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The ACSDE Research Monograph Series offers focused, in-depth studies of specific aspects of distance education research, theory, and practice. ACSDE Research Monographs provide educators and policy makers with insights into a variety of topics and issues important in today’s changing educational environment.
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ACSDE Research Monograph No. 10
Internationalism in Distance Education: A Vision for Higher Education
- These selected papers from the International Distance Education Conference held at The Pennsylvania State University in June 1994 focus on the practice of teaching and learning across national borders. The papers of twenty-two authors representing nine different countries discuss the techniques of successful international distance instruction, the challenges of administration, the development of policy, and the problems and potentials of accelerating exchanges between different cultures around the world. This monograph is edited by Melody M. Thompson with an introduction by Michael G. Moore.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Michael G. Moore
Collaboration in Distance Education: From Local to International Perspective
Liz Thach and Karen L. Murphy
The Impact of Technology in Internationalizing Distance Education
A. W. Bates
The Internationalization of Distance Education: Some Administrative Issues
Ian Mugridge
Globalization of Distance Education: Setting a Trans-Atlantic Policy for Collaboration
Armando Rocha Trindade
Distance Education in Mainstream Higher Education: A Strategic Issue for Central Resource and Developing Units at Conventional Universities
Ulrich Bernath
From a Domestic to an International Organization: The Open University UK and Europe
Alan Tait
The EuroStudyCentre (ESC) Network
Nicholaas Pronk
Recent Developments in African Distance Education
Peter Kinyanjui
Dynamic Assessment: Quality Assurance in Open and Distance Learning
Daniel Granger and Kate Gulliver
Collective Intelligence and Teamwork: Some New Faculty Roles in International Distance Education
Parker Rossman
From Development Communication to Systems Thinking: A Post-Modern Analysis of Distance Education in the International Arena
Farhad Saba
Student Evaluation of Computer Conferencing in a (Primarily) Audioconferencing Distance Learning Course
Mauri P. Collins and Zane L. Berge
Courses and Graduate Program Development in DENAID (Distance Education, National and International Development)
Michel Umbriaco and Danielle Paquette
Cross-Cultural and International Reflections: Francophone, Aboriginal, and Immigrant Distance Learners in Canada
Judith M. Roberts
The Distance Education Program at the Universidad Nacional Aut—noma de MŽxico (UNAM)
JosŽ Manuel Alvarez Manilla
The Quality of Open and Distance Education in Mexico
Rodulfo Herrero Rica–o and Hector Barr—n Sota
The Role of Culture in the Integration of Distance Education: The Mexican Perspective
Yolanda Gayol
Is There a Cultural Problem in International Distance Education?
Michael G. Moore
CommuniquŽ to Education and Training Agencies from The International Distance Education Conference
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ACSDE Research Monograph Nos. 11, 12, 13, and 14
Distance Education Symposium 3 Monograph Nos. 11–14 comprise articles based on discussion papers presented at the Third Distance Education Research Symposium held at Penn State in May 1995. These monographs focus on the issues related to quality in distance education addressed by researchers at the symposium: policy and administration, instruction, learners and learning, and course design.
ACSDE Research Monograph No. 11
Distance Education Symposium 3: POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
- Edited by Becky S. Duning (symposium discussion moderator) and Von V. Pittman, the first monograph in this series, Policy and Administration, presents the perspectives of distance educators from the United States, Canada, and Mexico on a variety of topics, such as partnerships, national initiatives, and faculty incentives. This monograph also includes papers presented by the two keynote speakers.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Becky S. Duning
Responding to the Challenge of Quality in Distance Education
Stephen Murgatroyd
Harper’s Headaches: Early Policy Issues in Collegiate Correspondence Study
Von Pittman
Faculty Incentives and Rewards for Distance Teaching
Linda L. Wolcott
Effective Partnerships: Key to the Future of Distance Education
Shirley S. Hendrick
Technology: The Turning Point for Distance Education
Victor Guerra and Carmen Alvarez-Buylla
Towards Excellence in Distance Education: National Initiatives in the Canadian Policy Environment
Judith M. Roberts
Quality Coverage of Higher Education Through Open and Distance Education in Mexico
Alejandro Mungaray
The Transformation of Distance Education to Distributed Learning
Christopher J. Dede
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ACSDE Research Monograph No. 12
Distance Education Symposium 3: INSTRUCTION
- This monograph, focusing on instruction, includes papers related to interaction in a variety of instructional settings; teaching and learning processes in distance education; and library support. Michael F. Beaudoin, who served as discussion moderator for these researchers during the conference, is editor of the monograph.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Michael F. Beaudoin
Strategies to Ensure Interaction in Telecommunicated Distance Learning
Bruce O. Barker
The IDEA: An Iowa Approach to Improving Instructional Quality
Tom Clark
Analyzing Interaction in Audioconferencing: A Progress Report
Peter S. Cookson
Teaching in Two Environments: A Case Study Comparing Face to Face and Online Instruction
Patricia Gonz‡lez
An Examination of Teaching and Learning Processes in Distance Education and Implications for Designing Instruction
Charlotte N. Gunawardena and Rebecca Zittle
Telecourse-Mediated Staff Development for K-12 Teachers: Review, Update and Implications for Research
Christine S. Jones
Library Support for Quality in Distance Education: A Research Agenda
Marie A. Kascus
The Nature and Value of Interaction in Distance Learning
Greg Kearsley
Linking Distance Education Theory to Learning Theory: A Systems Dynamic Approach to a Research Agenda on Learning Outcomes
Farhad Saba
The Human Element in Distance Education: Instructional Interaction, Self-directed Learning, and Empowerment Revisited
Frank Tallman
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ACSDE Research Monograph No. 13
Distance Education Symposium 3: LEARNERS AND LEARNING
- The papers presented in this monograph provide information on the characteristics of learners, learner motivation, interactive processes in learning, and learning outcomes. These papers highlight key research findings and discuss implications for practice. Chre Campbell Gibson, moderator for the symposium discussions, is editor of this monograph on learners and learning.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chre Campbell Gibson
Responding to the Challenge of Quality in Distance Education
Christine Olgren
Examining the Utility of Efficacy Measures in Distance Education Research
Roger Bruning
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Learner
Rudy Pugliese
Learning Through Letters: A Research Direction From the Margins
Susan May
Interactivity in Distance Education Television: A Constructed Reality
Catherine P. Fulford and Shuqiang Zhang
The Use of Computer Networks in Distance Education. Analysis of the Patterns of Electronic Interaction in a Multinational Course
Yolanda Gayol
The Conative Capacity of Receive Site and Studio Site Learners Enrolled in Satellite Delivered Instruction
Michaeleen A. Davis
The Application of Synergetic Leadership Principles in Distance Education
Kathryn S. Atman
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ACSDE Research Monograph No. 14
Distance Education Symposium 3: COURSE DESIGN
- This monograph, edited by Ellen D. Wagner (symposium discussion moderator) and Margaret A. Koble focuses on topics related to course design. Articles in this monograph include discussions on methodological perspectives on course design, descriptions of course design applications, as well as case studies in course design and development.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Ellen D. Wagner
Postmodernism, Interactive Technologies, and the Design of Distance Education
Allan C. Lauzon
Finding Our Bearings in Distance Education: A Systematic View of Distance Education and Evaluation
Byron R. Burnham
Times of Turbulence and Transition in Distance Education: Needed Research in Computer-mediated Communication (CMC) Course Design
Lynn E. Davie
Group Computer Conferencing: Summary of Characteristics and Implications for Future Research
Zane L. Berge
Designing Online Coursework Mindfully
Karen L. Murphy
Distance Learner Attitudes, Demographics, and Personalities and Their Relationship to College-level Course Performance
Paul M. Biner
Mixing It Up: Satellite Teaching and Hands-on Experience
Cheryl Achterberg
Interaction in the ITESM’s Distance Education System
Dora Esthela Rodriguez
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ACSDE Research Monograph No. 15
The Effects of Distance Learning: Revised Edition
This monograph combines a review of literature with an annotated bibliography. Although the primary focus is on research and theory during the last ten years, reports of early “foundational” studies are also included. The Effects of Distance Learning offers examples of and discusses issues relating to distance education in a variety of contexts: K–12 and higher education, corporate and government settings, and the military. Major topics include learner achievement; student, faculty, and administrator attitudes; barriers to success; program and instructional design; instructor skills; student support; cost effectiveness; cross-cultural considerations; and policy issues. This monograph is written by Michael G. Moore and Melody M. Thompson.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Implications
4. Annotated Bibliography
ACSDE Research Monograph No. 16
Presence at a Distance: The Educator-Learner Relationship in Distance Education
Authored by Jane Southwell Munro, this monograph focuses on the issue of interaction in distance education, particularly, the educator-learner relationship. Through an extensive review and analysis of the distance education research and theory on the subject, Munro develops a new model of the educator-learner relationship. This model attempts to address one of the greatest challenges of distance teaching: to create an environment in which virtual presence outweighs the reality of distance.
Table of Contents
1. Presence at a Distance: The Educator-Learner Relationship in Distance Education
2. The Educator-Learner Relationship in Distance Education
3. What Characterizes Educator-Learner Relationships in Distance Education?
4. Quadrants of the Model
5. Summary
6. Presence at a Distance
7. References
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ACSDE Conference Report
Best Practices of Computer Conferencing in Distance Education
February 25–26, 1996
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
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