Original publication authors
Kimberly C. Harper; Kuanchin Chen; David C. Yen
What this paper examines
Harper, Chen and Yen examine how communication technologies change distance education and teaching practice. The discussion connects the history of distance learning with curriculum design, interaction, institutional structures and the roles of teachers and students. It provides a historical framework for examining a virtual classroom as an educational arrangement rather than evaluating it only as a collection of software features.
A question to take into course design
Which teaching responsibilities, interaction patterns and support arrangements change when a module moves online?
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Why it belongs in the water programme archive
EDUCATE combined water resources and environmental management with distance delivery. The original reading collection included research about online teaching, course design and learner support.
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