Distance and E-learning in Transition: Learning Innovation, Technology and Social Challenges

The rushed development of information and communication technologies and their impact on the world of learning in the last decade have profoundly changed the paradigms, scenarios and values at all levels of education. The professionalization of tools and practices, in addition to the consolidation of academic and practical knowledge, has been a major continuing issue throughout these years. The annual conferences of the largest European professional community in distance and e-learning have been setting the landmarks in this process. The selection from this unique knowledge pool demonstrates the deepening and consolidation of knowledge and experience. This book presents the developments in the field of open, distance and e-learning, through new technologies, methodologies and tools, which have profoundly changed the paradigms, scenarios and values at all levels of education over the last decade.

Table of Contents:
Foreword xxvii Alan Tait Introduction xxix Ulrich Bernath, András Szücs, Alan Tait and Martine Vidal PART 1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING 1 PART 1.1. SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 3 Chapter 1. Challenges Facing Distance Education in the 21st Century: Policy and Research Implications 5 Sarah Guri-Rosenblit Chapter 2. The Evolving Role of Universities: Increasing Openness and Relevance 23 Anne Gaskell and Roger Mills Chapter 3. The Internet and the Education System: An Optimization Policy 35 Roni Aviram Chapter 4. “E-Learning” Meets “Digital Media”: New Strategic Questions for Higher Education 45 Jim Devine Chapter 5. Preparing Educational Institutions for Online ODL. How Theory May Support Change Strategies in Traditional Universities 57 Annette Lorentsen Chapter 6. Higher Education Quality as an Organizational Culture 69 Ulf-Daniel Ehlers Chapter 7. E-learning and the Quality of Knowledge in a Globalized World 85 Sylvia van de Bunt-Kokhuis PART 1.2. EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING 107 Chapter 8. E-Learning and the Future of Distance Education 109 Ormond Simpson Chapter 9. Access and Efficiency in the Development of Distance Education and E-Learning 119 Thomas Hülsmann Chapter 10. Examining the Effectiveness of Distance Education: Results from Multilevel Modeling 141 Tim Seifert, Bruce Sheppard and Ann Marie Vaughan Chapter 11. Quantitative Cost-Effectiveness Model for Web-supported Academic Instruction 151 Anat Cohen and Rafi Nachmias Chapter 12. A Particular Aspect of Cost Analysis in Distance Education: Time 161 Massimo Loi and Bruno Ronsivalle PART 1.3. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 169 Chapter 13. Moving eCompetence Ahead – From Conceptual Foundations to Strategic Practice 171 Dirk Schneckenberg Chapter 14. Designing Collaborative Learning for Competence Development 195 Ulf-Daniel Ehlers Chapter 15. Academic Staff in Traditional Universities: Motivators and Demotivators in the Adoption of E-learning 217 Kay MacKeogh and Seamus Fox Chapter 16. The Role of Tutors as a Fundamental Component of Online Learning Support 235 Maggie McPherson and Miguel Baptista Nunes Chapter 17. Teachers’ Professional Development for the Technology Enhanced Classroom in the School of Tomorrow 247 Henrik Hansson Chapter 18. Eleven Competences for the Teacher Using ICTs: a Quali-quantitative Research Pattern 261 Alberto Cattaneo and Elena Boldrini Chapter 19. Educating Tutors – and Ourselves. A Report from a Collective Effort 291 Ivar Børsheim, Atle Schaathun, Hans Øistein Skauerud, Unn Spjelkavik and Ilmi Willbergh PART 1.4. SOCIO-CULTURAL ISSUES OF DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING 301 Chapter 20. Globalization – an Opportunity for the “Uneducated” to Become “Learned” or Further “Excluded”? 303 Mary Bolger Chapter 21. Beyond Barriers: Intercultural Learning and Inclusion in Globalized Paradigms 311 Alan Bruce Chapter 22. Women in Distance Learning: Second Chance or Third Shift? 325 Athanassia Aggeli and Paraskevi Vassala Chapter 23. E-learning for Senior Citizens 335 Sonia Hetzner and Paul Held Chapter 24. Distance Education in Prisons: an Educational Right or a Privilege? The Case of “Student Inmates” 349 Fanny Salane PART 2. TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN THE MAKING 369 PART 2.1. PEDAGOGICAL CONCEPTS 371 Chapter 25. Role of Technology in Enhancing Learning 373 Alan Brown Chapter 26. Learning Face-to-Face, In-action and On-line: Integrated Model of Lifelong Learning 385 Luciano Galliani and Paula de Waal Chapter 27. The Bottles are New but What of the Wine? Managing Learning and Teaching in Web 2.0 395 Michael G. Moore Chapter 28. Student Perceptions of Immediacy and Social Presence in Distance Education 411 Steve Wheeler and Fraser Reid PART 2.2. LEARNER NEEDS, STYLES AND IDENTITIES, PERCEPTIONS, READINESS 427 Chapter 29. The Natives are Restless. Higher Education and the Culture of the Digital Natives 429 Susanne Kjekshus Koch, Inger Carin Grøndal and Gunnar-Johan Schei Chapter 30. Preparing Students for Learning in an Online World: an Evaluation of the Student Passport to eLearning (SPeL) Model 439 Francesca Lorenzi, Kay MacKeogh and Seamus Fox Chapter 31. Perceptions about Time and Learning: Researching the Student Experience 457 Mary Thorpe Chapter 32. Retention and Course Choice in Distance Learning 473 Ormond Simpson Chapter 33. Online Students’ Needs for and Satisfaction with Support Services 485 Torstein Rekkedal Chapter 34. Motivational Characteristics of E-Students 499 Karmela Aleksic-Maslac, Djuro Njavro, Katarina Karalic Chapter 35. Individual Differences in Attitudes Towards and Choices of Learning/Teaching Technology 511 Ruth Beyth-Marom and Kelly Sorozon-Saporta Chapter 36. Online Learners’ Frustration. Implications for Lifelong Learning 519 Federico Borges Sáiz Chapter 37. Reflections on Seeking the “Invisible” Online Learner (and Instructor) 529 Michael F. Beaudoin Chapter 38. Reports of the “Death of Geography” Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Why UK Distance Learning Students Prefer Face-to-Face Tuition 543 Troy Cooper Chapter 39. E-Mentoring to Help Mature Students’ Transition to University 553 Palitha Edirisingha, Mike Hill, Celayne Heaton-Shrestha PART 2.3. COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN 567 Chapter 40. Flexibility Beyond Time and Place: Stretching and Opening the Course 569 Wim de Boer and Betty Collis Chapter 41. Capturing Practice and Scaffolding Learning Design 579 Gráinne Conole Chapter 42. Technologies in Use: How Context and Design Drive their Effects 595 Mary Thorpe, Steve Godwin and Rebecca Fergusson Chapter 43. Involvement, Institutional Roles and Design Models in E-Learning 607 Luca Botturi Chapter 44. Diversity of Strategies to Promote Effective B-Learning: a Case Study in Higher Education 627 Lúcia Pombo, Maria Joao Loureiro, Ana Balula and António Moreira Chapter 45. Assessment of E-Learning Material with the INTERFACE System 645 Károly Hercegfi and Orchidea Edith Kiss Chapter 46. Who Should “Customize” the Knowledge Content: Publishing Scholars or Online Mediators? 659 Christian Bois PART 2.4. COLLABORATIVE LEARNING AND SOCIAL NETWORKING 675 Chapter 47. ”More is Different” – How E-Learning within Online Learning Communities Can Make the Difference 677 Virginie Aimard Chapter 48. SocialLearn – Widening Participation and Sustainability of Higher Education 691 Anthony Walton, Martin Weller and Gráinne Conole Chapter 49. Collaborative Learning Using Social Tools for Enquiry, Reflection and Sharing 701 Non Scantlebury Chapter 50. Modeling Interactions in Learning Settings and their Impact on the Learning Process 711 George Neofotistos, Nikitas Kastis, Eleftheria Tsourlidaki and Nikos Voulgarakis Chapter 51. Tools and Instruments Supporting Cooperative Freedom in Virtual Learning Environments 721 Morten Flate Paulsen Chapter 52. Models of Activity, Collaboration and Assessment in Wikis in Academic Courses 745 Edna Tal-Elhasid and Hagit Meishar-Tal PART 2.5. THE WORLD OF WORK – E-SKILLS AND EMPLOYABILITY 759 Chapter 53. E-learning and Earning: The impact of Lifelong E-learning on Organizational Development in an Adverse Economy 761 Jane Simmons Chapter 54. E-learning and E-business: The Need for SMEs to Work Smarter in the New Europe 773 Josephine Browne and Georgina Sweetnam Chapter 55. Putting the Pieces Together: Conceptual Frameworks for Building PLEs with Web 2.0 Tools 783 Ricardo Torres Kompen, Palitha Edirisingha and Richard Mobbs Chapter 56. Personal Learning Environments and Institutional Control 809 Niall Sclater List of Authors 821 Institution Index 833 Name Index 837 Index 853

About the Author :
András Szücs is Professor at Eotvos Lorand University, Hungry. Ulrich Bernath is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Ulrich Bernath Foundation for Research in Open and Distance Learning. Alan Tait is President of the European Distance and E-Learning Network. Martine Vidal is Vice-President of the European Distance and E-Learning Network.