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<article lang="en"><title>Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda</title><articleinfo><authorblurb><para role="Verfasser">Olaf Zawacki-Richter (Ed.) </para></authorblurb><authorblurb><para role="Verfasser">Terry Anderson (Ed.)</para></authorblurb><authorgroup><author><firstname>Olaf</firstname><surname>Zawacki-Richter</surname></author><author><firstname>Terry</firstname><surname>Anderson</surname></author></authorgroup><biblioid class="uri">urn:nbn:de:0009-5-39564</biblioid><keywordset><keyword>distance education</keyword><keyword>e-learning</keyword><keyword>learning Technology</keyword><keyword>management of learning</keyword><keyword>economy of learning</keyword></keywordset><subjectset scheme="pacs"><subject>multimedia</subject><subject>education and training</subject></subjectset><subjectset scheme="ddc"><subject>learning</subject><subject>electronic distance education</subject><subject>organization and activities in higher education</subject></subjectset><legalnotice><title>Licence</title><para>Any party may pass on this Work by electronic means and make it available for download under the terms and conditions of the free Digital Peer Publishing Licence. The text of the licence may be accessed and retrieved via Internet at http://www.dipp.nrw.de/lizenzen/dppl/fdppl/f-DPPL_v1_de_11-2004.html</para></legalnotice><volumenum>10</volumenum><issuenum>1</issuenum><biblioset relation="journal"><issn>1860-7470</issn><title>e-learning and education</title></biblioset></articleinfo><section><title /><para role="caption"><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata width="70.56mm" depth="105.84mm" fileref="dippArticle-1.png" format="PNG" srccredit="embed" /></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></para><para>Au Press, Athabasca, 2014</para><para>ISBN: 9781927356623 (print), 9781927356630 (pdf), 9781927356647 (epub)</para><para>URL: <ulink url="http://aupress.ca/index.php/books/120233"><phrase role="Hyperlink">http://aupress.ca/index.php/books/120233</phrase></ulink></para></section><section><title>About the Book</title><para>Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda offers a systematic overview of the major issues, trends, and areas of priority in online distance education research. In each chapter, an international expert or team of experts provides an overview of one timely issue in online distance education, summarizing major research on the topic, discussing theoretical insights that guide the research, posing questions and directions for future research, and discussing the implications for distance education practice as a whole. Intended as a primary reference and guide for distance educators, researchers, and policymakers, Online Distance Education addresses aspects of distance education practice that have often been marginalized, including issues of cost and economics, concerns surrounding social justice, cultural bias, the need for faculty professional development, and the management and growth of learner communities. At once soundly empirical and thoughtfully reflective, yet also forward-looking and open to new approaches to online and distance teaching, this text is a solid resource for researchers in a rapidly expanding discipline.</para></section><section><title>About the Editors</title><para>Olaf Zawacki-Richter is professor of educational technology at the University of Oldenburg, and also teaches in the online Masters of Distance Education and E-Learning program offered jointly by the University of Oldenburg and the University of Maryland, University College.</para><para>Terry Anderson is professor and researcher in the Technology-Enhanced Knowledge Research Centre at Athabasca University. His research interests focus on interaction and social media in educational contexts. He is the editor of The Theory and Practice of Online Learning, 2nd ed., winner of the 2009 Charles E. Wedemeyer Award.</para></section><section><title>Contents</title><para>Foreword - Otto Peters</para><para>Introduction Research Areas in Online Distance Education ▪ Olaf Zawacki-Richter and Terry Anderson</para><section><title>part I: Macro-level Research: Distance Education Systems and Theories</title><itemizedlist mark="disc" spacing="normal"><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">Internationalization and Concepts of Social Justice: What Is to Be Done? ▪ Alan Tait and Jennifer O'Rourke</para></listitem><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">Globalization, Culture, and Online Distance Learning ▪ Charlotte N. Gunawardena</para></listitem><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">Distance Education Systems and Institutions in the Online Era: An Identity Crisis 109 ▪ Sarah Guri-Rosenblit</para></listitem><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">Online Distance Education Models and Research Implications ▪ Terry D. Evans and Margaret Haughey</para></listitem><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">Methods of Study in Distance Education: A Critical Review of Selected Recent Literature ▪ Farhad Saba</para></listitem></itemizedlist></section><section><title>part II: Meso-level research: Management, Organization, and Technology</title><itemizedlist mark="disc" spacing="normal"><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">Organization and Management of Online and Distance Learning Ross ▪ Paul</para></listitem><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">The Costs and Economics of Online Distance Education ▪ Greville Rumble</para></listitem><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">The Use of Technology in Distance Education ▪ Gráinne Conole</para></listitem><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">Innovation and Change: Changing How we Change ▪ Jon Dron</para></listitem><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">Professional Development and Faculty Support ▪ Margaret Hicks</para></listitem><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">Learner Support in Online Distance Education: Essential and Evolving ▪ Jane E. Brindley</para></listitem><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">Quality Assurance in Online Distance Education ▪ Colin Latchem</para></listitem></itemizedlist><para> </para></section><section><title>part III: Micro-level Research: Learning and Teaching in Distance Education</title><itemizedlist mark="disc" spacing="normal"><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">Major Movements in Instructional Design ▪ Katy Campbell and Richard. A. Schwier</para></listitem><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">Interaction and Communication in Online Learning Communities:Toward an Engaged and Flexible Future ▪ Dianne Conrad</para></listitem><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">Quantitative Analysis of Interaction Patterns in Online Distance Education ▪ Allan Jeong</para></listitem><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">From the Back Door into the Mainstream: The Characteristics of Lifelong Learners ▪ Joachim Stöter, Mark Bullen, Olaf Zawacki-Richter, and Christine von Prümmer</para></listitem><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">Student Dropout: The Elephant in the Room ▪ Alan Woodley and Ormond Simpson</para></listitem><listitem><para role="List Paragraph">Conclusion Towards a Research Agenda ▪ Terry Anderson and Olaf Zawacki-Richter</para></listitem></itemizedlist></section></section></article>