Global challenges and perspectives in blended and distance learning

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Willems, J., Tynan, Belinda., James, Rosalind.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2013.
• Subjects: Distance education > Cross-cultural studies.; Blended learning > Cross-cultural studies.; Corporative involvement; Equity and access in distance education; Global perspectives; Leadership in distance education; Quality assurance; Research and development
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

"This book highlights the perspectives, challenges, and current practices within higher and distance education around the world"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Maximising technology usage in research synthesis of higher education professional development research / Cherry Stewart, Stefan Horarik, Keith Wolodko
• Equity in distance education / J. Willems
• Beyond the boundaries: the future for borderless higher education / Don Olcott
• Transnational distance education: cultural and quality considerations / Colin Latchem, Yoni Ryan
• Distance education quality assurance in Ghana / Godwin Utuka
• Open universities Australia: the evolution of open access and online education opportunities / Michael Crock, Janet Baker, Skye Turner-Walker
• Managing project-based workplace learning at a distance: university-health service partnership in a master's program / Jo Osborne
• Southern skies distance education academic exchange project: building a community of practice / Carina Bossu
• Cooperation between a distance teaching university and an on-campus university: the creation of a dual-mode university / Louise Bertrand
• eCampusAlberta: a story of strategic partnership and collaboration success in distance education / Tricia Donovan, Janet Paterson-Weir
• Distance learning: the "risk mitigation" case for independent governmental performance measures in New Zealand / Luke Strongman, Polly Kobeleva
• Pre-service teacher education for the management of actual and virtual classes / Ken Stevens
• Supporting teachers in optimizing technologies for open learning / Diana Laurillard
• Community of practice or networked learning: a matter of design / Wendy Fasso
• Shifting mindsets within: self-study of professional learning / Brenda Wolodko ... [et al.]
• The casual academic in university distance education: from isolation to integration - a prescription for change / Katrina Higgins, R. E.(Bobby) Harreveld
• An associate dean's community of practice: rising to the leadership challenges of engaging distance students using blended models of learning and teaching / Jill Lawrence ... [et al.]
• The problem of analysis of the temporal dimension in e-learning research / Begoña Gros
• Applying STREAMS to the management of organizational change in distance education / Eugene Willems, Julie Willems
• A whole of university approach to embedding graduate attributes: a reflection / Julie Fleming, Robyn Donovan, Colin Beer, Damien Clark
• Epilogue: directions for future research / B. Tynan, J. Willems.