Readings in Distance Education Number 6 Speaking Personally about Distance Education Edited by Michael G. Moore and Namin Shin Released August 2000

This book of readings presents a compilation of the thirty-nine engaging interviews published in The American Journal of Distance Education since 1987 and an interview of Michael G. Moore (a Readings No. 6 exclusive). It is a one-of-a-kind "collection of knowledge" which reveals perspectives on the changing field of distance education as seen by many prominent leaders and pioneers, and provides a better understanding of the evolving environment.

Table of Contents

Charles Wedemeyer The father of distance education

Michael P. Lambert The home study inheritance

Col. William A. Wojciechowski The military tradition

Leslie N. Purdy Telecourses in the community college

Gayle B. Childs A pioneer’s warning: Beware the bandwagon!

John Horlock The UK Open University

E. Marie Oberle The National University Teleconference Network

Armando Villarroel ICDE’s 1989 World Conference

Kathryn Porter and William A. Mason Corporate training at Aetna Insurance

Linda Roberts Linking for learning

Susan Leslie, Dick Scott, and James Tomsic Corporate training at IBM

Stanley A. Huffman Teleconferences at Virginia Tech

Betsy Powell Early days in Georgia

Reidar Roll ICDE—the world body of distance education

Sandra H. Welch Kentucky and the Public Broadcasting Service

Frank B. Withrow US Department of Education

Teresa Miaja de la Pena Mexico’s Ministry of Education

Sally Haag Canada’s University of Waterloo

William J. Kelly Penn State’s master plan

Barbara A. White Cooperative Extension in the Department of Agriculture

Linda Harasim Network Learning—a new tool for distance education

Alan G. Chute AT&T’s National Teletraining Center

Parker Rossman The emerging worldwide electronic university

Alan W. Tait Open Learning in the United Kingdom

Roy McTarnaghan Florida Gulf Coast University

Lionel V. Baldwin The National Technological University

Gajaraj (Raj) Dhanarajan The Commonwealth of Learning

Ovid C. Lewis Nova Southeastern University

Dan O Coldeway Athabasca University

Jeanne C. Meister Corporate universities

Maris O’Rourke The World Bank

Frederic Michael Litto Distance education in Brazil

A. Frank Mayadas The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

David H. Jonassen Technology and constructivism

Roy McTarnaghan Florida Gulf Coast University—a progress report Comdr.

Kenneth P. Pisel and John C. Shulson The Armed Forces Staff College

E. Jeffrey Livingston Western Governors University

Neil Butcher South Africa—an emerging world leader

Richard S. Jarvis The US Open University

Michael G. Moore Editor, The American Journal of Distance Education

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