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Distance Learning Technology, Current Instruction, and the Future of Education: Applications of Today, Practices of Tomorrow

Distance Learning Technology, Current Instruction, and the Future of Education: Applications of Today, Practices of Tomorrow

Holim Song (Texas Southern University, USA)
Indexed In: SCOPUS
Release Date: December, 2009|Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 406
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-672-8
ISBN13: 9781615206728|ISBN10: 1615206728|EISBN13: 9781615206735
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Institutions of higher education have increasingly embraced distance education with the number of students enrolled in online courses rapidly rising in colleges and universities throughout the world. Given its popularity and increased usage, it is imperative that administrators and instructors monitor the current state and future directions relating to distance education in order to meet the needs and challenges of tomorrow.

Distance Learning Technology, Current Instruction, and the Future of Education: Applications of Today, Practices of Tomorrow provides present and prospective directions of online education from various research fields, reporting on discussions from students, faculty members, researchers, and practitioners. This innovative publication contains significant and unique research findings influencing future developments in technology-enhanced education and industry.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Culture, interaction, and online learning
  • Digital Divide
  • Interactive e-lab systems
  • Leadership competency in virtual teams
  • Learning organization for distance education
  • Online bulletin board discussions
  • Online learning through intelligent programs
  • Teaching styles in the online classroom
  • Technology-Mediated Education
  • The ecology of e-learning
  • Universities in the online world
  • Web-Based Education
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This work explores technical foundations, applications, best practices, and challenges of distance education. Contributors include teachers, researchers, and practitioners from around the world. Some areas studied include integrating contemporary technology into classroom pedagogy, theory and practice of online social constructivism, technologies and practices for lecture capture, and societal issues, legal standards, and international realities that universities face in the distance-learning market.

– Sci Tech Book News, BookNews.com
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Holim Song is an assistant professor of instructional technology at Texas Southern University (Houston, Texas). His research interests include designing and sequencing of online interactions, instructional strategies for Web-based instruction, the impact of multimedia in online education, and designing and integrating multimedia learning objects to enhance instructional quality of face to face learning environments. Dr. Song has a wide range of expertise in education. He completed the MEd degree in second language education and the EdD in instructional technology from the University of Houston.
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