Quarterly Review of Distance Education

Research that Guides Practice

Edited by: Michael Simonson, Nova Southeastern University and Anymir Orellana, Nova Southeastern University

Volume 5 #4, 2004

“Thwarted Innovation” or Thwarted Research?, Michael Simonson.

Thwarted Innovation? The Research Says What It Says, William Massy and Robert Zemsky

Development of Constructivist-Based Distance Learning Environments: A Knowledge Base for K-12 Teachers, Mary C. Herring.

Reevaluating Course Completion in Distance Education: Avoiding the Comparison Between Apples and Oranges, Scott L. Howell, R. Dwight Laws, and Nathan K. Lindsay.

Building Support for Online Courses from Faculty and Students, Jason Huett, Leslie Moller, and Jon I. Young.

Distance Education in Traditional Classes: A Hybrid Model, Martha Jeanne Yanes

What Works: Student Perceptions of Effective Elements in Online Learning, Marcy Reisetter and Greg Boris.

Research Abstracts, Eric Plotnick.

Conference Calendar, Marsha L. Burmeister.

Book Reviews, Daniel V. Eastmond, Book Review Editor

Handbook of Distance Education, by M. G. Moore and W. G. Anderson (Eds). Reviewed by Sue Mahoney.

The Distance Education Evolution: Issues and Case Studies, by Dominique Monolescu, Catherine C. Schifter, and Linda Greenwood (Eds.). Reviewed by LeAnn McKinzie Thomason.

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