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Teaching and Learning at a Distance
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Teaching and Learning at a Distance is written for introductory distance education courses for preservice orin-service teachers, and for training programs that discuss teaching distant learners or managing distanceeducation systems. This text provides readers with the basic information needed to be knowledgeabledistance educators and leaders of distance education programs.The teacher or trainer who uses this book will be able to distinguish between appropriate uses of distanceeducation. In this text we take the following themes:The first theme is the definition of distance education. Before we started writing the first edition of Teachingand Learning at a Distance we carefully reviewed the literature to determine the definition that would be atthe foundation of our writing. This definition is based on the work of Desmond Keegan, but is unique to thisbook. This definition of distance education has been adopted by the Association for EducationalCommunications and Technology and by the Encyclopedia Britannica.The second theme of the book was the importance of research to the development of the contents of the book. The best practices presented in Teachingand Learning at a Distance are validated by scientific evidence. Certainly there are rules of thumb, but we have always attempted to only includerecommendations that can be supported by research.The third theme of Teaching and Learning at a distance is derived from Richard Clarks famous quote published in the Review of EducationalResearch that states that media are mere vehicles that do not directly influence achievement. Clarks controversial work is discussed in the book, but isalso fundamental to the books advocacy for distance education - in other words, we authors did not make the claim that education delivered at adistance was inherently better than other ways people learn. Distance delivered instruction is not a magical approach that makes learners achievemore.The fourth theme of the boo
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