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M. F. Cleveland-Innes and D. R. Garrison's book entitled An introduction to distance education: Understanding teaching and learning in a new era is a resource that advances the pedagogy of distance education.
Further, as its title suggests, this book offers an evolutionary look at distance education. To accomplish the goal of providing a comprehensive examination of current theories, practices, and goals within distance education, the editors have involved experienced stakeholders on the cutting edge of the field. Complete with biographies of all contributors, this book offers a concise and understandable overview of distance education which will be useful to both experienced and novice educators as well as students.
Composed of 12 chapters grouped into four main sections, this text exposes readers to many issues which impact the continually evolving field of distance education.
Utilizing a student-guided approach, each chapter offers pedagogical features to engage and support the teaching and learning process, including:
- questions for reflection, review and discussion: students can use these questions as triggers for further thoughts related to the topic. Instructors can use these questions for classroom and online discussion
- key quotations: strategically placed throughout the text, these points act as a springboard for further reflection and classroom discussion
- concept definitions: central concepts discussed in the text are defined or students at the end of each chapter.
Published on: 2010-03-31
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Source: The Journal of Distance Education
