Handbook of Online Learning: Innovations in Higher Education and Corporate Training

By Kjell Erik Rudestam

Book Overview

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"The Fielding Institute authors apply an impressive wealth of organizational management theory and experience in their analyses of computer-mediated teaching and learning. The result is an enjoyable-to-read, fresh and lively book, delivering an abundance of ideas about how to establish a supportive learning environment, design a well structured course and manage electronically mediated dialog, -- in other words, how to successfully facilitate learning in the new context of on-line distance education."
--Michael G. Moore, Pennsylvania State University and Editor, The American Journal of Distance Education

"This book is a fascinating, comprehensive, revealing array of information about online learning. It is full of practical applications and significant implications for a future where online learning will play an increasingly larger role. It is essential for any library keeping up on online learning innovations."
--Dr. Bernard J. Luskin, President and Co-CEO, GlobalLearningSystems, Inc. Visiting Professor, Claremont Graduate University

"This book not only is that rare breed that addresses online learning in both higher education and corporate environments but every chapter is intriguing, informative, and accurately grounded. This book provides a comprehensive, timely, and informative look at online learning in higher education and corporate training settings. For an update on the state of e-learning in educational and training environments, simply read this book."
--Curtis J. Bonk, Ph.D., Indiana University and Courseshare.com

"Business and Learning have enjoyed a symbiotic relationship in our culture. The pace of change, however, has created separation between these two vital elements. The "Handbook of Online Learning" showcases the latest thinking and applications in learning delivery, and offers real promise that the gap is being bridged."
--D.M. Verkest, AT&T Wireless Services, Vice-President-National Operations

"The authors of this book are all experienced distance educators who know what the issues are: How are people engaged in teaching and learning at a distance "present" to one another? How do you create a community in the class? How can a teacher deal with an obstreperous student? What are the teaching/learning environments in universities and corporations as they affect distance education? The essays in this book inhabit the border where the idea of distance education meets the reality. The give practical advice and provide examples informed by both theory and experience."
--Stanley Chodorow, Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego & Former CEO, California Virtual University

The demand for academic coursework and corporate training programs using the Internet and computer-mediated communication networks increases daily. The development and implementation of these new programs requires that traditional teaching techniques and course work be significantly reworked. This Handbook consists of 20 chapters authored by experts in the field of teaching in the online environment to adult students enrolled in graduate university degree programs, corporate training programs, and continuing education courses. The book is organized to first lay a conceptual and theoretical foundation for implementing any online learning program. Topics such as psychological and group dynamics, ethical issues, and curriculum design are covered in this section. Following the establishment of this essential framework are separate sections devoted to the practical issues specific to developing a program in either an academic or corporate environment. Whether building an online learning program from the ground up or making adjustments to improve the effectiveness of an existing program, this book is an invaluable resource.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761924035
• ISBN13: 9780761924036
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Online Learning

This was a well written book regarding the Online Learning. There are so many things that the authors explains in helping the student make the right choice in making the decision to be in a distance learning environment. Is the brick and mortar kind of place that is flexible? Online learning can be difficult and the student needs to have some kind of guidance that this handbook offers. The section on corporate training is invaluable.

Unique study!

This text is a unique, yet incomplete and a bit outdated, study of adult learning in novel environments. Although the purpose of the expostion is clearly explained in the early stages of the text, the outdated nature of the technologies presented in the study date the book. Nonetheless the text is an honest effort to explore a rarely explored aspect of adult education and its manifestaions. Sadly this text cannot be used to help design a virtual classroom. Nonetheless it does offer teachers insight which comes in handy. It's worth grabbing if there's a cheap copy available.