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References


The American Journal of Distance Education, http://www.ajde.com/

National Center for Educational Statistics, http://nces.ed.gov/


Moore, M. & Kearsley, G. (1996). Distance Education: A Systems View. Belmont, CA. Wadsworth Publishing. Chapters 7 and 8.

Weiss, R., Knowlton, D., & Speck, B. (2000). Principles of Effective Teaching in the Online Classroom. San Fransisco, CA. Jossey-Bass.

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Glossary

Asynchronous: Students can take a class at their own time and in a location of their choosing.

Distance Education:
A planned learning that normally occurs in a different place or time from teaching, and as a result, requires special techniques of course design, special instruction techniques, special methods of communication by electronic and other techniques as well as special organizational and administrative arrangements.

Synchronous: Students meet at a regularly scheduled time, in a regularly scheduled place to complete a course.

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Support Materials

Differences Between Distance and Traditional Education