Synopses & Reviews
Teaching and learning at a distance is an area of education that is growing rapidly alongside the technology that makes it possible. But success in this area requires more than advanced technology; it requires skillful instructors, well-designed courses, and students ready to learn from the format. This issue of New Directions for Teaching and Learning provides insights from experienced practitioners into what is needed to make teaching and learning at a distance successful for everyone involved. This is the 71st issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Teaching and Learning. For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals section.
About the Author
THOMAS E. CYRS is professor of educational management and development in the College of Education and the senior faculty adviser for teaching in the Center for Educational Development at New Mexico State University. He is also president of Educational Development Associates.
Table of Contents
Part One: Issues and Trends.
1. Issues and TrAnds to Take Us into the Twenty-First Century(George P. Connick).
Part Two: Instructional Design Principles for Distance Learning.
2. Competence in Teaching at a Distance(Thomas E. Cyrs).
3. Interactivity: From Agents to Outcomes(Ellen D. Wagner).
4. Visual Thinking: Let Them See What You Are Saying(Thomas E. Cyrs).
5. Student-Centered Instruction for the Design of Telecourses(M. Winston Egan, Gordon S. Gibb).
6. Learner Development: Beyond the Technology(Darcy Walsh Hardy, Mary H. Boaz).
Part Three: Alternative Delivery Systems for Distance Learning.
7. Teaching by Television(Virginia A. OstAndorf).
8. Teaching by Telephone(Christine H. Olgren).
9. The Internet: A Learning Environment(Rory McGreal).
10. Networked Learning Environments(Alan G. Chute, Pamela K. Sayers, Richard P. Gardner).
Part Four: Administrative Issues for the Distance Instructor.
11. Evaluating Teaching and Learning at a Distance(Michael R. Simonson).
12. Copyright: Opportunities and Restrictions for the Teleinstructor(Janis H. Bruwelheide).
13. Distance Learning and the Digital Library: Transforming the Library into an Information Center(Roberta L. Derlin, Edward Erazo).
14. Managing Information Resources and Services in a Distance Environment(Robert S. Tolsma).