A Great Book

Partly because of the timely topic, this book was also voted into the top three by participants in a Fall Semester, 1999, grant at JSRCC that involved forming a reading group, distributing multiple copies of the book, and discussing the implications of the book for teaching and, in this case, distance learning at the college.

Led by Marian Macbeth, Coordinator, JSRCC Center for Distance Education, this discussion occurred on Dec. 6, 1999.

Distance Learners in Higher Education: Institutional Responses for Quality Outcomes Edited by Chere Campbell Gibson. Madison, WI: Atwood Publishing Diversity Series, 1998.

Contents

"Introduction" by Michael Moore

"Distance Learners in Higher Education" by Melody Thompson
"Gender in Distance Education" by Elizabeth Burge
"Understanding and Supporting the Culturally Diverse Distance Learner" by Irene Sanchez and Charlotte N. Gunawardena
"The Distance Learner’s Academic Self-Concept" by Chere Campbell Gibson
"Improving Learning Outcomes: The Effects of Learning Strategies and Motivation" by Christine H. Olgren
"Learning in the Networked World: New Roles and Responsibilities" by Terry D. Anderson and D. Randy Garrison
"The Distance Learner in Context" by Chere Campbell Gibson
"Supporting Learners at a Distance from Inquiry Through Completion" by Daniel Granger and Meg Benke
"In Retrospect" by Chere Campbell Gibson

"Resources"

"Index"

Topics

	demographics of distance learners
	"appropriate education for each"
	guidelines consistent with constructivism, women’s needs, and technology (37-40)
	learning theories, learning styles, and nontraditional and minority distance learners
	learning strategies & metacognitive strategies and goal orientations
	transactional relationships in higher ed.
	Learners in multiple contexts and different levels of intervention

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