"Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda" offers
a
systematic overview of the major issues, trends, and areas of
priority
in online distance education research. In each chapter, an
international expert or team of experts provides an overview of
one
timely issue in online distance education, summarizing major
research
on the topic, discussing theoretical insights that guide the
research,
posing questions and directions for future research, and discussing
the
implications for distance education practice as a whole. Intended
as a
primary reference and guide for distance educators, researchers,
and
policymakers, "Online Distance Education" addresses aspects
of
distance education practice that have often been marginalized,
including issues of cost and economics, concerns surrounding
social
justice, cultural bias, the need for faculty professional
development,
and the management and growth of learner communities. At once
soundly
empirical and thoughtfully reflective, yet also forward-looking
and
open to new approaches to online and distance teaching, this text
is a
solid resource for researchers in a rapidly expanding discipline.
Olaf Zawacki-Richter is professor of educational
technology at the University of Oldenburg, and also teaches in
the
online Masters of Distance Education and E-Learning program
offered
jointly by the University of Oldenburg and the University of
Maryland,
University College. Terry Anderson is professor and
researcher in the Technology-Enhanced Knowledge Research Centre
at
Athabasca University. His research interests focus on interaction
and
social media in educational contexts. He is the editor of
"The
Theory and Practice of Online Learning," 2nd ed., winner of
the
2009 Charles E. Wedemeyer Award.
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