Toward the Virtual University: International Online Perspectives (Hc)

by Nicolae Nistor (Editor)

Overview

Nineteen contributions from international academics representing a variety of disciplines discuss recent research and practice in electronic learning. Introductory chapters address such topics as transactional distance theory and human behavior in the online subculture. The main part of the text consists of research reports on various online instructional concepts and tools. These reports were originally presented at the Romanian Internet Learning Workshop conference series held between 1997 and 2001. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931576932
Publisher:	Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	02/17/2005
Series:	Perspectives in Instructional Technology and Distance Education Ser.
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
1.	Five Years of the Romanian Internet Learning Workshop: Building an International Community of Experts	1
Part I.	Overview and Theoretical Background
2.	The Internet in Education: The Past, the Present and, Hopefully, the Future	23
3.	Learning on the Internet: Some Empirical Research	37
4.	Learning Competence for the Knowledge Society	65
5.	Web-Based Learning and Transactional Distance Theory	87
6.	Changing to Online Learning: A Close-Up View with a Wide-Angle Lens	101
7.	Human Behavior in the Online Subculture	119
8.	Online Learning and Security	131
Part II.	Projects and Tools
9.	Scaffolding-by-Design as a Model for Online Learner Support	147
10.	Implementation of Online Learning at the University of Regensburg	159
11.	A Didactical Concept for Virtual Seminars at the University of Munich	175
12.	Leaving the Ivory Tower: Using the Virtual Classroom to Improve Teacher Training	187
13.	Foreign Languages: Using the Internet for Teaching and Learning--A Model of In-Class Delivery	199
14.	Using Digital Technologies in Cultural Education	219
15.	Beam Physics Online at the University of Michigan	233
16.	Student Knowledge Evaluation in Internet Environments	243
17.	Web Page Generation	253
Part III.	Conclusions and Visions
18.	The Internet: The Ultimate Resource, or a Source of Frustration?	265
19.	Present and Future in Teaching and Learning Science by Information and Communication Technology	279
	Author Profiles	291
	Index	297