The Design and Management of Effective Distance Learning Programs

摘要

It is interesting to see that in 2002 a book on distance learning is released whose title seems consciously to exclude all of the words and acronyms that would indicate the use of digital technologies, such as telelearning, online education, ICT, Web-based learning, virtual instruction, distributed learning, and any number of others. A glance at the contents shows instandy, however, that the book does focus on learning that is supported by such technologies. Could it be that technology has ― as was always predicted―finally become a truly transparent part of learning environments diat involve distance, to the extent that it doesn't have to be specified in a book title on the topic? That is inspiring to those of us who have always wanted to see the educational aspect of distance learning take on a greater emphasis than the technological.