TY - CHAP
T1 - A survey of distance education challenges and technologies
AU - Shih, Timothy K.
AU - Hung, Jason C.
AU - Ma, Jianhua
AU - Jin, Qun
PY - 2006/12/1
Y1 - 2006/12/1
N2 - Distance education, e-learning, and virtual university are similar terms for a trend of modern education. It is an integration of information technologies, computer hardware systems, and communication tools to support educational professionals in remote teaching. This chapter presents an overview of distance education from the perspective of policy, people, and technology. A number of questions frequently asked in distance learning panel discussions are presented, with the suggested answers from the authors. The survey presented in this chapter includes communication, intelligent, and educational technologies of distance education. Readers of this chapter are academic researchers and engineers who are interested in new research issues of distance education, as well as educators and general participants who are seeking for new solutions.
AB - Distance education, e-learning, and virtual university are similar terms for a trend of modern education. It is an integration of information technologies, computer hardware systems, and communication tools to support educational professionals in remote teaching. This chapter presents an overview of distance education from the perspective of policy, people, and technology. A number of questions frequently asked in distance learning panel discussions are presented, with the suggested answers from the authors. The survey presented in this chapter includes communication, intelligent, and educational technologies of distance education. Readers of this chapter are academic researchers and engineers who are interested in new research issues of distance education, as well as educators and general participants who are seeking for new solutions.
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U2 - 10.4018/978-1-59904-376-0.ch001
DO - 10.4018/978-1-59904-376-0.ch001
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84898193741
SN - 9781599043760
SP - 1
EP - 25
BT - Future Directions in Distance Learning and Communication Technologies
PB - IGI Global
ER -