Terry Anderson, Atabasca: 2nd Edition of “Issues in Distance Education”

Distance education is the fastest growing mode of both formal and informal teaching, training and learning. It has many variants that include e-learning, mobile learning and immersive learning environments.

This series offers informative and accessible overviews, research results, discussions and explorations of current issues, technologies and services used in distance education.

Each volume s focuses on critical issues and emerging trends, while noting the evolutionary history and roots of this specialized mode of education and training. The series is targeted at a wide group of readers including distance education teachers, trainers, administrators, researchers and students.

Every chapter in the widely distributed first edition has been updated, and four new chapters on current issues such as connectivism and social software innovations have been added. Essays by practitioners and scholars active in the complex, diverse, and rapidly evolving field of distance education blend scholarship and research; practical attention to the details of teaching and learning; and mindful attention to the economics of the business of education.

About the Author
Terry Anderson is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Distance Education at Athabasca University . He has published widely in the area of distance education and educational technology.

PART I: Role and Function of Theory in Online Education Development and Delivery
1. Foundations of Educational Theory for Online Learning
Mohamed Ally
2. Towards a Theory of Online Learning
Terry Anderson
3. Situating Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) in an Online Learning Environment
Dianne Conrad
4. Understanding e-Learning Technologies-in-Practice through Philosophies-in-Practice
Heather Kanuka

PART II: Infrastructure and Support for Content Development
5. Developing an Infrastructure for Online Learning
Alan Davis, Paul Little & Brian Stewart
6. Technologies of Online Learning (E-learning)
Rory McGreal & Michael Elliott
7. Characteristics of Interactive Online Learning Media
Patrick. J. Fahy
8. “In-Your-Pocket” and “On-the-Fly:” Meeting the Needs of Today’s New Generation of Online Learners
Maureen Hutchison, Tony Tin & Yang Cao
9. Social Software to Support Distance Education Learners
Terry Anderson

PART III: Design and Development of Online Courses
10. The Development of Online Courses
Dean Caplan & Rodger Graham
11. Value Added – The Editor in Design and Development of Online Courses
Jan Thiessen & Vincent Ambrock
12. Making Relevant Financial Decisions about Technology in Education
David Annand
13. The Quality Dilemma in Online Education Revisited
Nancy K. Parker
PART IV: Delivery, Quality Control, and Student Support of Online Courses
14. Teaching in an Online Learning
Terry Anderson
15. Call Centres in Distance Education
Alex Z. Kondra, Colleen Huber, Kerri Michalczuk & Andrew Woudstra
16. Library Support for e-Learners: e-Resources, e-Services, and the Human Factors
Kay Johnson, Houda Trabelsi & Elaine Fabbro
17. Supporting the Online Learner
Susan D. Moisey & Judith A. Hughes
18. Developing Team Skills and Accomplishing Team Projects Online
Deborah Hurst & Janice Thomas

Series Editor: Terry Anderson, Ph.D.
Editor, International Review of Research on Open and Distance Learning
terrya@athabascau.ca
http://www.aupress.ca/books/Terry_Anderson/TerryAndersonEntireBook.pdf