Web-Based Learning

This book explores the state of the art in the use of technology in education from a learning perspective and is designed for professionals in the educational technology, assessment/evaluation, vocational/technical, school administrator and educational psychology communities.

Part I: Policy, Practice, and Implementation Issues. 1. Evaluating Web-Based Learning Environments. 2. Infrastructure for Web-Based Learning. 3. The ADL Vision and Getting From Here to There. 4. An Open Learning Model for Web-Based Learning Architecture. 5. A Framework for Studying the Process of Implementing Web-Based Learning Systems. 6. Issues in Synchronous Versus Asynchronous E-Learning Platforms. 7. Virtual Reality and Simulators: Implications for Web-Based Education and Training. 8. Heuristics for Selecting Distance or Classroom Settings for Courses. 9. Putting the "Advanced" Into Advanced Distributed Learning. 10. Beyond Content and Design: Employment Processes as the Missing Link in Web-Based Distance Learning Success. Part II: Theory and Research Issues. 11. Becoming a Self-Regulated Learner: Implications for Web-Based Education. 12. The Importance of Motivation, Metacognition, and Help Seeking in Web-Based Learning. 13. Learning and Transfer in Two Web-Based and Distance Applications. 14. Role of Task-Specific Adapted Feedback on a Computer-Based Collaborative Problem-Solving Task. 15. Teaching Procedural Knowledge in Distance Learning Environments. 16. Why Understanding Instructional Design Requires an Understanding of Human Cognitive Evolution. 17. Scalability and Sociability in Online Learning Environments. 18. Role of Simulation in Web-Based Learning. 19. The Use of Technology in Education. 20. Five Critical Issues for Web-Based Instructional Design Research and Practice. 21. Ten Research-Based Principles of Multimedia Learning. Part III: Summary and Conclusions. 22. Summary and Conclusions.