Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Foundations of Distance Education

by Michael Simonson, Sharon E. Smaldino, Michael Albright

The field of distance learning is growing in importance and size. This introductory distance education textbook gives readers the basic information they need to be knowledgeable distance educators. Understanding that most students would prefer to sit in a classroom, the book offers practical solutions for providing equivalent opportunities for various ways of learning. Distance education requires considerable pre-planning in order to be effective, and yet when designed and delivered correctly, it allows the teacher to move beyond the simple delivery of content to the guiding of the learning process. This book is the most comprehensive and widely adopted for distance learning courses and also provides the most visuals. It fills the need for a research-based book about the best practices in distance education.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction, School, Textbooks

416 pages, Paperback

First published August 16, 1999

Reviews

[Holly Ceci · Rating 2 out of 5]

More arid than the Mohave Desert, it does contain some useful information.

[Jade Geary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for reference and when designing an online course. Goes in to very in depth history and is very easy to read.

[Dannette · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hard to rate a text book. I liked the course...

[Lyna M. Perez]

Even for a textbook, it was dry and boring. However, there was some good quality information in there. There was too much information on the history of learning at a distance. The most useful information in the book was the second part. Personally, I could have done without the majority of the 1st half.

[Brittnee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book provides an in-depth look at distance education; especially for prospective distance education instructors and course designers.