
Alan Chute, Melody Thompson & Burton Hancock

McGraw-Hill, 1998

 

Mega-Universities and Knowledge Media: Technology strategies for higher education
John S. Daniel

Kogan Page, 1998

 

NetLearning: Why teachers use the Internet
Ferdi Serim & Melissa Koch

O'Reilly & Assoc., 1996

 

Practical Guide to Computers in Education
P. Kelman, N. Roberts, C. Weiner, P. Coburn, D.H. Watt & T.F.F. Snyder

Addison-Wesley, 1985

 

 

Teaching and Learning at a Distance: What it takes to effectively design, deliver, and evaluate programs
Thomas E. Cyrs, ed.

Jossey-Bass, 1997

 

Teaching and Learning Materials and the Internet
Ian Forsyth

Kogan Page, 1998

 

Technology-Based Learning: a Handbook for teachers and technology leaders
Tweed W. Ross & Gerald D. Bailey

Scholastic, 1995