15 Quantitative Analysis of Interaction Patterns in Online Distance Education

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Introduction: Research Areas in Online Distance Education 1
6. Part I MACRO-LEVEL RESEARCH: DISTANCE EDUCATION SYSTEMS AND THEORIES
7. 1 Internationalization and Concepts of Social Justice: What Is to Be Done? 39
8. 2 Globalization, Culture, and Online Distance Learning 75
9. 3 Distance Education Systems and Institutions in the Online Era: An Identity Crisis 109
10. 4 Online Distance Education Models and Research Implications 131
11. 5 Methods of Study in Distance Education: A Critical Review of Selected Recent Literature 151
12. Part II MESO-LEVEL RESEARCH: MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND TECHNOLOGY
13. 6 Organization and Management of Online and Distance Learning 175
14. 7 The Costs and Economics of Online Distance Education 197
15. 8 The Use of Technology in Distance Education 217
16. 9 Innovation and Change: Changing How we Change 237
17. 10 Professional Development and Faculty Support 267
18. 11 Learner Support in Online Distance Education: Essential and Evolving 287
19. 12 Quality Assurance in Online Distance Education 311
20. Part III MICRO-LEVEL RESEARCH: LEARNING AND TEACHING IN DISTANCE EDUCATION
21. 13 Major Movements in Instructional Design 345
22. 14 Interaction and Communication in Online Learning Communities: Toward an Engaged and Flexible Future 381
23. 15 Quantitative Analysis of Interaction Patterns in Online Distance Education 403
24. 16 From the Back Door into the Mainstream: The Characteristics of Lifelong Learners 421
25. 17 Student Dropout: The Elephant in the Room 459
26. Conclusion: Towards a Research Agenda 485
27. Contributors 493
28. Index 503