Distance Learning

Volume 20 #4

Edited by:
Michael Simonson, Nova Southeastern University

A volume in the series: Distance Learning Journal. Editor(s): Michael Simonson, Nova Southeastern University.

Published 2023

Distance Learning is for leaders, practitioners, and decision makers in the fields of distance learning, e-learning, telecommunications, and related areas. It is a professional journal with applicable information for those involved with providing instruction to all kinds of learners, of all ages, using telecommunications technologies of all types. Stories are written by practitioners for practitioners with the intent of providing usable information and ideas. Articles are accepted from authors--new and experienced--with interesting and important information about the effective practice of distance teaching and learning.

Distance Learning is published quarterly. Each issue includes eight to ten articles and three to four columns, including the highly regarded "And Finally..." column covering recent important issues in the field and written by Distance Learning editor, Michael Simonson.

This special edition of Distance Learning Magazine contains selected “And Finally...” columns from previously published issues.

CONTENTS
Preface. PART 1: PROGRAMS AND PLANS. Designing the “Perfect” Online Program (9-2). Distance Education: Central, Not Separate (13-4). Doing It Wrong — Who Says? (15-4). Distance Education as a Disruptive Technology (7-1). Let’s Go Deeply Digital (15-3). Ethics (12-2). Crisis Planning (18-1). It’ll Never  Happen… (18-4). Evaluation — Let’s Try to AEIOU (19-4). Uber, Taxis, and  Distance Education (12-3). PART 2: SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES. Systems and Instructional Design (19-2). How Much Distance Education Is Too Much Distance Education? (14-1). If It Is Intellectual, Can It Be Property? (3-2). Online Courses Have Three Critical Components (and Learning Management Systems Are Not One of Them) (14-2). A Baker’s Dozen — Ideas for Creating an Online Course (17-1). Seven Critical Elements (15-2). Assumptions and Distance Education (13-1). Regular and Substantive (12-4). Engagement (15-1). Flipping, Single Concepts, and Video — So Many New Ideas — Or Are They? (13-2). Retention (7-3). PART 3: THEMES AND IDEAS. Yes, It Is Virtual! (19-3). e-Books, Online Books, and Real Books (13-3). Open Access (16-1). Social Media and Online Learning — Pros and Cons (14-4). Blending In — All the News That’s Fit to Print (17-2). Telepresence — New or ? (16-3). Interactive Instructional Videos (19-1).