Distance Learning

For Educators, Trainers, and Leaders

Sponsored by the U.S. Distance Learning Association and Information Age Publishing

Indexed in DE Hub

Volume 9 #4, 2012

SPOTLIGHT SECTION, ANGELA BENSON, GUEST EDITOR

INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL SECTION: COURSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, Angela D. Benson

ACCIDENTAL PEDAGOGY REDUX, Patricia McGee and Colleen Carmean

EXPLORING LIVETEXT AS A TECHNOLOGICAL AND ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION IN A COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, Peggy Lumpkin

INTEGRATING AN OPEN-SOURCE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (MOODLE) IN AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM: A CASE STUDY, Xin Chen, Christa Guilbaud, Hongxia Yang, and Congwu Tao

USING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (PMBOK) FRAMEWORK WHEN SELECTING A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, Robert Gibson

USING FACEBOOK AS A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, Preston Parker

ONLINE LEARNING IS NOT FLAT: AN ANALYSIS OF ONLINE LEARNING THAT PROMOTES INTERACTIVITY, Cynthia Sistek-Chandler, Denise Tolbert, and Valerie K. Amber

TRAINING FOR TEACHING ONLINE, Robert Davis and Angela D. Benson

FEATURED ARTICLES:
YÀO! ¡SÍ! YES! INTERNATIONAL PERCEPTIONS OF ONLINE EDUCATION, Jennifer A. Linder-VanBerschot and Elena Barbera

THE SHIFT OF ONLINE LEARNING INTO SECONDARY SCHOOLS, Joseph A. Rapposelli

COLUMNS:
ENDS AND MEANS MOOCs:
What Are They? Plus 20 Questions We Should Be Asking About Them, —by Natalie B. Milman

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Creating and Using an Online Rubric for Maximum Effectiveness —by Errol Craig Sull

ASK ERROL! —by Errol Craig Sull

AND FINALLY …
MOOC Madness —by Michael Simonson