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Table of Contents

Teaching and Learning in the New Millennium . . . 3

1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

History of Distance Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Distance vs. Distributed Learning . . . . . . . . . . 4

2. How Does an Institution Develop

a Model for Distance Learning? . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Consortium Building—Building

outside the School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Stakeholder Development—Building

within the School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

New Institutional Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

How to Begin a Distributed Learning

Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3. Professional Education vs.

Liberal Arts Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

4. Preparation of Professorate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

5. Course Management and Evaluation . . . . . . . .13

6. E-learning Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

7. Collaborative Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

8. Student Attitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

9. Student Learning Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

10. Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

11. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Afterword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

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