Full Description
Distance Learning is for leaders, practitioners, and decision makers in the fields of distance learning, e'learning, telecommunications, and related areas. It is a professional journal with applicable information for those involved with providing instruction to all kinds of learners, of all ages, using telecommunications technologies of all types. Stories are written by practitioners for practitioners with the intent of providing usable information and ideas. Articles are accepted from authors, new and experience, with interesting and important information about the effective practice of distance teaching and learning.
Distance Learning is published quarterly. Each issue includes eight to ten articles and three to four columns, including the highly regarded 'And Finally...' column covering recent important issues in the field and written by Distance Learning editor, Michael Simonson. Articles are written by practitioners from various countries and locations, nationally and internationally.
Contents
Featured Articles
The Keys to Online Learning for Adults: The Six Principles of Andragogy, Part III; Barbara Zorn Arnold and Wendy Conaway
Plato Online Credit Recovery Programs for Meeting Promotional and Graduation Requirements; Nadine P. Anderson
Beyond the Classroom Shooting for the Stars: NASA's Digital Learning Network; Michelle Comeau
Supporting STEM Success with Elementary Students of Color in a Low Income Community; Roxanne Molina, Jia Borror, and Charlene Desir
The Effective Integration of Technology into Schools' Curriculum; Charlyque Harris
The Major Role of Financial Aid Guidance During the Enrollment Process; Richard Hudnett
A Brief History of E-Learning in Post-Soviet Armenia; Varvara Gasparyan
Mental Health in the Online College Classroom: Are Distance Learners Getting the Support they Need for the Challenges they Face? Marianne Raley
Orientation Programs to Increase Retention in Online Community College Courses; Wendy Robichaud
USDLA Award Winners
Columns
Ends and Means: Motivating the Online Learner Using Keller's ARCS Model; by Natalie B. Milman and Jeffrey Wessmiller
Try This: A Miniguide to Mentoring the Online Newbie Educator; by Errol Craig Sull
Ask Errol! by Errol Craig Sull
And Finally ... Flipping, Single Concepts, and Video: So Many New ideas. Or are They? by Michael Simonson
