260 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
Award-winning in its first edition, this book is an essential guide to the use of technology in flexible and distance learning, weighing up the pros and cons of different media. Fully updated, this second edition:
examines criteria and guidelines for the design and delivery of effective teaching, using modern learning technologies
focuses on the use of the Internet for distance and... Read more
Part 1: Setting the Stage, 1. The Development of Technology in Distance Education 2. Selecting Technologies, Part 2: Mass Media, 3. Print, Audio-cassettes and Video Cassettes 4. Broadcasting 5. Learner Support for Mass Media Technologies, Part 3: Interactive Media, 6. Synchronous Communications Technologies 7. Asynchronous Communications Technologies I: Different Models 8. Asynchronous Communications Technologies II: Strengths and Weaknesses 9. Emerging Technologies and their Impact on Distance Education 10. Emerging Technologies: an Analysis of their Potential 11. Key Issues in Technology-based Distance Education
Biography
Bates, A.W. (Tony)
'An attractive new book, one that will cause your thoughts to be provoked and, after that, will be worth keeping on your audio-visual book shelf for many years of fruitful reference.' - British Journal of Educational Technology
