Online learning has become a widespread method for providing education at the graduate
and undergraduate level. Although it is an extension of distance learning, the medium …

Emerging changes in health-care delivery are having a significant impact on the structure of
health-care professionals' education. Today it is recognized that medical knowledge …

This comprehensive resource highlights the most recent practices and trends in blended
learning from a global perspective and provides targeted information for specific blended …

Early in 2005, Phil Harris, Executive Director of the Association of Educational
Communications and Technology, approached Mike Spector and asked if he would like to …

Apprenticeship is an inherently social learning method with a long history of helping novices
become experts in fields as diverse as midwifery, construction, and law. At the center of …

Cognitive apprenticeship is a process by which learners learn from a more experienced
person by way of cognitive and metacognitive skills and processes. This chapter explores …

This case study explores how a constructivist‐based instructional design helped adult
learners learn in an online learning environment. Two classes of adult learners pursuing …

After more than a decade of extensive learning on the Internet, especially the use of it to
supplement and extend learning, it is time to push ahead with new data and predictions …

This study investigated two interconnected conferences formed by students and instructors
from two different cultures—Finland and the United States—to discuss case situations or …

The R2D2 method—read, reflect, display, and do—is a new model for designing and
delivering distance education, and in particular, online learning. Such a model is especially …