Distance Learning: The Shift to Interactivity
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Author(s): Gene Sherron Judith Boettcher
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Sources(s): EDUCAUSE Publications
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Abstract
This paper, #17 in the CAUSE Professional Paper Series, was designed to help higher education institutions confront the distance learning challenge. The authors offer a primer on distance learning, discussing not only the technologies of distance learning but also planning and instructional design considerations--including a philosophy of teaching and learning, design principles for interactive distance learning, changing the system and roles of faculty , faculty development and incentive issues, and infrastructure requirements.